Equatorial Guinean operators

[siduk]

Hi Readers

Can anyone tell me the names of the Operators based in Equatorial Guinea, is there anyone operate Shorts 360 in E G or elese where in Africa looking for Shorts pilot.

Cheers folks:ok:

Siduk

[Heli-Jet]

The company operating the shorts 360-300 is "General Work Aviation" out of Bata, can't vouch for their training. They do operate at night into Bata (FGBT) without any legitimate IF letdowns, they also have a F28-4000, CE750, HS125-400 and 2 helicopters (alouette II) US registration which they still fly although it has been de-registered by the FAA and I believe a 109 for medivac..... They don't pay on time and expect to get Malaria

[bafanguy]

siduk,

Holiday Airways/ Euroguineana
7270 NW 12th St.
Miami, FL 33126, USA

email: [email protected]
fax: 305-255-8569
Phone: 305-639-2000

737-200 operator ? Your luck will be better than mine...

[Heli-Jet]

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We currently manage and operate several commercial passenger and cargo operations in South America, the Caribbean, and Africa. We currently operate Boeings 727s, 737s, and have several at our disposal. We are an equal opportunity employer and we are always on the look out for talented individuals to join our consulting team. We hire certified flight, cabin, and ground crewmembers for contract operations overseas. Resumes are welcome via e-mail or fax.

Holiday Airways recently began to spread its operations overseas and has landed several large contracts that will begin to establish Holiday Airways as a dominant figure in the world of worldwide aviation services. Our goals include becoming a publicly traded corporation in Wall Street and achieving U.S. air carrier certification under parts 121 and 125 by the year 2008.

[Heli-Jet]

Euroguineana de Aviacion ( Holiday Airways) does not have a hangar or maintenance facility in Equatorial Guinea, neither does General Work Aviation.
Low pay considering that you have to work in a third work country with marginal medical facilities and housing. Living in a 3rd world :mad: you would expect to be compensated, instead they are getting South Americans to work there, who are getting paid more than in South America. := The old adage of pilots doing themselves a disfavour in the industry

[bafanguy]

Well, you can't tell the players without a program. This company advertised for 737-200 crews in December/2005 for Holiday Airways/Euroguineana for a Island of Malabo base. I have a copy of the job post in front of me here containing the details I posted.

Maybe it's just a shell game run by people in Miami ? Who knows ? Send them you stuff; you can't win if you don't enter.

Good luck.

[Heli-Jet]

Does anybody know who operates out of Bata and Malabo, besides,
Euroguineana de Aviacion, ( previous known as Air Guinea)
General Work Aviation
Ecuato Guineana de Aviacion (EGA),
and CHC helicopters.
Please could you tell me what they operate, I hear all the Russian aircraft have been booted out of the country.

Does anybody besides CHC helicopters have hangars and decent maintenance facilities in EG. Have heard that all maintenance by fixed wing operators is done on the apron.

[Heli-Jet]

ATR and the government of Equatorial Guinea signed a contract for two new ATR 72-500s and one new 42-500. The deal is valued at $50 million, according to ATR, which will deliver the aircraft over the next three years. "We are convinced that ATR represents the best choice to achieve our goal of renewal and expansion of our national airline," Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo said. ATR said it has received orders for 136 aircraft since Jan. 1, "some of which have not yet been announced."

[Heli-Jet]

Planes To Be Used In National Airline

This week, regional aircraft manufacturer ATR and the Government of Ecuatorial Guinea signed a deal for three new ATR turboprops, one ATR 42-500 and two ATR 72-500s. Valued at $50 million, the agreement is the first contract signed between ATR and the Government of Ecuatorial Guinea, and increases the number of African ATR operators to 21.
The deal was signed at ATR Headquarters in the presence of the President of Ecuatorial Guinea, His Excellence Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, and the Minister of Finances and Budget, Marcelino Owono Edu.
The three new aircraft are slated to be delivered over the next three years to Ecuato Guineana de Aviacion (EGA), the country's national airline. According to media sources, the airline currently flies but one plane -- an Antonov An-24RV turboprop -- though it also reportedly has an Embraer 145 in storage.
"We are convinced that ATR represents the best choice to achieve our goal of renewal and expansion of our national airline," said President Mbasogo at the signing. "This deal will contribute to make our national airlines one of the most modern and active in Africa." :ok:

[Heli-Jet]

Air carriers from Equatorial Guinea
(65) The authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Equatorial Guinea did not fully cooperate with the civil aviation authority of the United Kingdom (UK) when concerns about the safety of the operation of carriers licensed or certified in that state were raised. The UK wrote to the Director General of Civil Aviation in Equatorial Guinea on 27 March 2002 [17] seeking clarification on the following points:
- a significant increase in the number of aircraft registered in Equatorial Guinea and suggestions that the Aircraft Registration Bureau (ARB) or a similar organisation might be managing the register,
- the fact that a number of operators holding an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) issued by Equatorial Guinea did not have their principal place of business in Equatorial Guinea.
The letter also advised the Director General of Civil Aviation that the UK would not be in a position to allow further commercial operations to its territory by Equatorial Guinea airlines until the UK authorities were satisfied that these airlines were receiving satisfactory oversight. Equatorial Guinea did not reply to this letter.
(66) The authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Equatorial Guinea have shown an insufficient ability to implement and enforce the relevant safety standards, in particular as demonstrated by audits and related corrective action plans established under ICAO’s Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme. Such a USOAP audit of Equatorial Guinea took place in May 2001 whereby the audit report [18] indicated that the Civil Aviation Authority did not, at the time of the audit, have the ability to provide adequate oversight to its airlines and ensure that they operate in accordance with ICAO standards. These audit findings namely included:
- lack of an organisation capable of undertaking safety oversight activities, in particular a lack of specialised staff in the areas of licensing, aircraft operations or airworthiness,
- inability to identify the number of aircraft on the register or the number of valid certificates of airworthiness issued,
- failure to establish a structured system for the certification and supervision of air operators,
- failure to adopt aeronautical operations regulations,
- failure to perform surveillance on authorised operators,
- failure to implement a system for performing the basic duties of an airworthiness inspection agency.
Furthermore the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Equatorial Guinea has never up to date submitted to ICAO an action plan to address these audit findings [19] and consequently an audit follow up mission has not taken place.
(67) The authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Equatorial Guinea have shown an insufficient ability to implement and enforce the relevant safety standards in accordance with their obligations under the Chicago Convention. In fact, some holders of Air Operator Certificate (AOC) issued by Equatorial Guinea do not have their principal place of business in Equatorial Guinea, contrary to the requirements of Annex 6 to the Chicago Convention [20].
(68) The authorities of Equatorial Guinea with responsibility for regulatory oversight of the following air carriers have shown a lack of ability to carry out adequate safety oversight on these carriers:

Air Consul SA,
Avirex Guinée Equatoriale,
COAGE — Compagnie Aeree de Guinée Equatorial, Ecuato Guineana de Aviación,
Ecuatorial Cargo,
GEASA — Guinea Ecuatorial Airlines SA,
GETRA — Guinea Ecuatorial de Transportes Aéreos,
Jetline Inc.,
King Transavia Cargo,
Prompt Air GE SA,
UTAGE — Unión de Transporte Aéreo de Guinea Ecuatorial.

[Heli-Jet]

22.01.2006
One of the new L-410 Estonian company AirEst arrived to Prague today. L-410UVP-E reg. ES-LLA (c/n 902416) technical landed on the way from Ljubljana to Ostrava. It returned from lease in Equatorial Guinea, where operated cargo flights by local Guinea Cargo company. Aircraft is still in full c/s of its previous owner Kazan 2nd Aviation Enterprise, but AirEst titles are applied. There were interesting additional "Operated by Guinea Cargo" titles under pilot cabin

Heard that the maintenance was 6 months behind and that the President wasn't too happy

[Heli-Jet]

The European blacklist, as now published, meshes neatly with ICAO’s just-agreed policy, even though the two were not co-ordinated. The fact is, their time had come. In the case of five African countries – the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Swaziland – the European blacklist refers to “all air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of [name of state]”. It then lists the names of the known carriers supposedly under the safety oversight of each country’s NAA, clearly implying the authority cannot be trusted even to know the names of airlines operating from its territory, let alone for policing their safety standards.

[Heli-Jet]

Companies in Eg with websites

Euroguineana de Aviacion has a website
CHC Global has a website
General Work Aviation - no website

You can PM me for e-mail addresses and websites

[MachiavelliJetter]

Heard that General Work construction company owns General Work Aviation,

their main man is Eduardo Hxxxxxxx - possibly Chief Pilot (Spaniard)
Their Helicopter guy is Damien Dxxxx. (Australian)

Rumour is that GW has been awarded a contract to build a runway, golf course and Hotel on the island of Corisco. Should be interesting to see how the Gabonese take that.

Evidently the EG government want to attract the Europeans to this secluded island without having to deal with Africa

The Alouette II has been taking numerous trips to this island and plans have been drawn up to start work.

[MachiavelliJetter]

They used to fly their HS125-400, N888TJ into LIPQ quite often, haven't seen this jet for quite some time. They now fly a CE750, N415FW into LIPQ and this aircraft has been here quite often this year, The operator has been listed as General Work Aviation, however both aircraft are Delaware listed in the USA. Captains on these aircraft have been two different Canadians very professional

[Heli-Jet]

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[Treetopflyer]

Just a bit of info regarding some of the companies you mentionned:

Air Consul SA: operates a PA31 out of Malabo.

Avirex Guinée Equatoriale: no aircraft per se, it's just a subsidiary of Avirex Gabon of Libreville, probably used to facilitate dealing with local authorities.

Ecuatorial Cargo: at least 1 IL76.

GETRA — Guinea Ecuatorial de Transportes Aéreos: at least 1 AN24.

UTAGE — Unión de Transporte Aéreo de Guinea Ecuatorial: at least 1 AN24.

The other ones, I can't remember (info is 9 months old), but several operate AN24 & 26 and/or YK40 with eastern European crews. EG is a bit like the farwest in many respects, but quickly improving. There are definitely opportunities that will come up there.:ok:

[Solid Rust Twotter]

Can't see CHC doing anything dodgy. They look pretty straight down the line and only operate large helos in any case, if I'm not mistaken. I don't believe the oil and mining companies they work for would sit still for dodgy ops requiring the attention of an outside (EU) regulator.

[Heli-Jet]

Seems like CHC is a solid operator, their Malabo operation has new SK76C+ with all the bells and whistles on the ESSO contract, however there Bata operation has A++'s and the GPS's are not IFR approved. With all the traffic going into Malabo I wonder how they start their approach legally with a VFR only GPS (Potob at 8000'). They don't have TCAS either.

They also have SA registered aircraft, but the guys rotating through Bata haven't written the SA airlaw exam. I believe a couple of years ago everybody had to write the SA airlaw exams, a CAA inspector was sent to Malabo for all to write their exam. So what is the deal here?

[MachiavelliJetter]

if you want info on General Work Aviation you can google "General Work Aviation" and it will give you info on this company. This will help you with info you might require, you can also go to the Australian AFAP they were advertising for pilots on the F28-4000, Shorts 360-300, HS125 and the CE750, they have also advertised on Vertical reference for their Alouette II, all the contact details are there. All the best

[MachiavelliJetter]

Corisco

Heard that General Work construction company owns General Work Aviation,

their main man is Eduardo Hxxxxxxx - possibly Chief Pilot (Spaniard)
Their Helicopter guy is Damien Dxxxx. (Australian)

Rumour is that GW has been awarded a contract to build a runway, golf course and Hotel on the island of Corisco. Should be interesting to see how the Gabonese take that.

Evidently the EG government want to attract the Europeans to this secluded island without having to deal with Africa

The Alouette II has been taking numerous trips to this island and plans have been drawn up to start work.


This info is very reliable close source to the Italian Boss, from Udine and from people in the office at Bata

[Heli-Jet]

No standards set in EG for Helicopter Ops, CHC do in house audits, the SACAA audit is a joke on ZS registered aircraft, the Belguim goes up to EG for a whoring vacation, the oil auditors keep them honest.

The only other civil helicopter operator is General Work Aviation, who don't comply with any FAA regs although they operate N4102U which has been de-registered on the FAA aircraft registry. Checkout http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_inquiry.asp (http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_inquiry.asp) the aircraft is flown by a couple of Aussie pilots, wonder what the Aussie CAA and the FAA would say about there current practices. Guess what no SOP's. Evidently they also operate an Augusta 109, anybody know what their registration is or possibly paste a photo on it.

[tomcat21]

Why would you want to work there? If u do make sure to bring plenty of extra gas as if they ever think your attempting a coup they will turn the rwy lights off and greet you with machine guns upon ldg. Thats what happened to me going into Malabo back in 05. I ferried an old viper hawker for Holiday airways who it happens also run the B737s out of there. When I landed there was a chollera outbreak. Ummm cant wait to go back!!

[BadAndy]

Why would you want to work there?
Some of us spent most of a year there and loved it. The people (note, not always the government) were awesome to work with, the flying was the most fun I've ever had, and the down time spent at the Naturelink or CHC houses was a blast. Many a good bbq and drinking fest. (Plus I learned the rules of Rugby...). It is a fun, crazy, aggravating, fulfilling, (did I mention aggrevating?) place to work. It's not for everyone, though. And, it's definately not a permenent place to go. But, it's a good place to go and build some time and quality experience. (Besides, the Brandy is cheap, right Jaco.........) :p

[Heli-Jet]

Tomcat .... you guys were in the wrong place at the wrong time, the company whose HS125 you were delivering were in trouble with the Minister of Finance. They had to change their name and had big problems in EG, I believe that the minister of Finance refused to buy the aircraft from them. It might still be parked on the ramp.

BadAndy .... I thought Naturelink lost their contract in EG ... they were operating out of Doualla and then just disappeared .... I wonuldn't have enjoyed their contract those poor guys operated on a shoe string.

Which operator got to hold onto their AOC was it ... Euroguineana de Aviacion, ( previous known as Air Guinea)

[rabidpangolin]

HI guys!

E G is pretty d@mn beautiful in my opinion. I flew ole Igor and the rest of the GW guys around before they bought their own planes. Annobon...mind blowing! Never had the chance see how they treat their aircraft, but money was not a problem when it came to paying us for charter of our overpriced, undermaintained airie. One thing I didn't like was that idiot with his chock that charges 70000fcfa for "handling". Beautiful beaches!

Mind the tail!