Editing Gabon Express

{{Short description|Airline of Gabon}}
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{{Infobox airline
| airline=Gabon Express
| image=GabonExpressLogo.JPG
| caption=Gabon Express Logo
| IATA=
| ICAO=GBE
| callsign=GABEX
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| founded= <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}<br />[[City]], [[State/Province]], [[Country]] -->
| commenced=26 October 1998
| ceased=15 June 2004
| bases=[[Libreville International Airport]]
| fleet_size=See [[ #Fleet|Fleet]] below
| destinations=See [[#Services|Services]] below
| headquarters=[[Libreville]], [[Gabon]]
}}

'''Gabon Express''' was an [[airline]] based in [[Libreville]], [[Gabon]]. It operated scheduled passenger services and passenger and cargo charters. It ceased operations in June 2004.

==History==
The airline was established in 1998 and started operations on 26 October 1998 between [[Libreville]] and [[Port-Gentil]]. The airline operated both Caravelle and HS 748 Aircraft. It grew to become the second largest airline in Gabon, operating 60 scheduled flights a week from Libreville. The airline's operations were suspended following the crash of one of its aircraft on 8 June 2004. Operations ceased on 15 June 2004.

At the time the airline ceased operations, it was the only airline still operating Caravelle aircraft in scheduled passenger services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldairroutes.com/GabonExpress.html|title=Gabon Express|website=www.worldairroutes.com|access-date=2017-08-16}}</ref>

==Accidents and incidents==
* On June 8, 2004, a Gabon Express flight using a [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Series 2A]], departed from Libreville for a scheduled passenger flight to [[Franceville]]. Engine problems forced the crew to turn back for Libreville but the aircraft [[Gabon Express Flight 221|crashed]] 100 m offshore. Of the 30 people on board, 19 of them were killed. The Gabonese government proposed legal action against the company and banned it from operating, claiming it had failed to insure its aircraft.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20040608-0 | title = Gabon Express | publisher = Aviation Safety | access-date = 6 March 2022}}</ref>

==Fleet==
[[File:Gabon Express Caravelle 11R 3D-SEP (6881977617).jpg|thumb|Gabon Express Sud Aviation Caravelle]]
Over the years, Gabon Express operated the following aircraft types:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://rzjets.net/operators/?show=2864  | title = Gabon Express | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 6 March 2022}}</ref>
* 3 – [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748]]
* 2 – [[Grumman Gulfstream I]]
* 2 – [[Sud Aviation Caravelle]]
* 1 – [[Fokker F27]]
* 1 – [[NAMC YS-11]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20000816112816/http://www.gabonexpress.com/ Gabon Express official website] at the [[Internet Archive Wayback Machine]]

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[[Category:Defunct airlines of Gabon]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 1998]]
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[[Category:Companies based in Libreville]]
[[Category:Gabonese companies established in 1998]]