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{{Short description|State-owned airline of Equatorial Guinea}}
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{{Infobox Airline
| airline        = CEIBA Intercontinental
| image          = CEIBA INTERCONTINENTAL (Guinea Ecuatorial) 3C-LLY Boeing 737.jpg
| logo           = Ceiba Intercontinental logo.svg
| logo_size      = 
| fleet_size     = 8
| destinations   = 15 {{small|(August 2017)}}
| IATA           = C2<ref name="chavprofile">{{cite web | url=http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/CEI | title=CEIBA Intercontinental | work=ch-aviation | accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref>
| ICAO           = CEL<ref name="chavprofile" />
| callsign       = CEIBA LINE<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7340_2F_Bsc_w_Chgs_1-3_Contractions.pdf | title=7340.2F with Change 1 and Change 2 and Change 3 | work=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] | date=15 October 2015 | accessdate=26 December 2016 | page=3-1-29}}</ref>
| parent         = 
| company_slogan =
| founded        = May 2007<ref>[https://archive.today/20140811201219/https://es-es.facebook.com/Oficial.Ceiba.Intercontinental CEIBA Intercontinental]</ref>
| headquarters   = [[Malabo]], Equatorial Guinea
| key_people     = 
| bases          = [[Malabo International Airport]]
| secondary_hubs = 
| focus_cities   = 
| frequent_flyer = 
| lounge         = 
| alliance       = 
| website        = {{url|https://ceibaintercontinentalairlines.com/}}
}}

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

==History==
In 2009, the [[Agence France-Presse|Agence France Press]] (AFP) 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 franc|CFA francs]] (approximately 5 million [[Euro (currency)|euros]] or 6.5 million [[United States dollar|United States dollars]]) and spare [[ATR (aircraft manufacturer)|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.<ref>AFP. "[http://www.eturbonews.com/8738/equatorial-guinea-airline-boss-vanishes-millions Equatorial Guinea airline boss vanishes with millions]." ''[[Global Travel Industry News]]''. 12 April 2009. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.</ref>  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]] (RFI) 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.<ref name="Angwe2">[http://www.ifex.org/equatorial_guinea/2009/04/28/journalist_appears_in_court_on/fr/ Journalist appears in court on defamation charges]." ''[[International Freedom of Expression Exchange]]''. 28 April 2009. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.</ref>

It continues to operate regional and internal flights.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peters |first=Luke |date=30 August 2024 |title=CEIBA Intercontinental Boeing 737-800 overruns runway in Equatorial Guinea |url=https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/ceiba-intercontinental-boeing-737-800-overruns-runway-in-equatorial-guinea |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830132420/https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/ceiba-intercontinental-boeing-737-800-overruns-runway-in-equatorial-guinea |archive-date=30 August 2024 |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=AeroTime}}</ref>

In 2022 it was announced the company would be privatised.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Ethiopian Airlines sets eyes on CEIBA Intercontinental |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/138243-ethiopian-airlines-sets-eyes-on-ceiba-intercontinental |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241214044635/https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/138243-ethiopian-airlines-sets-eyes-on-ceiba-intercontinental |archive-date=2024-12-14 |access-date=2025-02-08 |work=ch-aviation |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2024 CEIBA was discussing selling a stake in the company to [[Ethiopian Airlines]] after an official expression of interest<ref name=":0" /> CEIBA is one among a number of state businesses due to be sold off under a 2019 [[IMF]] deal.<ref name=":0" />

=== 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]].<ref name="Ceiba International Launches European Flights2">{{cite news |last1=Maslen |first1=Richard |date=10 October 2012 |title=Ceiba International Launches European Flights |url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/ceiba-international-launches-european-flights |publisher=Aviation Week}}</ref> As of 2013 had direct flights from Malabo to Madrid via a [[wetlease]] agreement with [[White Airways]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2013 |title=Air CEMAC moves closer to launch in partnership with Air France |url=https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/air-cemac-moves-closer-to-launch-in-partnership-with-air-france-121978 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129054414/https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/air-cemac-moves-closer-to-launch-in-partnership-with-air-france-121978 |archive-date=29 November 2018 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=CAPA - Centre for Aviation |language=en |quote=Equatorial Guinea’s flag carrier, CEIBA Intercontinental, operates domestic and regional services from its Malabo hub with ATR 42 and ATR 72 aircraft. The carrier also operates a single long-haul route to Madrid, owing to its historic Spanish links, with a Boeing 777-200LR which is on a long term wet lease from White.}}</ref>

As of 2024, the airline is on the [[list of air carriers banned in the European Union]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Implementing regulation - EU - 2024/3137 - EN - EUR-Lex |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/3137/oj/eng#anx_I |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=eur-lex.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref>

This route continues under a wet-lease agreement with [[Wamos Air]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nowakowski |first=Adrian |date=21 January 2024 |title=Explained: The EU Air Safety List |url=https://www.airwaysmag.com/legacy-posts/the-eu-air-safety-list |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208155333/https://www.airwaysmag.com/legacy-posts/the-eu-air-safety-list |archive-date=8 February 2025 |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Airways Mag |quote=Ceiba Intercontinental does occasionally operate flights from Malabo (SSG) to Madrid under its native C2500 callsign. However, these services are fully operated on a wet-lease basis by Wamos Air, one of the largest ACMI airlines in Europe, utilizing both EB aircraft and crew.}}</ref>

==Destinations==
[[File:CeibaInternationalHQ2013.JPG|thumb|right|Headquarters in [[Malabo]]]]
[[File:CEIBA Intercontinental ATR 42-500 SDV-2.jpg|thumb|right|A CEIBA Intercontinental [[ATR 42-320]] at [[Bata Airport]]]]
CEIBA Intercontinental flies to the following destinations as of October 2023:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ceiba Intercontinental routes and destinations |url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airlines/ce-clg/routes}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Country
! City
! Airport
! Notes
! class="unsortable"|Refs
|-
|Benin||Cotonou||[[Cadjehoun Airport]]||align=center|{{mdash}}||align=center|
|-
|Cameroon||Douala||[[Douala International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|<ref name="Ceiba International Launches European Flights" />
|-
|rowspan=4|Equatorial Guinea||Bata||[[Bata Airport]]||align=center|{{mdash}}||
|-
|Malabo||[[Malabo International Airport]]||{{Airline hub}}||align=center|<ref name="chavprofile" />
|-
|Mengomeyén||[[President Obiang Nguema International Airport]]||align=center|{{mdash}}||
|-
|San Antonio de Palé||[[Annobón Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|{{fact|date=November 2023}}
|-
|Gabon||Libreville||[[Libreville International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|<ref name="Ceiba International Launches European Flights" />
|-
|Ghana||Accra||[[Kotoka International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|<ref name="Ceiba International Launches European Flights" />
|-
|Ivory Coast||Abidjan||[[Port Bouet Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|<ref name="Ceiba International Launches European Flights" />
|-
|rowspan=2|Republic of the Congo||Brazzaville||[[Maya-Maya Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|<ref name="Ceiba International Launches European Flights" />
|-
|Pointe-Noire||[[Pointe Noire Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|{{fact|date=November 2023}}
|-
|São Tomé and Príncipe||São Tomé||[[São Tomé International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|{{fact|date=November 2023}}
|-
|Senegal||Dakar||[[Blaise Diagne International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|{{fact|date=November 2023}}
|-
|Spain||Madrid||[[Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport]]||{{Terminated}}||align=center|<ref name="Ceiba International Launches European Flights">{{cite news |last1=Maslen |first1=Richard |title=Ceiba International Launches European Flights |url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/ceiba-international-launches-european-flights |publisher=Aviation Week |date=10 October 2012}}</ref>
|-
|Togo||Lomé||[[Lomé–Tokoin International Airport]]||align=center|{{mdash}}||
|}

==Fleet==
As of August 2018, CEIBA Intercontinental operated the following aircraft:<ref>{{cite journal|title=Global Airline Guide 2018 (Part One)|journal=Airliner World|issue=October 2018|page=13}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center"
|+ CEIBA Intercontinental fleet
|- 
!rowspan=2|Aircraft
!rowspan=2|Total
!rowspan=2|Orders
!colspan=4|Passengers
!rowspan=2|Notes
|-
|- 
!<abbr title="First"> F</abbr>
!<abbr title="Business"> J</abbr>
!<abbr title="Economy"> Y</abbr>
!Total
|-
|[[ATR 42|ATR 42-300F]]
|1
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|Cargo
|
|-
|[[ATR 42|ATR 42-500]]
|1
|&mdash;
|&ndash;
|&ndash;
|48
|48<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ceibaintercontinental.com/durante-el-vuelo/flota-ceiba/atr-42-500/ | title=ATR 42-500 | work=CEIBA Intercontinental | accessdate=26 December 2016 | language=Spanish | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227130606/https://www.ceibaintercontinental.com/durante-el-vuelo/flota-ceiba/atr-42-500/ | archive-date=27 December 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
|-
|[[ATR 72|ATR 72-500]]
|2
|&mdash;
|&ndash;
|&ndash;
|68
|68<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ceibaintercontinental.com/durante-el-vuelo/flota-ceiba/atr-72-500/ | title=ATR 72-500 | work=CEIBA Intercontinental | accessdate=26 December 2016 | language=Spanish | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227130354/https://www.ceibaintercontinental.com/durante-el-vuelo/flota-ceiba/atr-72-500/ | archive-date=27 December 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-800]]
|2
|&mdash;
|&ndash;
|12
|124
|146<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ceibaintercontinental.com/durante-el-vuelo/flota-ceiba/boeing-737-800w/ | title=Boeing 737-800W | work=CEIBA Intercontinental | accessdate=26 December 2016 | language=Spanish | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227130346/https://www.ceibaintercontinental.com/durante-el-vuelo/flota-ceiba/boeing-737-800w/ | archive-date=27 December 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-300ER]]
|1
|&mdash;
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Boeing 777|Boeing 777-200LR]]
|1
|&mdash;
|22
|28
|200
|250<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ceibaintercontinental.com/durante-el-vuelo/flota-ceiba/boeing-777-200lr/ | title=Boeing 777-200LR | work=CEIBA Intercontinental | accessdate=26 December 2016 | language=Spanish | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227130651/https://www.ceibaintercontinental.com/durante-el-vuelo/flota-ceiba/boeing-777-200lr/ | archive-date=27 December 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|operated by [[White Airways]]
|-
!Total
!8
!&mdash;
!colspan="5"|
|}
==Accidents and incidents==
CEIBA Intercontinental had two notable aviation accidents involving [[Boeing 737]]s:
* 5 September 2015 – a [[Boeing 737-800]], operating as [[Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines Flight 71|Flight 071]] from [[Dakar]] to [[Cotonou]], collided with a [[British Aerospace 125|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. <ref name=AH48c031e2>{{cite web |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=48c031e2&opt=0 |title=Accident: Ceiba Intercontinental B738 over Senegal on Sep 5th 2015, midair collision with ambulance jet |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |publisher=The Aviation Herald |accessdate=8 September 2015}}</ref>
* 29 August 2024 – the same as aircraft as above, now registered in Ethiopia as ET-AWR, was operating as Flight 205, from [[Bata Airport]], Equatorial Guinea to Malabo, [[runway excursion|overran the runway]] after landing in heavy rain. The aircraft was substantially damaged, but all passengers and crew were evacuated via the emergency slides injury-free.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Runway excursion Accident Boeing 737-8FB (WL) ET-AWR, Thursday 29 August 2024 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/415299 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Un Avión de Ceiba Intercontinental ha sufrido un incidente durante el aterrizaje en Malabo |url=https://ahoraeg.com/sociedad/2024/08/29/ultima-hora-un-avion-de-ceiba-intercontinental-ha-sufrido-un-incidente-durante-el-aterrizaje-en-malabo/ |website=Ahora EG (in Portuguese) |date=29 August 2024 |access-date=29 December 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons-inline|Category:Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines|Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines}}
*{{Official website|https://ceibaintercontinentalairlines.com/}}
*{{Facebook|flyceiba.intercontinental|CEIBA Intercontinental}}

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