Slok Air International
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| Founded | September 1996 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Banjul International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Destinations | 8 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Lagos | ||||||
| Key people | Mr. Abdulkareem Idris (Chief Executive Officer) | ||||||
| Website | Previous official website | ||||||
Slok Air International (Gambia) Ltd was a scheduled passenger airline registered in Gambia. Its main base was at Banjul International Airport in Banjul, the Gambia.
History
[edit]Slok Air and Slok Air Gambia
[edit]Slok Air International was founded in Nigeria by the Slok Group.
Service was halted in the end of December 2007 due to maintenance and was resumed mid-February 2008, but by July published reports described financial difficulties with the airline, which continued into the autumn of 2008 with creditors filling lawsuits against the firm, seeking payments. By the end of October 2008, despite any formal announcement, press release, or news report, it was no longer possible to book flights with the airline, which had stopped flying.[1][2][3]
Slok Air International
[edit]Once again, the airline was renamed to Slok Air International in early 2009. Flights re-commenced in February of the same year.
Destinations
[edit]Fleet
[edit]The Slok Air International fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
- 6 Boeing 737-200 (only 1 used for scheduled services)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Previous official website
- "Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD) — Air Transport Challenges to Growth" (PDF). World Bank. June 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-26.
- ^ "Slok Air Airline Profile". Centre for Aviation, part of the Aviation Week Network (CAPA). Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ "Nigeria's Slok Air in talks with Emirates to resume operations". ch-aviation GmbH. 2014-04-30. Archived from the original on 2021-06-26.
- ^ "Slok Air International Gambia Limited". Access Gambia. Archived from the original on 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
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