Afrinat International Airlines was an airline headquartered in Bakau, the Gambia."Contacts ." Afrinat International Airlines. Retrieved on 26 February 2010. "Afrinat International Airlines 6 Garba Jahumpa Road Bakau Banjul-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:Afrinat International Airlines: Official website The Gambia Banjul (Banjul International Airport) Ghana Accra (Accra 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
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