Draft:Air Atlantic Cargo

Air Atlantic Cargo
IATA ICAO Call sign
- ANI NIGATLANTIC
Founded1994
Ceased operations
2000
Operating bases
Murtala Muhammed International Airport
Fleet size4

Air Atlantic Cargo was a Nigerian-based cargo airline that operated from 1994 to 2000.[1] The airline gave the Boeing 707 another chance to fly and flew to many cities.

History

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Air Atlantic Cargo was founded in 1994 using Boeing 707-300 freighters basing it's operations out of Lagos.[2] It operated Boeing 707 and AN 24 aircraft.[3] It's AN 24 had "Phoenix Avia" titles and may have veered off of the runway in Dire Dawa.[4] In 2000 the airline joined the list of 130 airlines of Nigeria that went bankrupt within 64 years. The airline left almost no trace as a result of its demise outside of images.

Fleet

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Before the airline ceased operations, this was the fleet:

  • 3x Boeing 707-300
  • 1x AN 24

References

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