Business and private jets based in Nigeria
In recent months, wild guesses have been made in the Nigerian press about the number of private and corporate jets based in Nigeria and/or owned by Nigerians. The NCAA will not provide the accurate numbers, but a list of identified active private and business jets is provided below. The list is not complete and might not be entirely accurate, but it does show that the numbers circulating in the press are slightly exaggerated.
Aircraft on the Nigerian register:
- Boeing 737-700/BBJ (5N-FGT) – Nigerian Air Force
- Dassault Falcon 7X (5N-FGU) – Nigerian Air Force
- Dassault Falcon 7X (5N-FGV) – Nigerian Air Force
- Gulfstream G550 (5N-FGW) – Nigerian Air Force
- Gulfstream GV (5N-FGS) – Nigerian Air Force
- Cessna Citation II (NAF 050) – Nigerian Air Force
- Embraer EMB135BJ Legacy 600 (5N-RSG) – Rivers State Government
- Embraer EMB145LR (5N-BJM) – Bauchi State Government / Associated Aviation
- Embraer EMB145EU (5N-BOZ) – Taraba State Government / Air Taraba / OAS Helicopters
- Cessna 560XLS Citation Excel + (5N-HAR) – Nigeria Police
- Cessna 525C CitationJet CJ4 (5N-DIA) – Nigeria Customs Service
- HS 125-700 (5N-AVK) – Nigerian Airspace Management Agency
- Hawker 4000 (5N-NOC) – Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
- BAe 125-800 (5N-NPC) – Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
- Hawker 800A (5N-BNE) – King Airline
- Hawker 800A (5N-BMR) – King Airline
- Hawker 800XP (5N-BNM) – SkyJet Aviation
- Learjet 45 (5N-BLW) – ARM Investment Managers / Associated Aviation / Hangar8
- BAe 125-700 (5N-BFC) – Associated Aviation
- BAe 125-700 (5N-DAO) – Associated Aviation
- Hawker 800XP (5N-JMA) – Arik Air
- Hawker 800XP (5N-JMB) – Arik Air
- Learjet 45XR (5N-LDM) – MaxAir
- Gulfstream GIV (5N-BOD) – SkyBird Air
- Cessna 560XLS Citation Excel (5N-BJS) – Pan African Airlines
- Cessna 560XLS Citation Excel (5N-BOQ) – Pan African Airlines
- Learjet 45 (5N-DAL) – Dana Air
- BAe 125-600 (5N-EMA) – M. Adenuga / Southern Air – stored at Lagos
- Hawker 800A (5N-QTS) – S. Iwuajoku / Quits Aviation
- Hawker 800XP (5N-IZY) – A. Izinyon / Izy Air
- Cessna 550 Citation Bravo (5N-IZZ) – Izy Air
- BAe 125-700 (5N-BEX) – A. Dangote
- BAe 125-1000 (5N-DGN) – A. Dangote
- Gulfstream GII (5N-BGV) – R. Okorocha – for sale
- Gulfstream GIV (5N-PZE) – A. Eze / Oranto Oil / Triax Airlines
- Hawker 800 (5N-BMT) – Ocean and Marine
- BAe 125-800 (5N-BOO) – unidentified – stored
- Dassault Falcon 900 (5N-FGE) – unidentified – stored
- Dassault Falcon 900 (5N-BOH) – unidentified – stored
Foreign registered aircraft based in Nigeria:
- Bombardier Global 5000 (N565RS) – Rivers State Government
- Gulfstream G450 (N224BH) – Akwa Ibom State Government
- Hawker 800XP (N664AC) – TaK Aviation / TaK Continental
- Hawker 800XP (N500AZ) – Azikel Air
- Hawker 900XP (ZS-SME) – TopBrass Aviation
- Hawker 900XP (ZS-KBS) – SkyJet Aviation
- Hawker 4000 (N412TF) – SkyPower Express Airways
- Dassault Falcon 900EX (N512TF) – SkyPower Express Airways
- Cessna 525 CitationJet Cj1+ (N224BA) – SkyPower Express Airways
- Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign (N2208L) – United Bank of Africa
- Embraer EMB135BJ Legacy 600 (M-ANGA) – MaxAir
- Embraer EMB135BJ Legacy 600 (ZS-LRK) – SkyJet Aviation
- Embraer EMB135BJ Legacy 600 (ZS-UBS) – SkyJet Aviation
- Learjet 45XR (ZS-KAA) – SkyJet Aviation
- Learjet 60 (VP-BOD) – Caverton Helicopters – for sale
- Airbus A318 Elite (VP-CKH) – Harry Akande
- Bombardier Challenger 604 (VP-BJM) – M. Adenuga / Southern Air
- Bombardier Global Express XRS (VP-CNA) – M. Adenuga / Southern Air
- Bombardier Global Express XRS (VQ-BJA) – A. Johnson
- Bombardier Global Express XRS (VP-CEO) – F. Alakija
- Bombardier Global Express XRS (N104DA) – A. Dangote
- Learjet 45 (N104DN) – A. Dangote
- Dassault Falcon 2000LX (M-DARA) – Dangote Group / Dansa Juice
- Bombardier Challenger 300 (VQ-BMJ) – Executive Jets Services – for sale
- Bombardier Challenger 605 (3B-RGT) – GTBank / Executive Jets Services / OSA Aviation
- Bombardier Challenger 605 (N605GF) – J. Ibrahim / Global Fleet
- Bombardier Challenger 605 (VP-CSI) – I. Sanomi / Gembrook Energy Projects
- Dassault Falcon 50 (M-SNSS) – S. Tommey / Osmoserve Global
- Hawker 800A (N118KL) – M. Lawal / ACE / CAMAC Aviation / West Link Airlines
- Hawker 900XP (N638MA) – Midway Airlines / Okin Travels
- Hawker 900XP (M-SAPT) – T.Y. Danjuma / SAPETRO Aviation
- Bombardier Challenger 605 (M-SAPL) – T.Y. Danjuma / SAPETRO Aviation
- Hawker 900xp (ZS-SGV) – J. Okoloko / Notore Chemical Industries
- Gulfstream GIV (N990EA) – E. Azudialu / Nestoil
- Gulfstream GIV (N52MK) – M. Indimi / Oriental Energy Resources
- Gulfstream GIV (M-PZPZ) – A. Eze / Triax Airlines
- Gulfstream GV (M-USBA) – Namco Nigeria / Shukra
- Gulfstream G550 (N169SD) – S. Dantata / MRS Group – for sale
- Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1+ (N5UD) – Dantata
- Embraer EMB135BJ Legacy 600 (N357TE) – I. Rabiu / BUA Group
- Dassault Falcon 7X (VP-BGG) – Chagoury Group
- Gulfstream GIV (N707EA) – E. Adeboye / Emmanuel Aviation
- Bombardier Challenger 601 (N431CB) – A. Oritsejafor
- Bombardier Challenger 604 (N664D) – D. Oyedepo / Dominion Air / World Mission Agency
- Hawker 800XP (ZS-PCY) – Oando / Triton Aviation
- Hawker 900XP (ZS-BOT) – Oando / Triton Aviation / Hangar8
- Hawker 4000 (ZS-ZOT) – Oando / Triton Aviation / Hangar8
- Bombardier Challenger 300 (VP-BJT) – Triton Aviation
Private and corporate propeller aircraft:
- Beechcraft 1900D (5N-WCI) – Dominion Air
- Beechcraft 1900D (5N-MPA) – Mobil Nigeria
- Beechcraft 350 King Air (5N-MPB) – Mobil Nigeria
- Beechcraft 1900D (5N-MPN) – Mobil Nigeria
- Beechcraft 350 King Air (N404SA) – Dantata / MRS Group
- Beechcraft 350 King Air (5N-FLS) – Julius Berger
- Beechcraft 350 King Air (5N-FLY) – Julius Berger
- Beechcraft 200 King Air (5N-IHS) – Wings Aviation – stored at Lanseria
- Cessna 208A Caravan I Amphibian (5N-BIW) – Pan African Airlines
- Pilatus PC-12 (5N-BNG) – Bala Ibn Na’Allah
- Piper Aztec PA-23 (5N-BGZ) – Africa Contracts and Equipment / MishAviation
Corporate and private helicopters:
- Agusta A109S Grand (M-AZKL) – Azikel Air
- Sikorsky S-76C (5N-BQG) – Nestoil
Updates, additions and corrections are appreciated.
Please note that various foreign charter companies are also active on the Nigerian market, such as VistaJet, Hangar8, Empire Aviation Group, Elit’Avia, FAI rent-a-jet, National Airways Corporation, TAG Aviation, AVjet Corporation, and AmJet Executive. Their aircraft are not included in the list above. The same goes for the foreign registered aircraft operated by JetAlliance (Austria/Germany) for Prime Air Services and Izy Air.
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Aviation in Nigeria 
BMM belongs to Pan African as well
Thank you – info added.
Glad to have been of help
Didn’t FGO belong to the FG?
Yes, but 5N-FGE is replaced by a F7X and stored in France (still with NAF titles): http://www.flickr.com/photos/denis60/8109671084/lightbox/
5N-BOH is ex-5N-FGO: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcdee6174/7780369560/lightbox/
5N-BOO is ex-5N-AGZ: http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x355/CanberraRSA/RSA2011/11-30Nov11-FALA/5N-BOO1_30Nov11-FALA.jpg
5N-BOD is ex-5N-FGP: http://img.planespotters.net/photo/225000/original/5N-BOD-Private-Gulfstream-Aerospace-G-IV-Gulfstream_PlanespottersNet_225869.jpg
Waiting for the inevitable Gulfstream G650 to arrive, I’m surprised we haven’t seen a BBJ or ACJ yet, or even the Lineage 1000, apart from the Hangar 8 one which made a brief appearance in May last year
You also forgot “001” 5N-FGT
5N-BOQ is owned by Pan African Airlines. 5N-IZZ is a Citation II (I think), owned by Izy Air but flies on behalf of Associated even using the callsign.
So, Pan African has three Cessna 560XLS Citation Excels?
Could 5N-IZZ be a Cessna 550 Citation Bravo? That would make sense.
5N-BMM was written off at an accident in Port Harcourt. I don’t know the details.
5N-IZZ = Cessna Citation Bravo. I am a former Capt. PIC on this aircraft.
All these jets and yet after applying to some of these companies they cant accept on the job training (OJT) student, its so appalling.
5N-BMM was written off at DNPO last year an BOQ is her replacement.
Nathaniel try Bristow Helicopters or Pan African, they used to take OJT students before, but I can’t say with absolute certainty if they still do.
Do you know more about the Cessna 560XLS Citation Excel (5N-BMM) – Pan African Airlines – incident at Port Harcourt? It hasn’t been reported in the press.
I was told they landed on Runway 21 @ DNPO and departed the runway. Emergency services had to cut into the fuselage to get to the passengers.
Very nice database you are building here. No mention of the vista jets OE-IN(p,s,t,y),hanger8 G-CHAI, G-OCOD,G-OTAZ, or maybe they no longer ply or airspace. What about jet alliance they also operate/operated in our airspace OE-GNW, OE-HAC. Finally NCAT has a TBM850 Can’t seem to remember the reg.
Oops sorry, just read ur fine print at the bottom on vistajet and others.
Yes, the list includes jets registered in Nigeria or jets clearly owned/linked to a Nigerian. So, it doesn’t make sense to list the charter jets belonging to JetAlliance or VistaJet.
However, there should be some corporate/private jets in Nigeria: M. Indimi / Oriental Energy Resources surely has a jet, as well as some more bank executives (Zenith Bank/Jim Ovia had a VP-B?? registered CL605, GTB) and oil barons. Oando also has more jets in its fleet. Nduka Obaigbena of ThisDay is said to have a Hawker.
DTD Services / Omel Energy Nigeria Limited also have a jet.
The Phenom 100 and Hawker 800XP of Jet Taxi Transport/G-Eurafric are missing too.
Listed by the EU are (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:039:0001:0132:EN:PDF):
DOIYATEC COMMS LTD
HAMPTON CRYSTAL
ARM INVESTMENT MNG
CYBER SPACE
A GIII (N850PG) and a Falcon 2000EX (N197JK) may also have Nigerian owners, as they use SkyPower Express’ callsign ‘Nigeria Express’.
This is an example of an inaccurate report in the local media: http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103795:-and-nigerias-private-jet-owners-are&catid=188:cover&Itemid=715
NCAT’s TBM850 is 5N-BZA.
VP-CSI, GEMBROOK ENERGY PROJECTS IS OWNED BY IGHO SANOMI. KINDLY UPDATE YOUR DATA.
Thanks @igbosere bomber for the concern, i have submitted there i’m waiting for their call up..
gembrook energy is owned by igho sanomi
Is Cessna 550 5N-IZZ a recent import from Austria?
Yes, it should be ex-OE-GKK.
Thanks for the confirmation
I suspect NCAA will only be able to update its non Nigerian registered database from this site! You’ve carried out the task they should be doing.
“…the task they should be doing”: Well said, Alaba
Greg, the contributions of everyone on this site as well as its faciliation by aviation in Nigeria is top notch. Kudos to all.
That’s a labour of love. If you can, tuck this list in a nice table and doc it in a menu somewhere.
Can you go after the commercial jet census? This should be a lot more straightforward.
Which reminds me, how well do government agencies collects air space fees, ground and airport charges nowadays especially If they dont have an accurate database to utilise?
5N-MPB is a King Air 350
N368HK, Bombardier Aerospace but financed through the Bank of Utah Trustees like N565RS and N224BH??
http://www.airframes.org/reg/n368hk
Yes, likely a Nigerian owner who wants to remain anonymous. N368HK is registered to (and probably managed by) Elit’Avia. The same goes for the Falcon 2000 (N197JK), which is frequently spotted at Lagos.
GLEX: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23071306@N08/8097803978/lightbox/
F2000: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob-holland/8185491511/lightbox/
We like to talk too much :)
The gist will come out eventually!
Have you wondered why our people are so samey and behave like sheeple?
Why no Lineage 1000s, or Private BBJs or ACJs or Piaggio Avantis etc??
Harry Akande owns an Airbus A318 Elite with reg no VP-CKH. One of the Dantatas also own a citation jet with reg no 5N-UD
I believe SAPETROL/TY Danjuma own M-SAPT a Hawker 900. What of Festus Fadeyi/Pan Ocean oil, I believe they should own a jet too.
@Igbosere, maintenance may be a factor in choosing. But Akande has a A318, although it has never been spotted in Nigeria.
@Mustapha, many thanks. Akande and Danjuma have been added. Do you know the complete reg. of the Dantata’s Citation Jet? Is it the grey Citation Jet (N224BA) brought in late last year? The latter is also rumoured as belonging to IBB.
No clue yet about Fadeyi’s jet.
What about Deinde Fernandez?
Mustapha, seems to me that SAPETROL is South Atlantic Petroleum, which is controled by Gilbert Chagoury.
That figures, because Danjuma has been known to chair many of the Chagourys’ businesses.
In the main listing, the Chagoury Group is listed with a Falcon 7X. That jet was the first off the assy line, continuing the Chagoury tradition of Falcons (a 900, and another 900 or 50 based in Paris and sometimes, their ancestral Beirut; in the past, a 200.) Source: Pro Pilot, circa 2006/7 (exact date escapes me).
Before the 200 was an early series HS125, if memory serves. And the Chagourys’ business interest: everything, brother, the whole damned works in Nigeria, Benin and Togo
VP-CKH I believe belongs to National Air Service
VP-CKH is registered to HK Aviation (No.3) Ltd. on the Cayman Islands, it certainly belongs to Harry Akande, who previously had a B732 (VP-CHK).
Cayman Islands! We know what that means.
I don’t know much about Deinde Fernandez’s jet except for the fact that Ovation magazine once carried a story that he owns six private jets. N5-UD a citation jet should belong to one of the dantatas.
Your help is really appreciated. Funny, N5UD was also the registration of U. Dantata’s Lockheed Jetstar in the 1970s.
What of andy uba. ? I have spotted him in a certain challenger 300
Could it be VP-BMJ/ex-3B-SSB, frequently used by OBJ too, or 3B-NGT?
These two Ch 300s were white with red tail tip/tailplane and red lower body, and white with blue tail/tailplane and very thin stripes of many colours on the white body, at least in 2007/2010. But before trouble overtook him, the blue tailed one consistently brought one visitor to Benin City: Ibori, Ibori, Ibori (I mean James, the former Delta Gov)
Hangar 8 now owns Star-Gate Aviation?? Who are they?? (Star-Gate)
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/hangar8-sees-profits-grow-on-demand-for-large-business-jets-379554/
It’s a mistake in the report. Star-Gate is an South African company.
Why is the FG reluctant to allow the construction of hangars at Abuja? Only, Julius Berger has a private hangar.
Ah, understood, I’m not very clued up about the corporate aviation side of things.
To answer your question maybe anything that won’t bring income to them they’re not interested in?
Hopefully they’ll remember someday, that they forgot to put in a lighting system for 18L in Lagos instead of all the new Terminals they seem to want to build.
N404SA is owned by MRS group
The the 368HK possibly owned by Jide Omokore
The M-Dara falcon is the one owned by Dansa Juice, because they have a Falcon
The M-Ubsa in Kano owned by Namco came as replacement for the vp-BFF which is now in storage
IRS airlines have a challenger 604 VP CRI as well
Pls 3B RGT is owned by gtbank. they sold the challenger 300 and replaced it with 3b rgt
VP BJT is owned by triton aviation
Thank you, Captainb, for your updates. The IRS Challenger should be very new. We’re linking N368HK with Diezani Alison-Madueke, who recently acquired a jet, but no hard evidence yet.
M-DARA is transferred to the Danish register: OY-???
Heliquip SA through their Helicopters Africa page on twitter are offering congratulations to their holding team for getting their Nigerian AOC. Anyone know what this is about?
It relates to Skyjet Aviation, Kaduna. Are they perhaps also operating VIP helicopters?
The zs-zgv is actually zs-Sgv and owned by notore fertilizer/jite okolo
Probably are, wonder what they’re bringing in? On a related note any news about the 3 white and red Sikorsky 76’s at the ramp in Lagos?
They belong to Atlantic Aviation, the start-up of CHC/JAGAL.
Strange that, I have it on good authority that they belong to Hak Air!!
You’re right actually!
Is associated Aviation Still operating as an airline or what’s it current status. After checking on-line this is all I got. http://www.proshareng.com/news/6844
I don’t know how recent this info is, anyone in the know should please give us some updates.
That report is from 2009/2010, so a bit dated. However, it seems Associated Aviation has suspended all its operations (or at least its scheduled flights according a recent newspaper report). It has gone quiet since they announced the order for ERJs in June. The airline was sold to TAK Continental (owned by IBB?), and the current MD is Cordelia Ekwueme. All efforts to contact them have failed, and there is no news about the new ERJs. Has anyone spotted the Bauchi State aircraft (5N-BJM) operated by Associated?
The TAK component flew a Lear 45, charter, 2010/2011, Nigerian crews, it seemed. Heard from an insider, that they still have plans for their EMB 120s, four machines. One of them did a flight (probably charter) in my presence, sometime in may/june
I would like to have full contact of Sky Bird Air urgently. (such as phone, mobile, fax, e-mail etc..).. also confirm if this company is exist in Nigeria.
thanks- Fellyson
Yes, they do exist: http://www.skybirdair.com/
I need at least one phone number for SkyBird Air if possible, I would like to talk to them by any means, thanks in advance for your great supports… sorry for typing mistake
does anybody know if there is a vacancy in any airline weather charter airline or not or any travel agency for ticketing position.
I just discovered that Sapetrol/ Danjuma also own a Challenger 605 with Reg no M-SAPL.
Thanks. Registered at Isle of Man on 28 June 2012.
The M-SAPL is a Challenger 605 and not 604, please correct that. I also want to ask why there is no data on privately owned helicopters in Nigeria because people like Mike Adenuga and Dangote own helicopters.
Thanks for the correction. It’s an error in the Isle of Man register: http://www.gov.im/lib/docs/ded/Aircraft/AboutUs/RegisteredAircraft/isleofmanaircraftregisteralph.pdf
Indeed, there are at least 5 or 6 private/corporate helicopters in Nigeria. But it’s very difficult to identify them. Nestoil has a Sikorsky S76C VIP (N151LB), and Odepoye also has a helicopter according to rumours.
A Bell 430 (ex-N430LL) is often sighted at Adenuga’s hangar. A S76 and a Bell 407 were also imported this year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/superspotter/6805860019/lightbox/
Here’s an overview of choppers on the 5N-register: http://www.rotorspot.nl/current/5n-c.htm
Mustapha, it is hard to know about Privately owned helicopters unless you personally see them flying, are you sure about this?
stumbled across this flickr page with some recent shots of Abuja Ramp and some of these Jets. go through his photostream for more pics
some pictures are low quality.
What is wrong, is this blog no more functioning?
2019 now. Any update? Or have they come after you?