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Cabo Verde Express

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Cape Verdean airline

Cabo Verde Express is a Cape Verdean regional airline headquartered in Espargos and based at Amílcar Cabral International Airport operating domestic scheduled and charter services.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1
LET-410
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Cabo Verde Express is a Cape Verdean regional airline headquartered in Espargos and based at Amílcar Cabral International Airport operating domestic scheduled and charter services.2

The story

It was established in 1998 by Jean-Christophe Bartz, airline transport pilot and business man with many interests within the airline industry in West Africa. Operations started with a single Cessna Caravan (D4-CBJ). A few months later the Czech-made Let L-410 Turbolet were introduced. The airline employed 14 pilots including 2 freelancers.

The little airline grew fast under the command of Captain JC Bartz and actively contributed to the tourism development on the island of Boa Vista. Captain JC Bartz sold the airline back in 2007 to the Portuguese group Omni Aviacao, the owner of White Airways. Its head office is at the Amílcar Cabral International Airport in Espargos, Sal.

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Products and brands

Destinations

Cape Verde

Boa Vista - Rabil Airport

Fogo - São Filipe Airport

Maio - Maio Airport

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Santiago - Praia International Airport

Sal - Amílcar Cabral International Airport Hub

Sao Nicolau - Preguiça Airport

Sao Vicente - São Pedro Airport

Fleet

As of April 2019 Cabo Verde Express has three aircraft:

From Wikipedia’s article on Cabo Verde Express, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1998Founded Founded in Espargos1

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