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Sierra National Airlines

Airline

Sierra Leone Airways was the national airline of Sierra Leone. It was based at the Lungi International Airport, in Lungi, Sierra Leone. It operated scheduled domestic, regional and international services.2 It was founded in 1990.1 It is headquartered in Freetown.1 It ceased to exist in 2006.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1990Founded1

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Boeing 707 (JY-AEC) of Sierra National Airlines at Gatwick (May 1983)
Photo: Paul Nelhams from Shannon, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Sierra Leone Airways was the national airline of Sierra Leone. It was based at the Lungi International Airport, in Lungi, Sierra Leone. It operated scheduled domestic, regional and international services.2

The story

Sierra Leone Airways was founded as Sierra Leone's national carrier in 1958 when the government withdrew from the regional West African Airways Corporation partnership with Nigeria, Ghana, and the Gambia. In 1982, the Sierra Leone government entered into a partnership with Alia/Royal Jordanian Airlines, and relaunched Sierra Leone Airways as Sierra Leone Airlines. Following the suspension of operations by Sierra Leone Airlines in 1987, services from Freetown were resumed on 1 May 1990 under the Sierra National Airlines.

From Wikipedia’s article on Sierra Leone Airways, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

International scheduled destinations

As of January 2005 Sierra National Airlines operated the following services:

London (Gatwick Airport)

Amsterdam (Amsterdam Schiphol Airport)

Banjul (Banjul International Airport)

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Monrovia (Roberts International Airport)

Conakry (Conakry International Airport)

Fleet

de Havilland Dragon Rapide

de Havilland Heron

Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer

Bristol Britannia 312

Vickers VC10

Boeing 707

Boeing 720

Boeing 727

Boeing 767

Britten Norman BN-2A Trislander

Lockheed L-1011

McDonnell Douglas MD-83

From Wikipedia’s article on Sierra Leone Airways, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2006Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1990Founded Founded1

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