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Air Inter Gabon was a scheduled and
charter airline
Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a ticket through a traditional airline).
Regulation
Charter – also called air taxi or ad hoc – flights ...
based in
Port-Gentil
Port-Gentil () or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon, and it is a leading seaport. It is the center of Gabon's petroleum and timber industries. The city is located on a delta island in the Ogooue delta with no bridges to the mainland. N ...
,
Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...
that has since ended all operations.
History
Air Inter Gabon was founded in 1956 as a
subsidiary of
Air Gabon. The airline initially operated charter flights, with scheduled flights begun in 1961. The airline's first scheduled route connected
Port-Gentil
Port-Gentil () or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon, and it is a leading seaport. It is the center of Gabon's petroleum and timber industries. The city is located on a delta island in the Ogooue delta with no bridges to the mainland. N ...
with
Lambaréné
Lambaréné is a town and the capital of Moyen-Ogooué in Gabon. It has a population of 38,775 as of 2013, and is located 75 kilometres south of the equator.
Lambaréné is based in the Central African Rainforest at the river Ogooué. This rive ...
in
Moyen-Ogooué Province
Moyen-Ogooué is one of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of . The provincial capital is Lambaréné. As of 2013, 69,287 people lived there.
Unlike any other province of Gabon, Moyen-Ogooué has neither seacoast nor a foreign border. It ...
. The airline later extended scheduled flights to
Fougamou,
Gamba
Gamba or Gambas may refer to:
Geography
*Gamba, Gabon, a port
**Gamba Airport in Gamba, Gabon
*Gamba, Chad, a town
*Gamba County, Tibet
People
*Gamba (surname)
*Gamba (footballer) (Carlos Alberto Gambarotta; 1893–1944), Brazilian footballer
Ot ...
,
Iguela,
Libreville,
Mandji,
Manega,
Mayumba
Mayumba is a Vili- and Shira-speaking town of about 5,208 people on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Gabon, at the end of the N6 road, lying on a peninsula separated from the mainland by the Banio Lagoon.
Description
It is known for its long sandy ...
,
Mevong,
Nkon,
Omboue,
Ouanga,
Setté Cama
Setté Cama is a village in Gabon, lying on the peninsula between the Ndogo Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean. In the sixteenth century, it was a major European colonial sea port trading in timber and ivory. Long declined, it is now home to a mus ...
and
Tchibanga
Tchibanga is a city in the Nyanga Province of southern Gabon, situated on the Nyanga River. It has an estimated population of 24,000 (2008). The town lies on the N6 road and is home to Tchibanga Airport and a market. It lies near the Ivela Fa ...
.
Operations ended in 2001.
References
Defunct airlines of Gabon
Airlines established in 1956
Port-Gentil
1956 establishments in Gabon
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