Ecuato Guineana Explained

Airline:	Ecuato Guineana
Iata:	8Y
Icao:	GGE
Callsign:	ECUATO GUINEA
Founded:	1986
Ceased:	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.

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:

• Bata
• Douala
• Libreville
• Malabo

Fleet

During the course of its history the carrier operated the following aircraft:^[4]

• Antonov An-24B
• Antonov An-24RV
• Antonov An-26
• Douglas DC-9-30
• Embraer ERJ-145
• Fokker F27-100
• Fokker F27-200
• Fokker F-28-1000
• Fokker F28 Mk4000
• HS-748 Series 2B
• Let L-410A
• Tupolev Tu-134A
• Yakovlev Yak-40^[5]

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, north of Inebolu, while en route from Kyiv to Teheran.

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Equatorial Guinea

Bibliography

• Book: Guttery, Ben R.. Encyclopedia of African Airlines. 1998. Mc Farland & Company, Inc.. Jefferson, North Carolina. 0-7864-0495-7.

Notes and References

1. Directory: world airlines – EGA – Ecuato Guineana de Aviacion. Flight International. 0015-3710. 4875. 163. 25–31 March 2003. 61. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150625014414/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2003/2003%20-%200602.html. 25 June 2015.  
2. Web site: List of air carriers of which all operations are subject to a ban within the EU . 10 December 2015 . European Commission – Mobility & Transport . https://web.archive.org/web/20160121200212/http://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/air/safety/air-ban/doc/list_en.pdf . 21 January 2016 . dead .
3. Web site: Ecuato Guineana de Aviación. Aviation Safety Network. 2017-07-05.
4. Web site: Profile for: Ecuato Guineana de Aviación. AeroTransport Data Bank. 18 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012131805/http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&qstring=Ecuato+Guineana+de+Aviaci%26oacute%3Bn&where=51409&luck=. 12 October 2016. dead.
5. Web site: Hull-loss description. Aviation Safety Network. 2017-07-05.