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| Founded | 2002 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2013 | ||||||
| Hubs | Murtala Muhammed International Airport Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | T-plus | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 6 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Abuja, Nigeria | ||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||
IRS Airlines Limited was an airline based in Abuja, Nigeria. It operated scheduled domestic passenger services. Its main base was Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The airline was established in 2002 and started operations in March 2002. It ceased operations in 2013. The company slogan was Now you can go places.
Destinations
IRS operated services to the following domestic scheduled destinations as of February 2013.
Fleet
The IRS Airlines fleet included the following aircraft (as of August 2016):
| Aircraft | In fleet | Order | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fokker 100 | 4 | 0 | 100 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
Accidents and incidents
- On 11 May 2014, an IRS Airlines Fokker 100, registered 5N-SIK, was returning from a post maintenance check-up when it crashed near the township of Ganla, Niger. The two pilots survived with undisclosed injuries.
References
- "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 94.
- Home page IRS Airlines August 13, 2006 Retrieved on 19 October 2009
- ch-aviation.com – IRS Airlines retrieved 23 June 2019
- "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 22.
- "IRS plane crashes in Niger Republic". Archived from the original on 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
External links
Media related to IRS Airlines at Wikimedia Commons
