Gambia International Airlines

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Gambia International Airlines is the national carrier airline of Gambia, based in Banjul. It operates largely regional passenger services in West Africa.

1 Code Data
2 History
3 Services
4 External links

[edit] Code Data

IATA Code: GC
ICAO Code: GNR
Callsign: GAMBIA INTERNATIONAL

[edit] History

The airline was established on 23 January 1996 and started operations on 1 March 1996. It started off as a ground handling company at Banjul International Airport, but has since expanded into flight operations. On 1 December 2000 the first flight took off in co-operation with Air Namibia. It is owned by the Government of Gambia (99%) and Gambia Telecommunications Company (1%).

"Gambia International Airlines recorded a pre-tax profit of D1.3 million in 2003, but was forced to suspend sub-regional flight operations in April, 2004 due to operational problems. To restart flight operations in the sub-region, GIA is negotiating to lease a Boeing aircraft and aims to sign a final contract shortly" (extract from Government of Gambia Budget Speech 2005).

[edit] Services

As of February 2007, it appears that the airlines does not have scheduled service to any destinations. The airlines announced that service to London-Gatwick was suspended.[1] Also, it appears that former GIA planes are now being used by Futura International Airways.[2]

Previous destinations served included (as of January 2005): Dakar, Freetown, Lagos and London-Gatwick.