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| Founded | 1994 | |||
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| Hubs | Murtala Mohammed International Airport | |||
| Focus cities | Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Port Harcourt International Airport, Owerri Sam Mbakwe International Airport, Kaduna Airport | |||
| Frequent flyer program | none | |||
| Member lounge | none | |||
| Alliance | none | |||
| Fleet size | 5 | |||
| Destinations | 4 | |||
| Parent company | Chanchangi Airlines (Nigeria) Limited | |||
| Headquarters | Kaduna, Nigeria | |||
| Key people | Alhaji Ahmadu Chanchangi (Chairman), Trevor Worthington (Managing Director) | |||
| Website | http://www.chanchangi.com | |||
Chanchangi Airlines Nigeria Limited is a privately owned and operated airline with the Administrative Head Office in Kaduna in Nigeria.[1] It operates scheduled domestic passenger services, as well as a regional service to Accra, Ghana. Its main base is Kaduna Airport, with hubs at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Port Harcourt International Airport.[2]
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History
The airline was established on 5 January 1994 by Alhaji Chanchangi and started flight operations to and from Kaduna, Lagos, Owerri, Abuja and Port Harcourt on 2 May 1997. Services were operated using Boeing 727-200 aircraft, 3 Boeing 737-200 aircraft and 2 Boeing 737-300 aircraft were also acquired in 2009. Chanchangi Airlines won the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Corporate Merit Award for “Best Domestic Airline of the Year” for 1998, 1999 and 2000.[citation needed]
In 2004 it obtained route authorities for services to Abidjan, Accra, Dakar, Douala and Malabo. On 26 March 2006 services from Lagos to Accra were introduced, but have currently been suspended. The airline is owned by Alhaji Ahmadu Chanchangi (94%) and four other individuals holding a 1% stake each. It has 780 employees (at March 2007).[2]
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. The airline satisfied the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)’s criteria in terms of re-capitalization and was re-registered for operation.[3]
Charter Flights
Chanchangi Airlines has conducted charter flight both within and outside Nigeria. Some of its Charter partners include:
- The United Nations
- The Nigerian Army
- Nigerian Football Authority
- Getra in Equatorial Guinea, and so on.
Incidents
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- One of Chanchangi Airlines Boeing 727s crash landed (with a landing gear problem) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on 29 December 2004 after a flight from Port Harcourt. The 81 people on board were uninjured and there was no major damage to the plane. As a result the remaining 5 Boeing 727s were grounded to enable investigators to carry out in depth inspections on the aircraft. On 3 January 2005 the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) permitted the resumption of full flight operations.
- Following the crash of Sosoliso Airlines flight 1145 on December 10, 2005, President Olusegun Obasanjo grounded both Sosoliso and Chanchangi Airlines. Chanchangi's grounding was based on a report that its operations were unsafe. After passing inspections by Nigeria's aviation ministry, Chanchangi was allowed to resume operations on December 22, 2005.
- A Boeing 727 en route to Abuja was forced to return to Lagos on May 9 after the crew reported a problem with the aircraft's air conditioning system.
- On August 22, 2006, two tyres burst on a Boeing 727 with 98 passengers on board. The pilot reportedly made a hard landing to grip with the wet runway after a heavy rain at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. There were no casualties.
- Chanchangi suffered multiple safety incidents and near-accidents in mid/late 2007. A Kaduna-Lagos flight was aborted after an engine blade broke off about twenty minutes into the flight. In mid September, a Lagos-Abuja flight returned to Lagos after hydraulic leakages were discovered.
- On October 13, 2007, a Boeing 727 making a trip from Kaduna to Abuja en route to Lagos suffered a cockpit fire.
Destinations
Chanchangi Airlines currently serves the following destinations:
- Abuja (Nnamdi Azikiwe Interlnationa Airport)
- Kaduna (Kaduna Airport)
- Lagos (Murtala Mohammed International Airport)
- Owerri (Sam Mbakwe Airport)
- Port Harcourt (Port Harcourt International Airport)
Mr Alhaji Ahmadu Chanchangi has 17 Airplains which flies in Nigeria.He is one of the tycoons in Nigeria.Mr Alhaji Ahmadu Chanchangi has a college called Chnachangi college
Fleet
The Chanchangi Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at May 2009)[2] :
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References
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- ^ "Contacts." Chanchangi Airlines. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.
- ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 63. 2007-04-03.
- ^ Nigeria Direct 2 May 2007
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