See also
- List of defunct airlines of Sierra Leone
- List of airlines
- List of air carriers banned in the European Union
- List of companies based in Sierra Leone
| Sovereign states |
|
|---|---|
States with limited recognition | |
Dependencies and other territories |
|
It is proposed that this article be deleted because of the following concern:
If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming, or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. You may remove this message if you improve the article or otherwise object to deletion for any reason. Although not required, you are encouraged to explain why you object to the deletion, either in your edit summary or on the talk page. If this template is removed, do not replace it . The article may be deleted if this message remains in place for seven days, i.e., after 23:12, 23 June 2022 (UTC). Find sources: "List of airlines of Sierra Leone" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR |
Another editor has reviewed this page's proposed deletion and endorses both the proposal and the reason given above. If you remove the {{proposed deletion/dated}} tag above, please also remove this {{Proposed deletion endorsed}} tag. |
Sierra Leone currently has no active airlines.
Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, colloquially Salone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of 71,740 km2 (27,699 sq mi), Sierra Leone has a tropical climate, with diverse environments ranging from savanna to rainforests. The country has a population of 7,092,113 as of the 2015 census. The capital and largest city is Freetown. The country is divided into five administrative regions which are subdivided into 16 districts.
Bellview Airlines was an airline based in Sierra Leone. It was established and started operations in 1995, and was jointly owned by Bellview Airlines and Sierra-Leonean investors. It has since been merged back into the parent company in Nigeria.
Sky Aviation was an airline based in Sierra Leone.
Teebah Airlines was a Sierra Leone registered charter airline based in Amman, Jordan, leasing its aircraft out to other airlines on demand. Its main base was Queen Alia International Airport.
Paramount Airlines is an aviation company in Sierra Leone that used to provide a helicopter service between the capital, Freetown, and Lungi International Airport as well as other cities within the country.
Air Rum was an airline registered in Sierra Leone, though based in Amman owned by Jordanian business man Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Sheikh, Jordan, which operated leasing and charter flights out Queen Alia International Airport, Amman.
Air Leone was an airline based in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. From its foundation in 1999 until being shut down in 2005, the airline operated regional passenger and cargo flights out of Lungi International Airport.
Afrik Air Links was a privately owned airline based in Freetown, Sierra Leone, operating chartered flights within West Africa. The airline was founded in 1991, and ceased in 2005.
Freetown International Airport (officially), locally known as Lungi International Airport, is an international airport located in the coastal town of Lungi, Sierra Leone. It is the only international airport in Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone River separates Lungi International Airport from Freetown, the nation's capital city.
Sierra Leone Airways was the national airline of Sierra Leone. It was based at the Lungi International Airport, in Lungi, Sierra Leone. It operated scheduled domestic, regional and international services.
The following list is of events that happened during 2007 in Sierra Leone.
West African Airways Corporation, or WAAC for short, was an airline that operated from 1946 to 1958, jointly owned by the governments of Britain's four west African colonies, namely The Gambia, the Gold Coast, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. The carrier was headquartered at the Airways House in Ikeja, Nigeria, and operated from its hub in Lagos Airport. It was dissolved on 30 September 1958, after all the shareholder countries but Nigeria set up their own national airlines following their independence. As the sole remaining major stockholder of the airline, the government of Nigeria continued to operate it as WAAC Nigeria, which was eventually renamed Nigeria Airways and became the flag carrier of the country.
Mauritania Airlines previously Mauritania Airlines International, is an airline based in Nouakchott, Mauritania, serving as flag carrier of the country. The company was set up in December 2010 in response to the demise of Mauritania Airways. In April 2018, it was announced the airline had rebranded from Mauritania Airlines International to Mauritania Airlines. It is also the only airline so far operating in Mauritania.
Fly 6ix is a former passenger airline with its head office in Freetown, Sierra Leone, operating out of Lungi International Airport.
Fly Salone was an airline based in the United Kingdom that operated scheduled and charter flights between London and Freetown, Sierra Leone. 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.
Eagle Air was an airline from Sierra Leone, existing from 2006 to 2016.