Sky Mali

The airline maintains its headquarters at Bamako International Airport, approximately 15.5 kilometres (10 mi), by road, southeast of the city of Bamako, the capital of Mali.^[1][2]

Sky Mali was established in 2020. It received an Air Operator Certificate, from the National Aviation Agency of Mali, on 22 July 2020. The airline began commercial operations during the third quarter of calendar year 2020.^[3][4] Its inaugural flight was on 29 September 2020, from Bamako to Kayes. ^[5] As of February 2021, the load factors on the Bamako–Gao and Bamako–Kayes routes were in excess of 80 percent.^[4]

In June 2021, Sky Mali announced the addition of their first international routes: Bamako-Cotonou-Libreville (launched 9 August), and Bamako-Kayes-Dakar (launched 28 July).^[6][7][8]

With the cessation of service by Air Mali (2005), there had been no scheduled domestic air service inside Mali, since 2012. With backing of the Al Sayegh Group of Abu Dhabi, Sky Mali was established and began commercial operations during the second half of 2020. As of February 2021, five Malian destinations are served, including the airline's hub at Bamako International Airport.^[1][4]

At its inception, Sky Mali SA, "a public limited company incorporated under Malian law", was a 100 percent subsidiary of Al Sayegh Group, an Emirati investment holding company, based in Abu Dhabi. At that time, it was expected that other private investors and possibly the Government of Mali would become investors in the business.^[3]

As of September 2025, Sky Mali serves four domestic and two international routes to Niger and Ivory Coast^[4]

• Mali
  • Bamako – Bamako International Airport (Hub)^[4]
  • Gao – Gao International Airport^[4]
  • Kayes – Kayes Airport^[4]
  • Timbuktu – Timbuktu Airport^[4]

• Niger
  • Niamey – Diori Hamani International Airport

• Ivory Coast
  • Abidjan – Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport^[9]

• Airlines of Africa
• List of airlines of Mali