Ecuato Guineana

Ecuato Guineana

IATA ICAO Call sign 8Y GGE ECUATO GUINEA
Founded	1986
Ceased operations	2007
Headquarters	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

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.^[citation needed]

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]

Destinations

Ecuato Guineana served the following destinations:[4]

• Bata
• Douala
• Libreville
• Malabo

Fleet

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 Kyiv to Teheran.[7]

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Equatorial Guinea

References

1. "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. 
2. "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.
3. "Ecuato Guineana de Aviación". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
4. Guttery (1998), p. 58.
5. "Profile for: Ecuato Guineana de Aviación". AeroTransport Data Bank. 18 June 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016.
6. "Hull-loss description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
7. 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: Mc Farland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0495-7.