Equatair (Equatorial Express Airlines) was an airline in

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

. The airline was on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union.

History

Equatair was established in December 2004. Its predecessor, Aerolíneas de Guinea Ecuatorial, was closed by order of the government, and its Antonov aircraft were used to create Equatair. The aircraft were subsequently involved in a fatal accident,Equatorial Guinea Net
31 August 2005 thus leaving the airline without any aircraft. In 2006, Equatair was disestablished.

Accidents and incidents

* On 16 July 2005, an

Antonov 24 The Antonov An-24 ( Russian/ Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24) (NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by Kyiv, I ...

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into a mountainous area near Baney, killing all 60 passengers and crew on board.

References

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