We received welcome news that British Airways franchise partner (BMED) is to start flying to Sierra Leone. This means there are now 3 airlines serving the Freetown-London route – Bellview Airlines (Heathrow), Astraeus Airline(Gatwick) and as of October – BMED(Heathrow).
Few main things in here - First off, as a Sierra Leonean this is an endorsement of our nation’s gradual recovery. To quote the article:
“The move represents the return by BA liveried aircraft to West Africa for the first time since the early 1990s when the airline withdrew flights to the region.”
That’s good. We need more big name investors pledging faith in our country’s economy.
Secondly, as a consumer… bring those fares DOWN! already. £750 for a trip home for Christmas is just a little steep dude. Imagine you want to take your entire family (wife and three kids) home for Christmas holidays? Ouch! This is excluding helicopter flights, jabs, accommodation and all the other costs that go with it. From a tourism point of view, lower prices can only help improve our chances in a very competitive market.
On a whole, good news for Sierra Leone.
http://www.travelmole.com/stories/110097.php
BMED to start flights from Heathrow to Freetown - Forum Discussion
4 comments:
all is great but how about making it easier to get visas
love your coments about sierra leone
-i have just came back from there and i loved it too
-please check out mu short video and let me know if u like it
mario
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMf__5H0LOw
I've been using BMED to travel to Sierra Leone few times and each time I used them I ended up with headaches and frustrations. If it's not lost baggages, it's canceled or delayed flights, or dealing with the morons that are working them in Sierra Leone. They are not doing their jobs nor do they give a damn about passengers issues. Eight pieces of my luggages are missing and 3 flights have made it to Lungi airport without any of my loggages. This really SUCKS!!!
That’s good. We need more big name investors pledging faith in our country’s economy Imagine you want to take your entire family (wife and three kids) home for Christmas holidays lower prices can only help improve our chances in a very competitive market.
cashsooner
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