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Afrinat International Airlines was an airline headquartered in Bakau, the Gambia. It was founded in 2002, and provided scheduled services within West Africa out of Banjul International Airport. In 2004, the airline ceased to exist.




History


Afrinat International Airlines was created in 2002 by West African businessmen looking to fill the gap left by the disparition of Air Afrique by directly connecting New York's JFK Airport to West African cities. Its first president was Samule Ofori. Afrinat was originally based in the USA.
Afrinat started with 2 aircraft: 1 Boeing 747 (411 passengers, 32 in business) and 1 Boeing 767 (250 passengers, 32 in business).
In April 2003, Afrinat started daily flights connecting New York and Banjul, and serving as a regional hub to West African countries (Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon).




Fleet


The Afrinat International Airlines fleet consisted of a single McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jet aircraft.




Destinations


As of 2004, Afrinat served the following destinations:

The Gambia
Banjul (Banjul International Airport)
Ghana
Accra (Kotoka International Airport)
Guinea
Conakry (Conakry International Airport)
Mali
Bamako (Senou International Airport)
Senegal
Dakar (Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport)
Sierra Leone
Freetown (Lungi International Airport)




See also


List of defunct airlines of the Gambia
Transport in the Gambia




References






External links


Official website via Wayback Machine

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