Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines

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CEIBA Intercontinental
IATA
C2		 ICAO
CEL		 Callsign
CEIBA LINE
Founded May,[1] 2007
Hubs Malabo International Airport
Fleet size 5
Headquarters Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Key people Santiago Nsobeya Efuman Nchama (CEO)[2]
Website http://www.fly-ceiba.com/

CEIBA Intercontinental is an airline based in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Its main base is Malabo International Airport.

The airline was on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union but it currently has scheduled direct flights Malabo - Madrid.

Destinations

As of December 2012:[3]

Codeshare agreements

Fleet

The CEIBA Intercontinental fleet includes the following aircraft (as of December 2012):[5]

  • 1 ATR 42-320
  • 1 ATR 42-500
  • 2 ATR 72-500
  • 1 Boeing 777-200LR (operated for the Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial Government)

Fraud Allegations

In 2009 the CEO of CEIBA Intercontinental Mamadou Jaye, a Senagalese 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. Jaye never returned to Equatorial Guinea.[6] Jaye denied that he took money from the company and filed a lawsuit against Rodrigo Angwe, the Malabo-based correspondent for Agence France Presse (AFP) 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.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Ceiba Intercontinental
  2. ↑ http://www.afraa.org/index.php/component/k2/item/202-ceiba-intercontinental
  3. ↑ CEIBA Timetable
  4. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2012/10/10/c2-ssgmad-oct12/
  5. ↑ Amateur Fleet List
  6. ↑ AFP. "Equatorial Guinea airline boss vanishes with millions." Global Travel Industry News. 12 April 2009. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.
  7. ↑ "Journalist appears in court on defamation charges." International Freedom of Expression Exchange. 28 April 2009. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.

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