Private company
Defunct Nigerian airline founded in 19981
Freedom Air Services was an airline based in Kaduna, Nigeria. It operated scheduled domestic services and charter flights within West Africa. Its main bases were Mallam Aminu International Airport, Kano and Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards
Freedom Air Services was an airline based in Kaduna, Nigeria. It operated scheduled domestic services and charter flights within West Africa. Its main bases were Mallam Aminu International Airport, Kano and Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.2
The airline was established on 28 May 1998 and started operations in October 2001. It is owned by ADF (40%), Garba Kabo Shitu (founder and chief executive) (20%), Moh Garba Shitu (20%) and Yusufu Garba Shitu (20%).
From Wikipedia’s article on Freedom Air Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Freedom Air Services operated services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos and Maiduguri.
The Freedom Air Services fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at March 2007):
1 Boeing 727-200
At August 2006 the airline also operated a further:
2 Boeing 727-200
From Wikipedia’s article on Freedom Air Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
