CEIBA Intercontinental


CEIBA Intercontinental is an airline headquartered in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, and based at Malabo International Airport.

History

In 2009, the Agence France Press reported that the CEO of CEIBA Intercontinental Mamadou Jaye, a Senegalese 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.
It continues to operate regional and internal flights.
In 2022 it was announced the company would be privatised. In 2024 CEIBA was discussing selling a stake in the company to Ethiopian Airlines after an official expression of interest CEIBA is one among a number of state businesses due to be sold off under a 2019 IMF deal.

Malabo to Madrid

In 2012 the airline began operating the route with its own planes. This came after the route had been operating throughout the 90s, 00s, and early 10s, under Spanish airlines such as Spanair. As of 2013 had direct flights from Malabo to Madrid via a wetlease agreement with White Airways.
As of 2024, the airline is on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union
This route continues under a wet-lease agreement with Wamos Air.

Destinations

CEIBA Intercontinental flies to the following destinations as of October 2023:
CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
BeninCotonouCadjehoun Airport
CameroonDoualaDouala International Airport
Equatorial GuineaBataBata Airport
Equatorial GuineaMalaboMalabo International Airport
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
SenegalDakarBlaise Diagne International Airport
SpainMadridAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
TogoLoméLomé–Tokoin International Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

, Ceiba Intercontinental operates the following aircraft:

Former fleet

Ceiba Intercontinental previously operated the following aircraft:
AircraftNotes
ATR 42-500
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 777-200LRoperated by White Airways

Accidents and incidents

CEIBA Intercontinental had two notable aviation accidents involving Boeing 737s: