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Old 15th Sep 2004, 11:28
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TimS
 
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Hi Gunship,

1) I come under the first descripton

2) The only IATA two letter designator designated airline I can locate ex Gambia is Gambia International International Airlines (=GC) rather than Air Gambia.

3) Gambia International (who my company provided training for on the implementation of SITA DCS and SITA Gabriel Host Reservations some years ago) utilise the Gabriel reservations host - and this receives any schedules distributed by individual airlines through OAG.

Checking on Gabriel for schedules on these routes shows:

skbjlcky01oct
1 2U 111 3 BJLCKY 1300 1400 737 0
2 VR 5301 7 BJLDKR 1220 1300 DH3 0
VR 5722 DKRCKY 1820 1935 73A 0

>dxa/2u
2U ATLAS INTL HAVACILIK A.S.

>dxa/vr
VR * TRANSPORTES AEREOS DE CABO VERDE

skbjlfna01oct
1 2U 110 6 BJLFNA 0940 1045 737 0
2 B3 251 6 BJLFNA 1140 1250 737 0
3 B3 251 3 BJLFNA 1540 1650 737
4 LJ 721 5 BJLFNA 1930 2030 757 0

>dxa/b3
B3 BELLVIEW AIRLINES LTD.

>dxa/lj
LJ SIERRA NATIONAL AIRLINES

..... so either ......

A) it's not happening

B) they haven't got IATA designation and/or they haven't contracted a host reservations system and/or they don't have a two digit designator and are doomed as a result.



I agree with your earlier comment on your other post that the West Coast of Africa cries out for a good quality, professional and well run service and would make a fortune - however, the politics of operating/route approvals in the region will prevent this happening for the forseable future.

Brgds

TimS
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