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United Nigeria Airlines

United Nigeria Airlines Limited, trading as United Nigeria Airlines, is a private airline in Nigeria. The new start-up received its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) on 1 February 2021. Headquartered in the city of Enugu, with an office in Abuja, and with its operations base at Enugu International Airport, United Nigeria Airlines started with four aircraft to operate scheduled flights between nine Nigerian cities: Abuja, Onitsha, Asaba, Yenagoa, Warri, Enugu, Owerri, Lagos, and Port Harcourt.

Overview
United Nigeria Airlines was established in 2020. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Nigeria Airlines Limited, a Nigerian company affiliated with Obiorah Okonkwo, a Russian-trained political scientist, businessman and entrepreneur. The airline took delivery of four 50-seater Embraer ERJ-145LR aircraft during the second half of 2020. ==Destinations==
Destinations
As of November 2025, United Nigeria Airlines maintained regular scheduled services to the following destinations: ==Fleet==
Fleet
, United Nigeria Airlines operates the following aircraft: ==Incidents and accidents==
Incidents and accidents
• On 17 November 2021, a United Nigeria Embraer 145 with 43 passengers and four crew, flying from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to Murtala Muhammad International Airport, reported hearing two loud explosions followed by an engine flameout after departure. The crew declared an emergency and returned safely to Abuja on a single engine. The preliminary investigation by the Accident Investigation Bureau (Nigeria) revealed that the flight data recorder had been disabled and did not record the incident on the flight. ==See also==
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