A Nigeria Airways Airbus A310-200 at London Heathrow Airport in 1995.
Nigeria Airways was founded on 23 August 1958.[1]: 51 It succeeded the folded West African Airways Corporation (WAAC), and was initially named WAAC Nigeria. The company took over the WAAC assets and liabilities and started operations on 1 October 1958.[2] In association with Pan American Airways (PAA), the Lagos–New York City route was opened in October 1964 using PAA's DC-8 and Boeing 707 aircraft.[3]
WAAC Nigeria changed its name to Nigeria Airways in 1971.[2] The carrier was wholly owned by the Government of Nigeria for almost its entire life. The airline ceased operations in 2003.[4][5][6]
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