Paramount Airlines

Paramount Airlines
	Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 at Freetown Lungi Airport
Ceased operations	2007
Fleet size	Mil Mi-8
Destinations	Freetown, Sierra Leone, Lungi International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria
Headquarters	Sierra Leone

Paramount Airlines is an aviation company in Sierra Leone that used to provide a helicopter service between the capital, Freetown, and Lungi International Airport as well as other cities within the country. Paramount Airlines also flew helicopters to other places within West Africa including Abuja, Nigeria. Flights were grounded by the Sierra Leone government for safety reasons in 2007 after a flight from the capital Freetown crashed on landing at the Lungi International Airport, killing all 22 people on board.^[1]

The airline is on the List of air carriers banned in the European Union.^[2]

Accidents

See 2007 Paramount Airlines helicopter crash

On June 3, 2007, a helicopter flight from Freetown crashed on landing at Lungi airport, killing all 22 people on board.

References

^ "Sierra Leone axes transport director". IOL News. June 5, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Doyle, Mark (March 22, 2006). "Africa relies on EU-banned planes". BBC News. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

This article relating to an African airline is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This Sierra Leone–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Sierra Leone axes transport director". IOL News. June 5, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Doyle, Mark (March 22, 2006). "Africa relies on EU-banned planes". BBC News. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[1]

[2]