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Founded | 1996 | ||||||
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Operating bases | Banjul International Airport | ||||||
Parent company | Government of The Gambia | ||||||
Headquarters | Banjul, The Gambia | ||||||
Key people | Mr. Numo K. Sanneh, Awa Samba Jeng | ||||||
Website | https://gia.gm/ |
Gambia International Airlines Limited (GIA) was the national carrier of the Gambia and the most experienced and trusted ground handler in Banjul, The Gambia. GIA's mandate was to provide air transportation and related services to carriers operating at Banjul International Airport. Since its inception, GIA's core activities were categorized into flight operations, ground handling, cargo operations, Ticket sales and reservation, and Hajj and Umrah activities. However, the flight operation unit of GIA has been dormant for a while due to the lack of a viable partner to reactivate this activity.
Gambia International Airlines was established on 23 January 1996 and started operations on 1st March 1996. GIA was established to take over the activities of the then-defunct Gambia Airways.
By its vision, mission, legal status, and mandate, the operation of international air services is meant to be the core business activity of GIA. However, mainly due to a lack of requisite financial resources, a strategic decision was taken early in the company's life to defer independent flight operations. Nonetheless, several attempts have been made at joint operations with several partner airlines including:
Air Namibia 2001 Safair 2003 Futura 2003 - 2005 TACV 2008 - 2010 Air Mauritania 2014
The flights on the above arrangements operated mostly regional passenger services within West Africa out of Banjul International Airport, as well as flights to London.
Despite suspending Flight operation activity, GIA has been actively engaged in providing the services listed below:
Ground Handling Services Cargo Operations (Import, Export and warehousing) Travel Agency Hajj and Umrah operations
Upon closure, Gambia International Airlines, with partners, served the following scheduled destinations:
Over the years, the Gambia International Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft: [1]
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