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Airport in Libreville, Gabon
Léon-Mba International Airport (IATA : LBV , ICAO : FOOL ) is an airport
situated in Libreville , Gabon . It is the main international airport in the country and was constructed in the 1950s.[3]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Air France Boeing 777 arrived from Charles de Gaulle Airport , France.
Airlines Destinations Africa's Connection STP [4] São Tomé [5]
AfriJet Brazzaville , Douala , Franceville , Pointe-Noire , Port Gentil , São Tomé , Yaoundé
Air Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan , Brazzaville , Cotonou ,[6] Pointe-Noire [7]
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Arik Air Lagos ,[8] Port Harcourt [8]
ASKY Airlines Douala , Johannesburg–OR Tambo , Kinshasa–N'djili , Lomé , Yaoundé [9]
Camair-co Douala
CEIBA Intercontinental Bata , Douala , Malabo , Pointe-Noire , São Tomé
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa , Malabo
Nationale Regionale Transport Franceville , Koulamoutou , Makokou , Mouila , Oyem , Port-Gentil , Tchibanga
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca , Luanda
RwandAir Brazzaville , Cotonou ,[10] Douala ,[10] Kigali , Yaoundé [11]
Trans Air Congo Douala , Pointe-Noire
Turkish Airlines Istanbul ,[12] Kinshasa–N'djili
Cargo
Accidents and incidents
On 6 June 2011, Antonov An-26 TR-LII of Solenta Aviation , operating Flight 122A for DHL Aviation ditched in the sea near Libreville International Airport.[13] [14] Four people on board were rescued and transported to a local hospital, but were not seriously injured.[13] The crew reported hydraulic problems and eyewitnesses stated that the aircraft's propellers were not turning at the time of the ditching.[14]
See also
References
^ Template:WAD
^ Airport information for LBV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
^ "Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport. Tender" . www.adp-i.com . Retrieved 30 May 2017 .
^ "Africa's Connection" . www.africas-connection.com . Retrieved 30 May 2017 .
^ "Route map 2014" . Retrieved 30 May 2017 .
^ "Air Côte d'Ivoire adds new sectors from April 2017" . Retrieved 22 March 2017 .
^ "► COTE D'IVOIRE: Air Côte d'Ivoire announces Pointe Noire, Ouagadougou, Yaounde; various timetable changes" . www.theafricanaviationtribune.com . Retrieved 30 May 2017 .
^ a b 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Arik Air Adds New Routes from Feb 2016" . Routesonline . Retrieved 30 May 2017 .
^ June 2016 Timetable, http://www.flyasky.com/asky/horaires/lbv
^ a b 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Rwandair network adjustment from Sep 2016" . Retrieved 30 May 2017 .
^ 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Rwandair Cameroon Service Changes from March 2016" . Routesonline . Retrieved 30 May 2017 .
^ "Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)" .
^ a b "DHL cargo plane crashes in Gabon, no fatalities" . BNO News . Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2011 .
^ a b Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Solenta AN26 near Libreville on Jun 6th 2011, ditched in the sea" . The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 7 June 2011 .
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