CEIBA Intercontinental
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Founded | May 2007[3] | ||||||
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Operating bases | Malabo International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
Destinations | 15 (August 2017) | ||||||
Headquarters | Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | ||||||
Website | ceibaintercontinentalairlines |
CEIBA Intercontinental is an airline headquartered in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, and based at Malabo International Airport.
History
In 2009, the Agence France Press (AFP) reported that the CEO of CEIBA Intercontinental Mamadou Jaye, a Senegalese citizen of Gambian origin, left Equatorial Guinea with a suitcase containing 3.5 billion CFA francs (approximately 5 million euros or 6.5 million United States dollars) and spare ATR aircraft parts to negotiate trade deals with Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, and Senegal and to establish a West African office for CEIBA. The report said that Jaye never returned to Equatorial Guinea.[4] Jaye denied that he took money from the company and filed a lawsuit against Rodrigo Angwe, the Malabo-based correspondent for Agence France Presse and Radio France Internationale (RFI) who submitted the story. Angwe used an employee as a source; the employee said that he received the information from the internet. After the employee's admission, AFP and RFI retracted the story. Jaye accused Angwe of publishing the internet article himself.[5]
As of July 2024, the airline is on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union and previously had scheduled direct flights from Malabo to Madrid via a wetlease agreement with White Airways.[citation needed]
Destinations
CEIBA Intercontinental flies to the following destinations as of October 2023:[6]
Country | City | Airport | Notes | Refs |
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Benin | Cotonou | Cadjehoun Airport | — | |
Cameroon | Douala | Douala International Airport | Terminated | [7] |
Equatorial Guinea | Bata | Bata Airport | — | |
Malabo | Malabo International Airport | Hub | [1] | |
Mengomeyén | President Obiang Nguema International Airport | — | ||
San Antonio de Palé | Annobón Airport | Terminated | [citation needed] | |
Gabon | Libreville | Libreville International Airport | Terminated | [7] |
Ghana | Accra | Kotoka International Airport | Terminated | [7] |
Ivory Coast | Abidjan | Port Bouet Airport | Terminated | [7] |
Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | Maya-Maya Airport | Terminated | [7] |
Pointe-Noire | Pointe Noire Airport | Terminated | [citation needed] | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | São Tomé International Airport | Terminated | [citation needed] |
Senegal | Dakar | Blaise Diagne International Airport | Terminated | [citation needed] |
Spain | Madrid | Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport | Terminated | [7] |
Togo | Lomé | Lomé–Tokoin International Airport | — |
Fleet
As of August 2018, CEIBA Intercontinental operated the following aircraft:[8]
Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
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F | J | Y | Total | ||||
ATR 42-300F | 1 | — | — | — | — | Cargo | |
ATR 42-500 | 1 | — | – | – | 48 | 48[9] | |
ATR 72-500 | 2 | — | – | – | 68 | 68[10] | |
Boeing 737-800 | 2 | — | – | 12 | 124 | 146[11] | |
Boeing 767-300ER | 1 | — | |||||
Boeing 777-200LR | 1 | — | 22 | 28 | 200 | 250[12] | operated by White Airways |
Total | 8 | — |
Services
CEIBA Intercontinental aircraft have economy class and business class cabins. In addition, the airline's single Boeing 777-200LR includes a first class cabin.[13]
Accidents and incidents
On 5 September 2015, a Boeing 737, operating as Flight 071 from Dakar to Cotonou, collided with a HS-125 air ambulance flying from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Dakar, Senegal. The Boeing 737 diverted to Malabo where it landed safely. The air ambulance apparently suffered a decompression incident and is believed to have crashed in the Atlantic Ocean. [14]
References
- ^ a b c "CEIBA Intercontinental". ch-aviation. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "7340.2F with Change 1 and Change 2 and Change 3" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 15 October 2015. p. 3-1-29. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ CEIBA Intercontinental
- ^ AFP. "Equatorial Guinea airline boss vanishes with millions." Global Travel Industry News. 12 April 2009. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.
- ^ Journalist appears in court on defamation charges." International Freedom of Expression Exchange. 28 April 2009. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.
- ^ "Ceiba Intercontinental routes and destinations".
- ^ a b c d e f Maslen, Richard (10 October 2012). "Ceiba International Launches European Flights". Aviation Week.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2018 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2018): 13.
- ^ "ATR 42-500". CEIBA Intercontinental (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "ATR 72-500". CEIBA Intercontinental (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Boeing 737-800W". CEIBA Intercontinental (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Boeing 777-200LR". CEIBA Intercontinental (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "3 clases de servicio" [Three classes of service]. CEIBA Intercontinental (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Ceiba Intercontinental B738 over Senegal on Sep 5th 2015, midair collision with ambulance jet". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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