Amongst such collapsed African airlines which once made their countries and the continent proud before their extinction are: Nigeria Airways, Ghana Airways, Air Afrique, Cameroon Airlines, Air Djibouti, Air Guinea,
Air Gabon, Air Liberia whose collapse have been traced to lack of good planning, corruption, mismanagement,the inability to put the right persons at the right position, lack of patriotism and uncooperative attitude of governments.
Air Gabon International is the newly formed flag carrier of the Central African country.
The main airlines with regular scheduled flights are: Iberia, Spanair, Swiss, KLM, Air France, Cameroon Airlines and
Air Gabon.
Other airlines serving Equatorial Guinea include
Air Gabon, KLM, Swiss and Spanair.
Air Gabon, the national carrier for Gabon, inaugurated services between Liberville, the Gabonese capital, and Brazaville in the Republic of Congo on 22 November.
He deliberately chose
Air Gabon because there is no smoking ban.
Air Gabon has announced that it will be renewing its entire fleet with Boeing Co Next-Generation 737-700, 747-400 Combi and 767-300ER aircraft.
Firms like Gabon Telecom and
Air Gabon have achieved a certain level of success at home and could extend their operations into neighbouring states as and when deregulation kicks in.
On 10 March Cameroon Airlines,
Air Gabon, Air Madagascar and Air Afrique signed a cooperative agreement that covers passenger and freight services in the areas of finance, airport services and purchasing in particular.
African airlines like
Air Gabon and Cameroon Airlines have also scheduled flights.
Also, Air Mauritius has numerous special pro-rate agreements with carriers operating in South Africa, for example South African Airways,
Air Gabon, Air Malawi, DAS Air, Ghana Airways, etc., to send goods to destinations Air Mauritius does not serve in Africa.
However, sources at Air Afrique say that the pan-African carrier is not alone in this regard as this country, which adjoins Core d'Ivoire, has also penalised
Air Gabon, Air Morocco and Air Cameroon.