Gambia Bird Airlines Limited was the flag carrier airline of Gambia headquartered in Kanifing"Contact Us ." Gambia Bird. Retrieved on 7 May 2013. "Headoffice Gambia Bird House 38 Kairaba Avenue Kanifing, Municipality The Gambia" with its home base at Banjul International Airport. It suspended operations in .
History Gambia Bird was founded by the German carrier Germania in October 2012. The airline was launched in partnership with the Government of Gambia in order to replace the services of Air Afrique, which was liquidated in 2002. Germania retained a 90% ownership share of Gambia Bird.
The carrier started operations on with an Airbus A319-100 leased from Germania that flew between Banjul and Dakar. Accra, Conakry, Freetown and Monrovia were added to the route network shortly afterwards; on , Gambia Bird operated its first service to London Gatwick. Flights to Barcelona 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 CEO 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, : Country City Airport Start EndRefsCameroonDoualaDouala International AirportGambiaBanjulBanjul International Airport December 2014GhanaAccraAccra International Airport2012December 2014Guinea-BissauBissauOsvaldo Vieira International AirportDecember 2014GuineaConakryConakry International AirportLiberiaMonroviaRoberts International Airport2012December 2014NigeriaLagosMurtala Muhammed International AirportDecember 2014SenegalDakarLéopold Sédar Senghor International AirportDecember 2014Sierra LeoneFreetownLungi International Airport2012December 2014SpainBarcelonaBarcelona AirportDecember 2014United KingdomLondonGatwick AirportDecember 2014
Fleet
As of December 2014, the Gambia Bird fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
+ Gambia Bird fleetAircraftIn fleetPassengersNotes Airbus A319-100 2 144Leased from Germania
See also List of defunct airlines of the Gambia Transport in the Gambia
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