Fly Salone

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Fly Salone
Fly Salone logo.png
IATA ICAO Call sign
5L ? ?
Commenced operations11 December 2015
Ceased operations18 March 2016
Operating bases Gatwick Airport (London)
Fleet size1
Destinations2
Key peopleJay Saleh, chairman [1]
Sam Sabrah, CEO [1] Struan Johnston, aviation specialist responsible for strategy and operations.
Website fly-salone.com (archived)

Fly Salone was an airline based in the United Kingdom that operated scheduled and charter flights between London and Freetown, Sierra Leone. [2] The airline conducted its first flight on 11 December 2015. On 17 March 2016, Fly Salone announced it had ceased trading and operated its last flight the following day. [3]

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History

Fly Salone was created in response to British Airways' suspension of nonstop flights from London Heathrow Airport to Freetown in August 2014, in the wake of the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. [1] [4] In November 2015 the World Health Organization declared Sierra Leone free of Ebola, and in early December the UK Civil Aviation Authority lifted its ban on flights to the country. [1]

The airline was registered in the United Kingdom but served as the flag carrier of Sierra Leone. [4] The management team was entirely Sierra Leonean. [5]

On 11 December 2015, the airline operated its first flight, departing London Gatwick Airport at night and arriving in Freetown Lungi International Airport the following morning. Flights operated twice a week using a Boeing 757 leased from Icelandair. [4]

On 17 March 2016, Fly Salone announced it had ceased trading and would soon go into liquidation. [6] No reasons were provided. The airline operated its final flight, from Freetown to London, the following day. [3] The collapse of Fly Salone also caused the UK travel operator Kevin McPhillips Travel to cease trading. McPhillips Travel had been behind most direct flight operations between the UK and Sierra Leone for more than 20 years.

Destinations

Fly Salone's former aircraft, a Boeing 757-200 registered TF-FIW, at Lungi Airport in early March 2016 Fly Salone aircraft at Lungi airport cropped.jpg
Fly Salone's former aircraft, a Boeing 757-200 registered TF-FIW, at Lungi Airport in early March 2016

At the time it ceased operations, Fly Salone was flying to the following destinations: [4]

CountryCityAirportNotes
Sierra LeoneFreetown Lungi International Airport —
United KingdomLondon Gatwick Airport Base

Fleet

Prior to its collapse, Fly Salone operated a single Boeing 757-200 aircraft, leased from Icelandair. [1] [4]

Air Sierra Leone

In a press release in October 2024, Sierra Leone government has announced the launch of a new airline Air Sierra Leone beginning flights between Freetown Lungi Airport and London Gatwick three times a week. Flights will be operated by wet leased aircraft of Xejet (Nigeria). Inaugural flight is set to take off December 2nd 2024.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "UK start-up Fly Salone commences flights to Sierra Leone". Ch-aviation. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Profile on Fly Salone". CAPA - Centre for Aviation. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Sierra Leone News:Fly Salone shuts down". Awoko Newspaper. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sierra Leone News: Fly Salone starts operation today". Awoko Newspaper. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sierra Leone: Fly Salone Makes Maiden Flight to Lungi Airport". Concord Times (Freetown) via allAfrica.com. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Fly Salone set to be liquidated". ch-aviation. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
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