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Air Gabon is the national airline of Gabon. It was founded in 1951 as Compagnie Aerienne Gabonaise to fly local flights from Libreville with Beechcraft and DeHavilland aircraft. It became the national flag carrier in 1968 and was named Societe Nationale Air Gabon. In 1977 Gabon withdrew from the transnational Air Afrique and on 2 June 1977 Air Gabon flew its first intra-African flight from Libreville to Lome and Abidjan. The next day an international service from Libreville to Paris was introduced. By then
two Fokker F-28s, a Boeing 737-200 and a Boeing 747-200 were in use. By 1996 the Boeing 767 had been introduced.
In December 1993 an Air Gabon Boeing 737-3YO overran the runway at Libreville and crashed through the airport boundary fence. The aircraft was reportedly damaged beyond repair, but there were no injuries.
Air Gabon restored Paris to Libreville flights in December 2004 with its Boeing 767-200, which had been grounded for three weeks in France due to technical and financial problems. The airline is reportedly unable to service its route network (Panapress 9 Dec 04)
Trans Air Congo currently operates some flights on behalf of Air Gabon following the recent loss of a Boeing 737-300 in a landing accident (report early 2005).
Code Data
- IATA Code: GN
- ICAO Code: AGN
- Callsign: Golf November
Services
Air Gabon is based at Libreville International Airport in Libreville, and operates regular flights to London, Luanda, Paris, and Rome.
Fleet
The fleet has recently included:
- 3 Boeing 767
- 1 Boeing 747
- 3 Boeing 737
- 1 Boeing 727
- 1 ATR 72
- 2 Fokker 28
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