Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well, they say. And that’s what Slok Air International Airline has just been doing in the Guinean Capital, Conakry.

Despite the presence of many old and experience airlines such as Royal Air Morocco, SN Brussels, Air Senegal International, Air Ivoire, to name a few, the two-year-old Banjul based airline of Nigerian origin, Slok Air International Airline, has strengthened its grip on the Guinea-Conakry airline market, both in terms of standard of flight service and human relations.

Established in Conakry some seven months ago, Slok Air International is now the most converted airline connecting Conakry and other major cities in West Africa, especially Banjul, Dakar and Abidjan.

According to the airline’s Country Director in Conakry, Mr. Banji, Slok Air is doing well in Conakry and its rapid growth and achievement was due to the punctuality of its flights, its good rates, services and its dedicated staff.

Mr. Banji pointed out that presently the airline is operating two flights a week - Wednesdays and Saturdays - Banjul-Dakar-Conakry-Abidjan and back, the same route.

He added that despite the presence of many airlines on that route, Slok Air International is now facing space problem due to increasing demand for the flight by passengers, some times higher than the available space. And this happens especially in Conakry, he remarked.

“Some times the flight is almost full in Abidjan before reaching Conakry and you know that many Guineans frequently travel to Banjul to do shopping,” he highlighted.

Mr. Banji added that with the raining season approaching, all those who travel by land to Banjul would be obliged to use the airspace, as the road would not be practicable any more, which would increase the demand for the flight and cause more congestion.

To remedy the situation, the hardworking Country Director has suggested to the Managing Director of Slok Air International to increase the number of flights for Mondays.

“The only flight from Conakry to the sub-region is Air Senegal International and that flight leaves at 2100pm, which means that passengers have to wait the all day before leaving Conakry, and Guineans don’t like to travel at night, so it would be very good to have a flight on Monday mornings,” Mr. Banji advised.

Meanwhile, all the major airline agents that this reporter visited commended Slok Air International for bringing an end to the long-standing flight-starvation problem in Conakry.

All the agents hailed Mr. Banji for his openness, understanding, hard work and dedication to service.

They also appealed to the management of Slok Air to introduce another flight on Monday and to do their utmost best to put the company on the IT system that would allow the agents to know the number of seats available and the price of the tickets by browsing the web site of the airline.