Air Guinee Express

Air Guinee Express was an airline based in Conakry, Guinea. It operated domestic services. Its main base was Conakry International Airport.^[1]

Code data

• IATA Code: 2U
• ICAO Code: GIP
• Callsign: FUTURE EXPRESS

History

The airline was established on 31 December 1960 by the Guinean government as Air Guinee. In 1992 it underwent a restructuring to improve profitability, but it never recovered and its operations were taken over by Groupe Futurelec and the airline rebranded Air Guinee Express.^[1]

Destinations

Air Guinee Express operated services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Abidjan, Bamako, Banjul, Dakar, Freetown, Kinshasa and Lagos.

Fleet

The Air Guinee Express fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at March 2007):^[1]

• 4 Antonov An-12
• 4 Antonov An-24B (including at least 1 Xi'an Y7-100
• 1 Bombardier Dash 7 Seris 100

Previously operated

At June 2005 the airline also operated:

• 1 Boeing 737-200 delivered in 2003.

Incidents and accidents

Air Guinee Express Boeing 737-205 at Freetown Lungi Airport

On 11 August 2004 a Boeing 737, registration 3X-GCM, failed to take off from Freetown - Lungi International Airport (Sierra Leone). There were no fatalities among the 127 passengers and crew members. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was written off; the wreckage can still be seen resting next to the runway.

Accident description on aviation-safety.net

References

1. 1 2 3 Flight International 27 March 2007

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Air Guinee Express.

• Air Guinee Express Fleet Detail