North American Airlines to add more U.S./Africa services

North American Airlines to add more U.S./Africa services

   North American Airlines, the only U.S. carrier operating scheduled flights to Africa, will in June start a weekly service linking Baltimore and Washington to Banjul in Gambia and Accra, Ghana.

   The new service will use Boeing 767-300ER aircraft and is scheduled to start June 4 pending approval from the Gambian government.

   The service will depart every Sunday at 11:55 p.m. from

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, arriving in Banjul on Monday at 12:15 p.m. From Banjul, the service will continue to Accra arriving the same day at 4:30 p.m.

   Also in June, the airline is adding a second weekly non-stop flight between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Accra.

   North American is a wholly owned subsidiary of World Air Holdings, Inc.