<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">About Libreville International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The New Libreville International Airport is the proposed new development to replace the existing Libreville L&eacute;on Mba International Airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">To be developed at a location approximately 50km north of the current Libreville Airport, the new facility will feature a 19,000sqm terminal capable of handling approximately 3.75 million passengers p/a. ADPi was commissioned to develop the design concept and master plan.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Jul-2021. Gabon's Minister of Transport Brice Constant Paillat stated construction of New Libreville International Airport is expected to be complete in Jun-2023.</p>
<p class="blog-para">May-2021. New Libreville International Airport received ICAO certification on 08-May-2021, signifying the airport complies with design and operational standards outlined by ICAO.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Apr-2018. Gurbag board chairman Hilal Bangiban engaged in meetings with Gabon's government to discuss the possibility of financing the construction of Libreville Airport's new facilities.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Feb-2018. Gabon's Government drafted three proposals allocating land for the construction of a new airport in Libreville. The parcels of land will accommodate the airport's runway and an access road, and those residents affected by the airport's construction, which is expected to take place over three years.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Accidents and incidents </strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">Just after takeoff from the airport on June 8th, 2004, Gabon Express Flight 221 dove into the Gulf of Guinea after suffering a hydraulic failure after departure, leading to the deaths of 19 out of the 30 onboard.</p>
<p class="blog-para">On 6 June 2011, Antonov An-26 TR-LII of Solenta Aviation, operating Flight 122A for DHL Aviation ditched in the sea near Libreville International Airport. Four people on board were rescued and transported to a local hospital, but were not seriously injured. The crew reported hydraulic problems and eyewitnesses stated that the aircraft's propellers were not turning at the time of the ditching.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Popular destinations from Libreville International (LBV) </strong></p>
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<p class="blog-para"><strong>Libreville International Airport</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">The IATA code for the airport is LBV. Cleartrip provides information about the different airline brands that operate from Libreville airport and also a list of top domestic and international routes from Libreville.</p>
<p class="blog-para">There are different domestic and international airlines that operate from Libreville airport. Out of them, the airline brands that operate more frequently are Turkish Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAIR) and Qatar Airways. In addition to this, the most popular sectors from Libreville are Libreville to Paris, Libreville to Casablanca with 132, 59 weekly flights respectively.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Turkish Airlines airline 589 to Istanbul is the first flight that departs from Libreville airport at 12:05 AM, followed by Turkish Airlines airline 589 to Istanbul at 12:05 AM. Whereas Delta airline 8397 to Paris is the last flight that departs from Libreville airport at 11:50 PM.</p>
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