Fly
Mid Africa on Monday started a two-day meeting to review its performance,
strengthens and weaknesses, after 60 days of operations.
The
review meeting at Sheraton Hotel in Brufut was attended by the airline’s
general sales agents from five countries.
Bakary
Nyassi, managing director of Fly Mid Africa, said the meeting would also see
the development of the airline’s winter 2017/18 flight programme.
He
said Fly Mid Africa started business in The Gambia with the primary objective
developing a new passenger/cargo airline with services connecting target cities
in West and Central Africa and Europe and to expand to the Americas in the
medium to long term.
Mr
Nyassi said the airline hopes to position Banjul International Airport as the
major regional hub and to develop a strong brand associated with high quality
products and services and to achieve profits for the investors.
He
said the company would leverage on the geo-political stability and geographical
position of The Gambia to position Banjul as the gateway to West Africa.
The
Gambia is one of the closest to the Americas on continental Africa and only two
hours by flight from the EU.
“This
proximity is a natural competitive advantage over incumbent carriers from East
and South Africa,” MD Nyassi said.
He
affirmed that Fly Mid Africa’s development strategy seeks to link West Africa
to major hubs in the EU and North America to provide seamless connections for
its traffic to/from the rest of the world.
