Fly 6ix

Fly 6ix Airline
IATA ICAO Callsign
- - FLYSIX
Founded 2010
Commenced operations 2011
Hubs Lungi International Airport
Fleet size 1
Destinations 4
Parent company Medi-Call Group of Companies
Headquarters Freetown, Sierra Leone
Website http://www.fly6ix.com/

Fly 6ix is a former passenger airline with its head office in Freetown, Sierra Leone, operating out of Lungi International Airport.[1]

History

The airline was founded in 2010 by the UK-based MediCall Group of companies.[2] Passenger flights commenced in January 2011.[3] At the inauguration of passenger services, Ernest Koroma, President of Sierra Leone, officially designated Fly 6ix as the national carrier of Sierra Leone.[4] Fly 6ix served four West African cities with a single Embraer 135 aircraft. The airline has ceased operating. Fly6ix Limited resolved 3 December 2012 to be wound up voluntarily.[5]

Former Destinations

The Spring 2011 schedule of Fly 6ix Airlines offers weekly connections between the following destinations along the Atlantic coast of West Africa:

Gambia
Guinea
Liberia
Sierra Leone

Fleet

As of May 2011, Fly 6ix Airline's scheduled operations were undertaken by a single Embraer 135. The aircraft, registered as 5Y-BVY, was originally delivered in 2003 to the American regional carrier Chautauqua Airlines.[6]

Fly 6ix Airline Fleet
Aircraft In Service Passengers
Embraer 135
1
35
Total
1

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