Girjet (Gestión Aérea Ejecutiva, SL) was an

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based in

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. It operated charter services. Its base was

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History

The airline was created on 28 February 2003 and started operations on 31 July 2003. It flew under its own name and for other operators such as

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. It also made cargo flights with a Boeing 747-200. By April 2008, Girjet had lost its Air operator's certificate and the whole fleet was grounded. Since then some aircraft made their way to other airlines, either sold or returned to their lessors.

Fleet

The Girjet fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at December 2007): *4 Fokker 100 *1

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*1 Boeing 747-200F ''GIRjet Cargo''

Incidents

* The

chartered by a French

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called

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was impounded in

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in October 2007 and the crew arrested due to accusations of

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of minors for flying children out of the country with no national authorities authorization. Finally, the crew was found not guilty and released on 9 November 2007 by the Justice Court of N'DjamenaEl Mundo. 09/11/2007. Nightmare ends
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for an unknown reason

References

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{{Airlines of Spain Defunct airlines of Spain Airlines established in 2003 Airlines disestablished in 2008