CEIBA Intercontinental


CEIBA Intercontinental is an airline based in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, and its main hub at Malabo International Airport.
The airline was on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union but it currently has scheduled direct flights from Malabo to Madrid via a wetlease agreement with White Airways.

Fraud allegations

In 2009, the Agence France Press reported that the CEO of CEIBA Intercontinental Mamadou Jaye, a Senagalese citizen of Gambian origin, left Equatorial Guinea with a suitcase containing 3.5 billion CFA francs 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.
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 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.

Destinations

CEIBA Intercontinental flies to the following destinations as of August 2017:
CountryCityAirportNotes
BeninCotonouCadjehoun Airport
CameroonDoualaDouala International Airport
Equatorial GuineaBataBata Airport
Equatorial GuineaMalaboMalabo International AirportBase
Equatorial GuineaMengomeyénPresident Obiang Nguema International Airport
Equatorial GuineaSan Antonio de PaléAnnobón Airport
GabonLibrevilleLibreville International Airport
GhanaAccraKotoka International Airport
Ivory CoastAbidjanPort Bouet Airport
Republic of the CongoBrazzavilleMaya-Maya Airport
Republic of the CongoPointe-NoirePointe Noire Airport
São Tomé and PríncipeSão ToméSão Tomé International Airport
SenegalDakarLéopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
SpainMadridAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
TogoLoméLomé–Tokoin International Airport

Fleet

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

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.

Accidents and incidents

On 5 September 2015, a Boeing 737 flying Flight C2-71 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.