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Gambia International Airlines

Gambia International Airlines

Former flag carrier airline of The Gambia

Gambia International Airlines Limited (GIA) was the national airline of the Gambia, headquartered in Banjul. It operated mostly regional passenger services within West Africa out of Banjul International Airport, as well as flights to London. The airline was owned by the Government of the Gambia (99%) and Gambia Telecommunications Company (1%).

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History

Gambia International Airlines was established on 23 January 1996 and started operations (originally only ground handling) on 1 March of the same year. Even though claiming net profit of 1.3 million dollars in 2003, the airline was forced to suspend its flight operations again in April 2004 due to operational problems.[citation needed] Gambia International Airlines could never re-establish any flight operations, and was finally shut down in 2007.[1]

Destinations

Upon closure, Gambia International Airlines served the following scheduled destinations:[citation needed]

Fleet

In 2004, the Gambia International Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Gambia International Airlines at airlineupdate.com Archived 2010-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "Gambia Intl. Airways Fleet | Airfleets aviation". www.airfleets.net. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
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