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IRS Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
IS LVB SILVERBIRD
Founded2002
Ceased operations2013
Hubs Murtala Muhammed International Airport
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
Frequent-flyer programT-plus
Fleet size4
Destinations6
Headquarters Abuja, Nigeria
Key people
  • Rabiu Isyaku-Rabiu
  • Yemi Dada
Website www.flyirsairlines.com

IRS Airlines Limited was an airline based in Abuja, Nigeria. It operated scheduled domestic passenger services. Its main base was Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. [1] The airline was established in 2002 and started operations in March 2002. [2] It ceased operations in 2013. [3] The company slogan was Now you can go places.

Destinations

IRS operated services to the following domestic scheduled destinations as of February 2013.

Fleet

A Fokker F100 belonging to the airline at Murtala Muhammed International Airport

The IRS Airlines fleet included the following aircraft (as of August 2016): [4]

IRS Airlines
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. [5]

References

  1. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 94.
  2. ^ Home page IRS Airlines August 13, 2006 Retrieved on 19 October 2009
  3. ^ ch-aviation.com – IRS Airlines retrieved 23 June 2019
  4. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 22.
  5. ^ "IRS plane crashes in Niger Republic". Archived from the original on 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.

External links

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