Nigeria_Airways
Shekarun farko
Kamfanin jirgin saman ya kasance a ranar August 23, 1958  a karkashin sunan West African Airways Corporation Nigeria Limited (WAAC Nigeria), wanda aka fi sani da Nigerian Airways, don maye gurbin lankwasar kamfanin West African Airways Corporation (WAAC);  an riƙe taken "WAAC" saboda darajar da wannan kamfani ya samu a baya. Da farko, kamfanin jigilar ya kasance wani bangare ne wanda gwamnatin Najeriya ta kasance ita ce ta manyan masu hannun jari (51%), kuma Dattijo Dempster Lines da British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) suka riƙe ragowar (32⅔ da 16⅓, bi da bi). WAAC Najeriya ta gaji wasu jiragen sama mallakar WAAC a baya. [11] Ayyuka fara a ranar October 1, 1958, tare da BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser da ke aiki a madadin sabon kamfanin jirgin da ya hada London Heathrow da Lagos, da kuma Douglas DC-3s da ke jigilar ayyukan cikin gida da gudu zuwa Dakar, na karshe a hade da Ghana Airways. [11] A wannan ranar, WAAC Nigeria ta sanya hannu kan wata yarjejeniya ta shekaru 15 tare da BOAC don daukar nauyin 'yan Stratocruisers da Bristol Britannias don yin hidimar jirage masu nisa tsakanin Najeriya da Ingila. Kwangilar ta kuma yi tunanin cewa za a yi amfani da waɗannan hanyoyin a cikin yarjejeniyar tafki, inda za a iya ba da tikiti ta jirgin sama ɗaya don jiragen da ke ɗayan, tare da raba kudaden shiga. [11] [[File:Vickers_VC-10_G-ARVL_Nigeria_Aws_Ikeja_1969_edited-2.jpg|left|thumb| A Nigeria Airways Vickers VC-10, an bayar da haya daga BOAC, a Filin jirgin saman Ikeja a shekara ta 1969. Wani kamfani na Forko.  A April 1960, rundunar ta kunshi de Havilland Dove, takwas na Havilland Herons da Douglas DC-3s takwas.  A farkon shekarar 1961, Najeriya ta zama ita kadai ce mamallakin kamfanin ta hanyar sayen hannayen jarin da BOAC da Elder Dempster suka yi;  kamfanin jirgin saman ya zama mai dauke da tutar kasar. [11] Dukkanin rundunar Heron an janye daga aiki a watan Maris na 1961 kamar yadda ya zama dole a iya buƙata ta tattalin arziki.  Da nufin maye gurbin rundunar DC-3, an ba da umarnin Fokker Friendship 200s   tare da ɗaukar zaɓuɓɓuka kan ƙarin biyu. [11] A BOAC Comet 4 ya ƙaddamar da ayyukan jigilar jirgi tsakanin Najeriya da Landan a ranar April 1, 1962 ; an yi aiki tare tare da kamfanin Nigeria Airways. Abota sun haɗu da rundunar tsakanin Janairu zuwa Mayu 1963, kuma an tura su kan hanyoyin yanki, gami da waɗanda suka yi hidimar [[Abidjan]], Accra, Bathurst, Dakar, Freetown da Robertsfield . [11] An sake sabunta kwangila tare da BOAC kuma an sanya hannu kan wata sabuwar yarjejeniya a watan Afrilun shekarar.  A watan Yuni, an fara maye gurbin DC-3s da Abokai akan hanyoyin zuwa Gambiya, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Laberiya, Senegal, Saliyo, da Leopoldville . Koyaya, za a ci gaba da sanya nau'ikan a kan jigilar fasinjojin Kano - Cotonou - Lomé –Accra da kuma hanyar Lagos zuwa Kano. [11] Daga baya BOAC ta gudanar da ayyukan Vickers VC-10 a madadin kamfanin na Nigeria Airways daga watan Afrilun shekara ta 1964 har zuwa lokacin da aka samo wani nau'in jirgin sama daga kamfanin jirgin saman Burtaniya October 1969 ;  jirgin ya lalace a cikin hatsari a watan Nuwamba na waccan shekarar.   An fara jigilar jirgin sama tsakanin Najeriya da Amurka a farkon October 1964 . An kira shi ″ Operation Fantastic ", ya danganta Lagos da New York kuma kamfanin Pan Am ke amfani da shi ta hanyar amfani da Boeing 707s da Douglas DC-8s, amma yarjejeniya tsakanin kasashen biyu ta baiwa Nigeria Airways damar siyar da iyakantattun kujeru a wadannan jiragen. Boeing_727-2F9_5N-ANQ_Nigeria_Ikeja_13.06.80_edited-2.jpg Yawan ma'aikata ya kasance 2,191 a watan March 1970 . A wannan lokacin, rundunar ta kunshi Piper Aztec daya, da Douglas DC-3 da Fokker F27 guda shida wadanda suka yi aiki a kan hanyar sadarwar cikin gida da kuma hanyoyin yankin da suka fadada yamma, har zuwa Dakar, suna aiki a yarjejeniyar kududdufin tare da Ghana Airways ; jerin kasashen turai sun hada da Frankfurt, London, Madrid da Rome, dukkansu sun yi aiki tare da VC10s da aka yi hayar daga BOAC.  A ranar 22 ga Janairun shekara ta 1971, aka sake sunan kamfanin a matsayin Nigeria Airways .   A wannan lokacin kamfanin jirgin ya yi amfani da haya ta jirgin sama a matsayin abin da aka saba: Boeing 707s da suka tashi daga Lagos zuwa London an ba su hayar daga Laker Airways da Ethiopian Airlines har zuwa lokacin da aka sanya sabon Boeing 707-320C a cikin rukunin jiragen da kuma tura su hanyar a cikin watan Agusta 1971,   kuma a cikin Oktoba 1971 an ba da hayar Boeing 737 daga Aer Lingus . [25] Wani jirgin Boeing 707-320C an ba da umarnin a shekara ta 1972, tare da Boeing 737-200s biyu.  An yi hayar jirgin kirar Boeing 707 daga kamfanin Aer Lingus a watan Afrilun shekara ta 1972 don turawa galibi akan hanyar Legas zuwa London, tare da samar da ma'aikata da kuma kulawa. [25] A watan Oktoban shekara ta 1972, wani Fokker F28 ya shiga rundunar a kan yarjejeniyar haya tare da Fokker, kuma daga baya aka ba da umarnin irin wannan jirgin.  A ƙarshen 1972, an sanya hannu kan kwangilar taimakon gudanarwa tare da Trans World Airlines, tare da mai jigilar Ba'amurken ya ba da ƙwararru a fannoni daban-daban na gudanarwa, kasuwanci, da na kuɗi har tsawon shekaru biyar,   amma kwangilar ba ta taɓa ɓacewa ba . [25] Kamfanin Jirgin Sama na Nigeria Airways ya karbi jigilar Boeing 707s guda uku a watan Fabrairun 1973; an saka su cikin aikin Lagos – London nan da nan. An kawo Boeing 737s biyu, tare da rajista 5N-ANC da 5N-AND, a farkon 1970s..