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Jet Express

Airline of Gabon

Jet Express was an airline based in Libreville, Gabon. It operated a domestic schedule linking the major towns of Gabon with regional services to neighbouring countries in West Africa. Its main base was Libreville International Airport and in 2007 became O. R. Tambo International Airport.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1994Founded1
  • HeadquartersTortola1

Jet Express was an airline based in Libreville, Gabon. It operated a domestic schedule linking the major towns of Gabon with regional services to neighbouring countries in West Africa. Its main base was Libreville International Airport and in 2007 became O. R. Tambo International Airport. Its head office when in business was located in Tortola.2

The story

The airline was established in 1989 as Avirex Gabon and is owned by Philippe Salles (98%), its President and CEO. In 2007, the airline was renamed "Jet Express" operated mostly charters and wet and dry leases aircraft to airlines from Johannesburg.

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Destinations

Jet Express operates the following services (in March 2008):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Libreville and Port-Gentil.

Fleet

The Jet Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 15 November 2009) [1]:

2 Boeing 737-200

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1 McDonnell Douglas MD-87

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Timeline

  1. 1994Founded Founded1

Sources

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