Gambia Bird Airlines Limited was the

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headquartered in

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with its home base at

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. It suspended operations in .

History

Gambia Bird was founded by the

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carrier

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in October 2012. The airline was launched in partnership with the

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in order to replace the services of

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, which was liquidated in 2002. Germania retained a 90% ownership share of Gambia Bird. The carrier started operations on with an

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leased from Germania that flew between Banjul and

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and

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were added to the route network shortly afterwards; on , Gambia Bird operated its first service to

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. Flights to

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were introduced on 28 October. A second A319 joined the fleet in . In , Gambia Bird suspended operations until further notice. By May 2015, there had not been any resumption of services. The former aircraft of Gambia Bird were taken back into service with its parent, Germania. In March 2015, Germania's

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stated that a resumption of services by Gambia Bird was unlikely, due to an insufficient perspective for future development.

Destinations

Gambia Bird served the following destinations, :

Fleet

As of December 2014, the Gambia Bird fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

References

External links

* {{Portal bar, The Gambia, Companies, Aviation Defunct airlines of the Gambia Airlines established in 2012 Airlines disestablished in 2014 2012 establishments in the Gambia 2014 disestablishments in Africa Greater Banjul Area

History

Destinations

Fleet

See also

References

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