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History

The airline was established in 1984 and started flight operations in January 1991 as a non-scheduled airline and in 1992 became a scheduled airline. Originally it offered domestic services to Calabar, Port Harcourt, Lagos, Abuja and Kaduna and regional services to Monrovia in Liberia, Freetown in Sierra Leone, Conakry in Guinea, Banjul in Gambia and Accra in Ghana. Location of Calabar in Nigeria Calabar is a city in south eastern Nigeria. ... Port Harcourt is the capital city of Rivers State, Nigeria. ... This article is about the city in Nigeria. ... Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria, with an estimated population of 1. ... Location of Kaduna in Nigeria Kaduna is the state capital of Kaduna State. ... Monrovia in the 1800s. ... Freetown, population 1,070,200 (2004), is the largest city and capital of Sierra Leone, lying on the Freetown Peninsula on the Atlantic coast. ... Conakry or Konakry (Malinké: Kɔnakiri), population 2,000,000 (2002), is the capital of Guinea. ... Location of Banjul in The Gambia Street in Banjul city Banjul (formerly Bathurst) is the capital of The Gambia. ... Accra, population 1,970,400 (2005), is the capital of Ghana. ...

In 2000 it was decided to temporarily suspend ADC Airlines operations in order to re-capitalise the company. In February 2002 a Boeing 737-200 was acquired and operations restarted to Calabar. Since then three further Boeing 737s have joined the fleet. The airline is owned by the Aviation Development Company (ADC). The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium range, narrow body airliner. ...

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 and Space 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. ^[1] April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Fresh Air was a cargo airline based in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. ... Sosoliso Airlines is a scheduled, domestic, passenger airline based in Enugu in eastern Nigeria. ... Albarka Air is an airline based in Nigeria. ... Chrome Air Service is an airline based in Nigeria. ... Dasab Airlines is an airline based in Nigeria. ...

Destinations

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ADC airlines operated over 120 flights a week on the following services (at February 2005): 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Abuja to Lagos, Sokoto and Yola
• Calabar to Lagos and Port Harcourt
• Lagos to Abuja, Calabar, Port Harcourt, Sokoto and Yola
• Port Harcourt to Calabar and Lagos
• Sokoto to Abuja and Lagos
• Yola to Abuja and Lagos

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Incidents and accidents

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The 1990s saw a number of accidents with ADC Airlines planes. In August 1994 and July 1995 two DC-9-31s were written off in non-fatal accidents, both at Monrovia-Spriggs Payne Airport. On 7 November 1996 a Boeing 727-231 en route from Port Harcourt to Lagos went out of control and crashed after a near miss incident killing all 143 on board. On 29 July 1997 a BAC One-Eleven 203AE landing at Calabar overshot the runway and an engine caught fire. There was one fatality. November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Flight 53

Main article: ADC Airlines Flight 53

On October 29, 2006 a passenger plane, crashed near the Nigerian capital, Abuja. Local radio called on doctors to rush to the scene. One hundred and four people were on board the Boeing 737-200, which was travelling to Sokoto, and hospitals report seven survivors were found - six in a stable condition. The spiritual head of Nigerian muslims, Sultan Maccido of Sokoto, died in the crash. His son, who is a senator, the deputy governor of Sokoto state and at least one other senator were also victims. Wikinews has news related to: Report of air crash near Abuja - over 100 feared dead Aviation Development Company Airlines (ADC) Flight 53 was a 23-year-old aircraft from ADC that crashed shortly after take-off at Abuja Airport, Nigeria. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria, with an estimated population of 1. ...

The airline has since been suspended by the Nigerian government until further notice.

Fleet

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The ADC Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at October 2006):

• 3 Boeing 737-200

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Previously operated

A variety of airline types have been operated in the past including: 1 Boeing 707-338C, 2 BAC One-Elevens, 3 Boeing 727s, 3 Douglas DC-9s, 1 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and 1 ATR 42. The Boeing 707 is a four-engine commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. ... The BAC 1-11, or One-Eleven, was a short-range jet airliner designed by Hunting Aircraft and produced by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) after Hunting was merged with several other British aviation firms in 1960. ... The Boeing 727 is a mid-size, narrow-body, three-engine commercial jet airliner. ... The Douglas DC-9 is a twin-engined jet airliner, first manufactured in 1965 and, in much modified form and under a succession of different names. ... The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, commonly referred to as just L-1011 (pronounced ell-ten-eleven), was the third widebody passenger jet airliner to enter operation, following the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. ... Categories: Stub | International airliners 1980-1989 ...

External links

• ADC Airlines
• Aviation Safety Reports
• CH-Aviation's article about ADC

References

1. ^ Nigeria Direct 2 May 2007