Gambia Bird

Gambia Bird was founded by the German carrier Germania in October 2012.^[4] The airline was launched in partnership with the Government of Gambia in order to replace the services of Air Afrique, which was liquidated in 2002.^[5] Germania retained a 90% ownership share of Gambia Bird.^[4]

The carrier started operations on 22 October 2012 (2012-10-22) with an Airbus A319-100 leased from Germania that flew between Banjul and Dakar.^[6] Accra, Conakry, Freetown and Monrovia were added to the route network shortly afterwards;^[2] on 24 October 2012 (2012-10-24), Gambia Bird operated its first service to London Gatwick.^[7] Flights to Barcelona were introduced on 28 October.^[8] A second A319 joined the fleet in November 2012 (2012-11).^[9]

In December 2014 (2014-12), Gambia Bird suspended operations until further notice.^[10][11][12] By May 2015, there had not been any resumption of services. The former aircraft of Gambia Bird were taken back into service with its parent, Germania.^{[citation needed]} In March 2015, Germania's CEO stated that a resumption of services by Gambia Bird was unlikely, due to an insufficient perspective for future development.^[13]

Gambia Bird served the following destinations, as of June 2014^[update]:

As of December 2014, the Gambia Bird fleet consisted of the following aircraft:^[15]

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