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CEIBA Intercontinental

CEIBA Intercontinental is an airline headquartered in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, and based at Malabo International Airport.

CEIBA Intercontinental
IATA ICAO Call sign
C2[1] CEL[1] CEIBA LINE[2]
FoundedMay 2007[3]
Operating basesMalabo International Airport
Fleet size8
Destinations15 (August 2017)
HeadquartersMalabo, Equatorial Guinea
Websiteceibaintercontinentalairlines.com

History

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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

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Headquarters in Malabo
 
A CEIBA Intercontinental ATR 42-320 at Bata Airport

CEIBA Intercontinental flies to the following destinations as of October 2023:[6]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
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

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As of August 2018, CEIBA Intercontinental operated the following aircraft:[8]

CEIBA Intercontinental fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers Notes
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

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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

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  • 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]
  • On 29 August 2024, the same as aircraft as above, now registered in Ethiopia as ET-AWR, was operating Ceiba CEL205, from Bata Airport, Equatorial Guinea to Malabo, when it suffered a runway excursion after landing in heavy rain. An unspecified amount of damage occurred to the aircraft, but all passengers and crew safely disembarked using emergency slides.[15][16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "CEIBA Intercontinental". ch-aviation. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ CEIBA Intercontinental
  4. ^ AFP. "Equatorial Guinea airline boss vanishes with millions." Global Travel Industry News. 12 April 2009. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.
  5. ^ Journalist appears in court on defamation charges." International Freedom of Expression Exchange. 28 April 2009. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.
  6. ^ "Ceiba Intercontinental routes and destinations".
  7. ^ a b c d e f Maslen, Richard (10 October 2012). "Ceiba International Launches European Flights". Aviation Week.
  8. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2018 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2018): 13.
  9. ^ "ATR 42-500". CEIBA Intercontinental (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  10. ^ "ATR 72-500". CEIBA Intercontinental (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Boeing 737-800W". CEIBA Intercontinental (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Boeing 777-200LR". CEIBA Intercontinental (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  13. ^ "3 clases de servicio" [Three classes of service]. CEIBA Intercontinental (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  14. ^ Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Ceiba Intercontinental B738 over Senegal on Sep 5th 2015, midair collision with ambulance jet". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  15. ^ "Runway Excursion - Ceiba International, Boeing 737, 29 August 2024". AirSaeftyNet. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  16. ^ "Un Avión de Ceiba Intercontinental ha sufrido un incidente durante el aterrizaje en Malabo". Ahora EG (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2024.
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