Gambia International Airlines is the national carrier airline of Gambia. It was established in January 1996 and provides mainly services in the West Africa region, with a service from Banjul to London Gatwick. A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... The Republic of the Gambia is a nation in West Africa. ... West Africa is the region of western Africa generally considered to include these countries: Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Côte dIvoire (Ivory Coast) Equatorial Guinea Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Niger Nigeria Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) Senegal Sierra Leone Togo Chad, Mauritania, and... Street in Banjul city Banjul is the capital of The Gambia with a population of 34,828 as of 2003. ...
"Gambia International Airlines recorded a pre-tax profit of D1.3 million in 2003, but was forced to suspend sub-regional flight operations in April, 2004 due to operational problems. To restart flight operations in the sub-region, GIA is negotiating to lease a Boeing aircraft and aims to sign a final contract shortly". (extract from Government of Gambia Budget Speech 2005)
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The Gambia International Airlines fleet has included aircraft such as Boeing 737, Fokker F28 and Antonov AN-12 (for cargo) 737 in new Boeing Colors. ... The Fokker F28 Fellowship is a short range jet airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. ...
External Links
Gambia International Airlines (http://www.gia.gm/)
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A major milestone in The Gambia's political history was the overthrow of the Jawara government in July, 1994, by young, and junior officers of the Gambian military which had been built up by Jawara himself.
The population of The Gambia in April 2003 was 1,360,681 (2003 census figures), and growing at an annual rate of approximately 3%.
Gambia Tourist Support www.gambiatouristsupport.com - is a non profit UK organization that aims to provide link between people intending to visit The Gambia and the Gambian hosts, who can provide them with support.
The Gambia's economy remains highly vulnerable to adverse external and domestic shocks, in the absence of significant investment to help it diversify its narrow economic base (manufacturing for exports, tourism and other services) and expand export-oriented activities.
Hanno, The Carthaginean, referred to Gambia while writing about his voyage to West Africa in 470 B.C. It is known that between the 5th and 8th centuries most of the Senegambian Area came from the Sarahuley ethnic group, and those descendants can be found in The Gambia.
The Gambia was then inhabited mainly by wollofs on the Northern bank and Jolas on the southern bank of the River.
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