CEIBA Intercontinental

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CEIBA Intercontinental
Ceiba Intercontinental logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
C2 [1] CEL [1] CEIBA LINE [2]
FoundedMay 2007 [3]
Operating bases Malabo International Airport
Fleet size8
Destinations15 (August 2017)
Headquarters Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Website ceibaintercontinentalairlines.com

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

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History

In 2009, the Agence France Press (AFP) reported that the CEO of CEIBA Intercontinental Mamadou Jaye, a Senegalese 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. The report said that Jaye never returned to Equatorial Guinea. [4] Jaye denied that he took money from the company and filed a lawsuit against Rodrigo Angwe, the Malabo-based correspondent for Agence France Presse 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. [5]

As of July 2024, the airline is on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union and previously had scheduled direct flights from Malabo to Madrid via a wetlease agreement with White Airways.[ citation needed ]

Destinations

Headquarters in Malabo CeibaInternationalHQ2013.JPG
Headquarters in Malabo
A CEIBA Intercontinental ATR 42-320 at Bata Airport CEIBA Intercontinental ATR 42-500 SDV-2.jpg
A CEIBA Intercontinental ATR 42-320 at Bata Airport

CEIBA Intercontinental flies to the following destinations as of October 2023: [6]

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
BeninCotonou Cadjehoun Airport
CameroonDouala Douala International Airport Terminated [7]
Equatorial GuineaBata Bata Airport
Malabo Malabo International Airport Hub [1]
Mengomeyén President Obiang Nguema International Airport
San Antonio de Palé Annobón Airport Terminated[ citation needed ]
GabonLibreville Libreville International Airport Terminated [7]
GhanaAccra Kotoka International Airport Terminated [7]
Ivory CoastAbidjan Port Bouet Airport Terminated [7]
Republic of the CongoBrazzaville Maya-Maya Airport Terminated [7]
Pointe-Noire Pointe Noire Airport Terminated[ citation needed ]
São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé São Tomé International Airport Terminated[ citation needed ]
SenegalDakar Blaise Diagne International Airport Terminated[ citation needed ]
SpainMadrid Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Terminated [7]
TogoLomé Lomé–Tokoin International Airport

Fleet

As of August 2018, CEIBA Intercontinental operated the following aircraft: [8]

CEIBA Intercontinental fleet
AircraftTotalOrdersPassengersNotes
F J YTotal
ATR 42-300F 1Cargo
ATR 42-500 14848 [9]
ATR 72-500 26868 [10]
Boeing 737-800 212124146 [11]
Boeing 767-300ER 1
Boeing 777-200LR 12228200250 [12] operated by White Airways
Total8


Services

CEIBA Intercontinental aircraft have economy class and business class cabins. In addition, the airline's single Boeing 777-200LR includes a first class cabin. [13]

Accidents and incidents

On 5 September 2015, a Boeing 737, operating as Flight 071 from Dakar to 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. [14]

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