GAS Air Nigeria
 GAS Air Cargo may have been a sibling company to GAS Air Nigeria | |||||||
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| Founded | 1973 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2000 | ||||||
| Hubs | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | Boeing 707, BAC 1-11 | ||||||
| Destinations | charters | ||||||
GAS Air Nigeria was a Nigerian-based cargo airline that existed from 1973 to 2000. It operated scheduled freight and charter services domestically and internationally in East Africa and Europe along with services in Nigeria.[1] It is currently out of business and was never IOSA certified[2] and operated the Boeing 707. There was also similarly named GAS Air Cargo which had the same IATA and ICAO codes and existed from 1973 to 2000 which focused on cargo charters in West Africa.[3]
Fleet
[edit]Accidents and incidents
[edit]On 14 December 1988, a Boeing 707 registered as 5N-AYJ operated by GAS Air Cargo crashed, initially it was on approach to Cairo-Intl Airport, the aircraft went on to divert to Luxor since the weather there was better, while approaching Luxor from the north, the crew declared an emergency due to low fuel and crashed into houses killing all eight people on board and one on the ground.[4]
On 29 April 1992, a Boeing 707 registered as 9G-RBO operated by GAS Air Cargo were doing a training flight when the first officer accidentally raised the landing gear. All three occupants survived.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "GAS Air Nigeria". Airline History. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "GAS Air Nigeria". ch-aviation. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "GAS Air Cargo".
- ↑ "Crash of a Boeing 707-351C in Karm Umran: 9 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- ↑ "Crash of a Boeing 707-351C in Ilorin | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
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