Fly Salone

Fly Salone
IATA code :	5L
ICAO code :	ICE used by Icelandair
Call sign :	ICELANDAIR used by Icelandair
Founding:	2015
Operation stopped:	2016
Seat:	United Kingdom
Home airport :	Gatwick Airport
Company form:	Ltd.
Management:	Sam Sabrah ( Chairman )
Fleet size:	1 (rented)
Aims:	international
Website:	www.fly-salone.com ( Memento from October 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Fly Salone ceased operations in 2016. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Fly Salone was a British virtual airline that marketed flights to Sierra Leone and had them operated in wet lease . It ceased operations in March 2016.

history

After British Airways stopped flying to Sierra Leone and Liberia in 2014 due to the Ebola virus epidemic , the main investors Jihad Saleh and Sam H. Sabrah took advantage of the gap in the market and, with the support of the Sierra Leonean government, founded the virtual airline Fly Salone , chaired by Sam Sabrah took over.

The company did not have an Air Operator Certificate and hired Icelandair to operate its flights. As part of the ACMI rental , a Boeing 757-200 (TF-FIW) was used in wet lease between London Gatwick and Freetown International Airport in Sierra Leone. The first flight took place on December 11, 2015. The route was flown twice a week at the beginning and then once a week.

After only three months, the virtual company ceased operations on March 17, 2016 due to financial and security problems and was then liquidated.

See also

• Former Airlines List (Africa)

Web links

• Fly Salone website ( Memento from October 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fly Salone - About us ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 17, 2015
2. ↑ ^{a b} Fly Salone airline was a criminal disaster waiting to happen. Sierra Leone Telegraph, March 21, 2016.
3. ↑ ch-aviation - UK start-up Fly Salone commences flights to Sierra Leone (English), accessed on December 17, 2015
4. ↑ National Disgrace: Fly Salone Grounded for safety and financial reasons. Makoni Times, March 17, 2016. ( Memento of August 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )