Aerogem Aviation

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Aerogem Aviation
Aerogem Aviation logo vectorized.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
GCK [lower-alpha 1] AEROGEM [lower-alpha 2]
FoundedJanuary 2000 (2000-01)
Hubs Kotoka International Airport
Sharjah International Airport
Fleet size1
Destinations20
Headquarters Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Key peopleGabriel Nsiah Nketiah (Chairman)
Website aerogemaviation.com

Aerogem Aviation Ltd (sometimes written AeroGEM Aviation) was a Ghanaian cargo airline based in Ghana. Its head office is in the 1 Gemini Airlines Building in Old Cargo Village, Kotoka International Airport, Accra. [1] It operates worldwide non-scheduled cargo flights. Its main bases are Kotoka International Airport, Accra and Sharjah International Airport, United Arab Emirates. [2]

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History

The airline was established and started operations in 2000 as Aerogem Cargo using a wet leased Boeing 707-320C aircraft. It was renamed Aerogem Aviation in October 2004. It has 16 employees (at March 2007). [2]

Fleet

The Aerogem Cargo fleet consists of the following aircraft (at September 2020): [3]

Former fleet

Notes

  1. Not a current allocation (July 2018)
  2. Not a current allocation (July 2018)

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References

  1. "Contact Us Archived 2012-01-25 at the Wayback Machine ." Aerogem Aviation. Retrieved on December 8, 2011. "Head Office: Aerogem Aviation Ltd 1 Gemini Airlines Building, Old Cargo Village, Kotoka International Airport Accra"
  2. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-03-27. pp. 47–48.
  3. AeroGEM-Aviation-(Ghana) pilotcareercentre.com, accessdate 21 September 2020