Avirex Gabon
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Jet Express is an airline based in Libreville, Gabon. It operates a domestic schedule linking the major towns of Gabon with regional services to neighbouring countries in West Africa. Its main base is Libreville International Airport and becomes in 2007 Johannesburg OR TAMBO.

History

The airline was established in 1989 as Avirex Gabon and is owned by Philippe Salles (98%), its President and CEO
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

. In 2007, the airline was renamed "Jet Express" operated mostly charters and wet and dry leases aircraft to airlines from Johannesburg.

Destinations

Jet Express operates the following services (at March 2008):
  • Domestic scheduled destinations: Libreville
    Libreville
    Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, in west central Africa. The city is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea, and a trade center for a timber region. As of 2005, it has a population of 578,156.- History :...

     and Port-Gentil
    Port-Gentil
    Port-Gentil or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon and a leading seaport. It is the center of Gabon's petroleum and timber industries. Although it lies inshore, the nearby mainland is a remote forest area and it is not connected by road to the rest of the nation...

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  • International scheduled destinations: Bamako
    Bamako
    Bamako is the capital of Mali and its largest city with a population of 1.8 million . Currently, it is estimated to be the fastest growing city in Africa and sixth fastest in the world...

    , Brazzaville
    Brazzaville
    -Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo...

    , Cotonou
    Cotonou
    -Demographics:*1979: 320,348 *1992: 536,827 *2002: 665,100 *2005: 690,584 The main languages spoken in Cotonou include the Fon language, Aja language, Yoruba language and French.-Transport:...

    , Douala
    Douala
    Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Province. Home to Cameroon's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Airport, it is the commercial capital of the country...

    , Lomé
    Lomé
    Lomé, with an estimated population of 737,751, is the capital and largest city of Togo. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial center and its chief port. The city exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm kernels...

    , Malabo
    Malabo
    Malabo is the capital of Equatorial Guinea, located on the northern coast of Bioko Island on the rim of a sunken volcano....

    , Ouagadougou
    Ouagadougou
    Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic center of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 1,475,223 . The city's name is often shortened to Ouaga. The inhabitants are called ouagalais...

     and Pointe-Noire
    Pointe-Noire
    Pointe-Noire is the second largest city in the Republic of the Congo, following the capital of Brazzaville, and an autonomous department since 2004. Before this date it was the capital of the Kouilou region . It is situated on a headland between Pointe-Noire Bay and the Atlantic Ocean...

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Fleet

The Jet Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 15 November 2009) http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=G2&al_op=1:
  • 1 DC9-32
  • 2 Boeing 737-200
  • 1 HS 125


JET EXPRESS is adding a Boeing 727-200F Cargo.
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