Aeronáutica (also known as Gira Globo Aeronáutica after its parent company) was an

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based in

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, operating domestic chartered freight and passenger flights out of

Quatro de Fevereiro Airport Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport ( pt, Aeroporto Internacional 4 de Fevereiro, sw, Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Quatro de Fevereiro), is the main international airport of Angola. It is located in the southern part of the capital Lua ...

, Luanda.

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, Directory: World Airlines, p.49, 27 March 2007

History

The airline was established in 2001 and is wholly owned by GVA-Investimentos, SARL. Due to safety concerns, the company (along with all other Angolan airlines, except TAAG) has been banned from operating within the

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Meanwhile, the airline ceased operations.ch-aviation.com - Gira Globo Aeronautica
retrieved 20 January 2019

Fleet

The Aeronáutica fleet included the following aircraft (at March 2007): * 1

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* 1 Raytheon Beech King Air 200 * 1 Raytheon Beech King Air B200 * 1 Ilyushin Il-76

References

Defunct airlines of Angola Airlines established in 2001 {{Angola-stub