Slok Air International Explained

Airline:	Slok Air International
Fleet Size:	6
Destinations:	8
Iata:	S0
Icao:	OKS
Callsign:	SLOK GAMBIA
Founded:	September 1996
Headquarters:	Lagos
Key People:	Mr. Abdulkareem Idris (Chief Executive Officer)
Hubs:	Banjul International Airport
Focus Cities:	Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
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

Slok Air and Slok Air Gambia

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

Once again, the airline was renamed to Slok Air International in early 2009. Flights re-commenced in February of the same year.

Destinations

• Côte d'Ivoire
  • Abidjan (Port Bouet Airport)
• The Gambia
  • Banjul (Banjul International Airport)
• Ghana
  • Accra (Kotoka International Airport)
• Guinea
  • Conakry (Conakry International Airport)
• Liberia
  • Monrovia (Roberts International Airport)
• Mali
  • Bamako (Senou International Airport)
• Senegal
  • Dakar (Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport)
• Sierra Leone
  • Freetown (Lungi International Airport)

Fleet

The Slok Air International fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

• 6 Boeing 737-200 (only 1 used for scheduled services)

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the Gambia
• Transport in the Gambia

References

• Previous official website
• Web site: Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD) — Air Transport Challenges to Growth. World Bank. June 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20210626210041/https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/636281467990088401/pdf/491940REPLACEM1ANSPORT0FINAL0REPORT.pdf. 2021-06-26. live.

External links

• via Wayback Machine

Notes and References

1. Web site: Slok Air Airline Profile. Centre for Aviation, part of the Aviation Week Network (CAPA). 2021-06-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126095633if_/https://centreforaviation.com/data/profiles/airlines/slok-air-s0. 2021-01-26. live.
2. Web site: Nigeria's Slok Air in talks with Emirates to resume operations. ch-aviation GmbH. 2014-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20210626204912/https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/27629-nigerias-slok-air-in-talks-with-emirates-to-resume-operations. 2021-06-26. live.
3. Web site: Slok Air International Gambia Limited. Access Gambia. 2021-06-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20171121202458/http://www.accessgambia.com/information/slok-air.html. 2017-11-21. live.