CEIBA Intercontinental

CEIBA Intercontinental
IATA ICAO Callsign
C2 CEL CEIBA LINE
Founded May 2007[1]
Hubs Malabo International Airport
Fleet size 10
Headquarters Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Key people Santiago Nsobeya Efuman Nchama (CEO)[2]
Website

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

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

Fraud allegations

The CEIBA Intercontinental headquarters in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. (2014)

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.[3] 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.[4]

Destinations

A CEIBA Intercontinental Boeing 777-200LR departs Moscow-Vnukovo, Russia. (2013)

CEIBA Intercontinental serves the following destinations as of January 2016:

City Country IATA ICAO Airport
Abidjan Ivory CoastABJDIAPPort Bouet Airport
Accra GhanaACCDGAAKotoka International Airport
Annobón Equatorial GuineaNBNFGABAnnobón Airport
Bata Equatorial GuineaBSGFGBTBata Airport
Brazzaville Republic of the CongoBZVFCBBMaya-Maya Airport
Cotonou BeninCOODBBBCadjehoun Airport
Dakar SenegalDKRGOOYLéopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
Douala CameroonDLAFKKDDouala International Airport
Libreville GabonLBVFOOLLibreville International Airport
Lomé TogoLFWDXXXLomé–Tokoin Airport
Madrid SpainMADLEMDAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport [operated by White Airways]
Malabo Equatorial GuineaSSGFGSLMalabo International Airport [Hub]
Mengomeyén Equatorial GuineaMGYFGMYPresident Obiang Nguema International Airport
N'Djamena ChadNDJFTTJN'Djamena International Airport
Pointe Noire Republic of the CongoPNRFCPPPointe Noire Airport
São Tomé São Tomé and PríncipeTMSFPSTSão Tomé International Airport

Codeshare agreements

Fleet

A CEIBA Intercontinental ATR 42-320 at Bata Airport, Bata, Equatorial Guinea. (2007)

The CEIBA Intercontinental fleet includes the following aircraft (as of May 2015):[5][6]

CEIBA Intercontinental Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Notes
ATR 42-320 1 0
ATR 42-500 1 0
ATR 72-500 2 0
Boeing 737-800 3 0 Entry Into Service: 2014[7]
Boeing 767-300ER 1 0 Operated by Guinea Ecuatorial Airlines
Boeing 777-200LR 2 0 Leased and operated by White Airways, 1 currently stored
Total 10 0

Accidents and incidents

On the 5th of September 2015, a Boeing 737 flying Flight C2-71 (Dakar - 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. [8]

References

  1. ↑ CEIBA Intercontinental
  2. ↑ "Ceiba Intercontinental". Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. ↑ AFP. "Equatorial Guinea airline boss vanishes with millions." Global Travel Industry News. 12 April 2009. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Journalist appears in court on defamation charges." International Freedom of Expression Exchange. 28 April 2009. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Aircraft and Fleet Lists - ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation. Retrieved 25 October 2015. horizontal tab character in |title= at position 28 (help)
  6. ↑ "Ceiba Intercontinental Fleet Details and History". Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  7. ↑ flyingphotos. "Flyingphotos Magazine News: CEIBA to take delivery of three 737-800s within the next 12 months; hunting for more 777s.". Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  8. ↑ 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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