Ecuato Guineana
Ecuato Guineana de Aviación (EGA) was Equatorial Guinea's national airline,[1] although it now appears to be defunct. Established in 1986,[1] the carrier operated passenger and cargo services in West Africa from its main base in Malabo International Airport.
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| Founded | 1986 | ||||||
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| Headquarters | Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | ||||||
Like all other airlines having an air operator's certificate issued in Equatorial Guinea, Ecuato Guineana was banned from operating within the European Union[2] in 2006, although it was removed from the list in 2007 because it no longer had an air operator's certificate. [3]
Fleet
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A Fokker F-27 Friendship of EGA, pictured at Paris-Le Bourget
During the course of its history the carrier operated the following aircraft:[5]
- Antonov An-24B
- Antonov An-24RV[1]
- Antonov An-26[4]
- Douglas DC-9-30
- Embraer ERJ-145[1]
- Fokker F27-100[4]
- Fokker F27-200
- Fokker F-28-1000
- Fokker F28 Mk4000[1]
- HS-748 Series 2B
- Let L-410A[4]
- Tupolev Tu-134A[4]
- Yakovlev Yak-40[6]
Accidents and incidents
- 29 December 1999: All six occupants of an Antonov An-28, tail number 3C-JJI, lost their lives when the aircraft crashed into the Black Sea, 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Inebolu, while en route from Kiev to Teheran.[7]
References
- "Directory: world airlines – EGA – Ecuato Guineana de Aviacion". Flight International. 163 (4875): 61. 25–31 March 2003. ISSN 0015-3710. Archived from the original on 25 June 2015.
- "List of air carriers of which all operations are subject to a ban within the EU" (PDF). European Commission – Mobility & Transport. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2016.
- "Ecuato Guineana de Aviación". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- Guttery (1998), p. 58.
- "Profile for: Ecuato Guineana de Aviación". AeroTransport Data Bank. 18 June 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016.
- "Hull-loss description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- Accident description for 3C-JJI at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 29 June 2012.
Bibliography
- Guttery, Ben R. (1998). Encyclopedia of African Airlines. Jefferson, North Carolina 28640: Mc Farland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0495-7.CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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