Air Max Africa

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Air Max Africa
IATA ICAO Callsign
-AZXAZIMA
Founded2002 (as Air Max-Gabon)
Ceased operations2006
Hubs Libreville International Airport
Fleet size1 (at closure)
Headquarters Libreville, Gabon
Key peopleSulaiman Tchoreret (CEO)

Air Max Africa was an airline based in Libreville, Gabon. It was established in 2002 as Air Max Gabon and operated charter and passenger flights in West Africa out of Libreville International Airport. The airline was shut down in 2006. [1]

Fleet

As of August 2006 the Air Max-Gabon fleet included only a single turboprop Fokker F27 Mk300M.: [2]

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References

  1. "Air Max Africa at airlineupdate.com". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  2. Flight International, 3–9 October 2006