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GBK

Headquarters
  
Libreville, Gabon

Ceased operations
  
2011

GBK
  
GABON AIRLINES

Founded
  
2007

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Hubs
  
Libreville International Airport

Website
  
www.gabonairlines.com www.flygabon.ga (TBA)

Hub
  
Libreville International Airport

Gabon Airlines is the name of two incarnations of Gabonese airline, headquartered in Libreville. The first incarnation of Gabon Airlines which was operated from 2007 to 2012, concentrating on African and European flight services out of Libreville International Airport. In April 2015, the second incarnation of Gabon Airlines is due to redeveloped as a flag carrier, replacing the original Air Gabon.

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History

After having been granted official permission by the Gabonese transport minister on 8 November 2006, the airline was founded in 2007 by private investors, banks and insurers, the CEO being Christian Bongo Ondimba, a son of former Gabonese president Omar Bongo. The first revenue flight of Gabon Airlines took place on 11 April 2007 and went from Libreville to Paris. Flights to South Africa and other Central African countries followed suit.

Relaunch

In April 2015, when the Gabonese government and Air France Consulting signed an agreement to manage the redeveloped national flag carrier, planned to be launched as early as June 2015. The new carrier will operate initially domestic and international flights with a fleet of about unspecified airplanes.

Destinations

Gabon Airlines operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:

 Angola
  • Luanda – Quatro de Fevereiro Airport (TBA)
    •  Belgium
  • Brussels – Brussels Airport (TBA)
    •  Brazil
  • São Paulo – São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport (TBA)
    •  Cameroon
  • Douala – Douala International Airport (TBA)
    •  Canada
  • Montreal – Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (TBA)
    •  Cape Verde
  • Praia – Nelson Mandela International Airport (TBA)
    •  China
  • Beijing – Beijing Capital International Airport (TBA)
    •  Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Kinshasa – N'djili Airport (TBA)
    •  Republic of the Congo
  • Pointe Noire – Pointe Noire Airport (Restarted)
  • Brazzaville – Maya-Maya Airport (TBA)
    •  France
  • Marseille – Marseille Provence Airport (Restarted)
  • Paris – Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport (Restarted)
    •  Gabon
  • Libreville – Libreville International Airport hub (Restarted)
  • Port-Gentil – Port-Gentil International Airport (Restarted)
    •  Germany
  • Frankfurt – Frankfurt Airport (TBA)
    •  Ghana
  • Accra – Kotoka International Airport (TBA)
    •  Italy
  • Rome – Fiumicino Airport (TBA)
    •  Côte d'Ivoire
  • Abidjan – Port Bouet Airport (TBA)
    •  Kenya
  • Nairobi – Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (TBA)
    •  Netherlands
  • Amsterdam – Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (TBA)
    •  Nigeria
  • Abuja – Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (TBA)
  • Lagos – Murtala Muhammed International Airport (TBA)
    •  Rwanda
  • Kigali – Kigali International Airport (TBA)
    •  Senegal
  • Dakar – Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (TBA)
    •  South Africa
  • Johannesburg – OR Tambo International Airport (Restarted)
    •  Spain
  • Barcelona – Barcelona–El Prat Airport (TBA)
  • Madrid – Madrid–Barajas Airport (TBA)
    •  Thailand
  • Bangkok – Suvarnabhumi Airport (TBA)
    •  United Arab Emirates
  • Dubai – Dubai International Airport (TBA)
    •  United States
  • New York City – John F. Kennedy International Airport (TBA)

    • Former Fleet

    Previously, the Gabon Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 22.8 years:

  • ATR 42-320 (1), operated by Solenta Aviation
  • Boeing 737-500 (1)
  • Boeing 757-200 (1)
  • Boeing 767-200 (2)
  • Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia (1)
  • Fokker F28-2000 (2)

    • References

    Gabon Airlines Wikipedia
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