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North American Airlines will discontinue service to Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria on May 20 citing fuel prices. The airline currently serves Accra once per week, and Lagos 3x per week.

North American Airlines announced earlier this month that it intends to start services between Baltimore MD in the United States and Lagos, Nigeria. The flights, operated three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, will begin on September 7 with a stop at New York JFK.

NA133 BWI - JFK: 1300 - 1430
NA133 JFK - LOS: 1400 - 0745
NA134 LOS - JFK: 2345 - 0630
NA134 JFK - BWI: 0900 - 1030

North American and Virgin Nigeria have signed an agreement to cooperate on flights between the US and Africa. The first phase will see the airlines implementing an interline agreement whereby each will sell tickets on the other’s network. North American will also support Virgin Nigeria’s application to serve New York, where the latter would amend its application to serve the route using wet-leased aircraft. Once approval is granted, both airlines would codeshare on each other’s flights.

Nigeria’s aviation ministry has announced that North American Airlines will commence a 3x per week service between New York and Lagos effective May 2006, and will form a partnership with local airline, Bellview Airlines. The exact start date nor schedule have not been announced as of yet.

EDIT -

Flights will now be operated effective July 17 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays using B763 aircraft.

NA131 JFK - LOS: 1500 - 645
NA132 LOS - JFK: 1155 - 1825

North American Airlines will increase its existing frequency between New York JFK and Accra, Ghana from the current weekly service to twice per week from mid-June to the end of October. Flights will be operated on Tuesdays and Thursdays using B763 aircraft.

NA121 JFK - ACC: 1500 - 530
NA122 ACC - JFK: 1130 - 1830

North American Airlines, the only US-based airline that currently offers service to Africa, has submitted an application to the US Department of Transportation to initiate service between Baltimore, Maryland and Accra, Ghana via Banjul, Gambia. Under the proposal, the airline wishes to start services on June 3 using a B763 configured for 12 business and 258 economy class seats.

North American Airlines currently flies nonstop between New York JFK and Accra, Ghana once per week.

North American Airlines, following the success of its weekly flight to Accra from New York JFK, is set to increase its frequency to 4x per week. As of December 16, NA will serve ACC 4x per week.

NA121 JFK - ACC: 1300 - 400 Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
NA122 ACC - JFK: 900 - 1525

NA121 JFK - ACC: 2300 - 1400 Fridays
NA122 ACC - JFK: 1200 - 1825

Edit: it appears that these additional flights will only take place during the peak holiday travel season, and NA will revert back to its weekly service.

North American Airlines is moving to fill the void between Accra, Ghana and New York City with the launch of weekly service between the two cities utilizing a B763. Flights will commence on July 1, operated nonstop both ways, leaving JFK on Fridays and returning on Sundays.

NA121 JFK - ACC: 2300 - 1330
NA122 ACC - JFK: 1200 - 1855

It is to be recalled that Continental Airlines had also applied to serve Accra from Newark airport in New Jersey, USA. However, no start times have been announced.