- Albarka Air
Albarka Air was an
airline based inAbuja ,Nigeria . It operated scheduled and charter services within Nigeria and charters to other countries in central and westAfrica . Its main base wasNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport , Abuja.Flight International 27 March 2007]Code Data
*IATA Code: F4
*ICAO Code: NBK
*Callsign: AL-AIR [ [http://www.airlinecodes.co.uk/ Airline Codes (November 2006)] ]History
The airline was established in 1999 and started operations in March 2000. It is owned by Buba Marwa (51%) and others (49%). The Nigerian government set a deadline of April 30, 2007 for all airlines operating in the country to re-capitalise or be grounded, in an effort to ensure better services and safety. Seven airlines failed to meet the deadline and as a result would not be allowed fly in Nigeria’s airspace with effect from April 30 2007. These were:
ADC Airlines , Fresh Air,Sosoliso Airlines , Albarka Air,Chrome Air Service ,Dasab Airlines andSpace World Airline . The affected airlines would only fly when they satisfied the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)’s criteria in terms of re-capitalization and thus be re-registered for operation. [ [http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/NR/exeres/B30C7654-36D9-4C57-837C-1EAB4A103091.htm?id=637 Nigeria Direct] 2 May 2007]Destinations
Albarka Air operated services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005)Fact|date=April 2007:
Abuja ,Lagos ,Maiduguri and Yola.Fleet
The Albarka Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at August 2006): [
Flight International , 3-9 October 2006]*2 Boeing 727-200
*1 Boeing 737-200Previously operated
The airline previously operated 3
Boeing 747 and 1Boeing 767 aircraft, all delivered in January 2002, but all since disposed of.References
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