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 scheduled services to the following domestic destinations as of February 2013.
On 29 June 2005, a Fokker 100, registered 5N-COO, was returning to Lagos after the plane developed hydraulic problems. While taxiing, the landing gear collapsed. No one was injured, but the aircraft was written off.[5]
On 11 May 2014, an IRS Airlines Fokker 100, registered 5N-SIK, returning from a post-maintenance check-up crashed near the township of Ganla, Niger. The two pilots survived with undisclosed injuries.[6]
