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Somali Airlines
Somali Airlines logo.
IATA ICAO Callsign
HH SOM SOMALAIR
Founded5 March 1964 (1964-03-05)
HubsMogadishu International Airport
Secondary hubsHargeisa International Airport
Alliancestar alliance
Parent companyGovernment of Somalia (100%)
HeadquartersMogadishu, Somalia

History and destinations[edit]

Somali Airlines was founded on 5 March 1964 as the newly independent Somalia's national airline.[1][2] The country's then civilian government and Alitalia owned equal shares in the company,[1] with each holding a 50% controlling stake.[2]

The carrier began operations in July of the same year.[2] It initially served domestic destinations, with three DC-3s and two Cessna 180s.[2] In March 1965, the airline embarked on its first international route, to Aden.[2]

Somali Airlines became a fully state-owned company in 1977.[3]

Due to the outbreak of the civil war in the early 1990s, all of the carrier's operations were officially suspended in 1991.[4][5] The void created by the collapse of the airline has since been filled by various Somali-owned private carriers, such as Jubba Airways, Daallo Airlines and Puntair.[6]

Destinations[edit]

A Somali Airlines Boeing 707-330B at Frankfurt Airport. (1988)

The following is a list of destinations the airline served throughout its history:

Country City Airport Refs
Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport [3]
Egypt Cairo Cairo International Airport [3]
Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Airport [3]
Italy Rome Fiumicino Airport [3]
Kenya Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport [3]
Qatar Doha Doha International Airport [3]
Saudi Arabia Jeddah King Abdul Aziz International Airport [3]
Somalia Berbera Berbera Airport [7]
Somalia Hargeisa Hargeisa International Airport [2]
Somalia Kismayo Kismayo Airport [2]
Somalia Mogadishu Aden Adde International Airport [3]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi King Abdul Aziz International Airport [3]
United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Airport [3]
Yemen Aden Aden International Airport [2]

Fleet[edit]

somali Airlines Corporate Headquarters
A Belgium-registered Airbus A310-200 in Somali Airlines livery at Fiumicino Airport in 1989.

Somali Airlines' initial fleet consisted of three Douglas DC-3s or their subtypes, and two Cessna 180s.[2] In early 1974, a contract with Tempair for the provision of a Boeing 720B, to be deployed on the Mogadishu–London route, as well as on flights within Africa and to the Middle East, was signed; the agreement effectively came into being in April 1974 (1974-04).[8]: 487 [9] In late 1975, two Fokker F27s were acquired.[10] In 1976, the company acquired two Boeing 720Bs from American Airlines, the two last ones in service with the American carrier.[11] By July 1980 (1980-07), the fleet consisted of two Boeing 707-320Cs, two Boeing 720Bs, two Fokker F27-600s, two DC-3s, one Cessna 402 and one Cessna 180.[12]

A firm order for an Airbus A310-300 was placed in late 1987, with an option for another one; the aircraft was aimed at replacing the 707 fleet on routes to Europe and the Middle East.[13]

Historic fleet[edit]

Somali Airlines operated the following equipment all through its history:[14]

Accidents and incidents[edit]

According to Aviation Safety Network, Somali Airlines experienced six events throughout its history; five of the occurrences carried with the hull-loss of the aircraft involved, and three of them had fatalities.[15]

Date Location Aircraft Tail number Aircraft damage Fatalities Description Refs
6 May 1970 SomaliaMogadishu Viscount 700 6O-AAJ W/O 5/30 The aircraft was on final approach to Mogadishu International Airport when control was lost due to a fire that erupted in the cargo hold. Upon a nose-down landing, the nosegear collapsed and the airplane continued rolling on her nose until it came to rest. The fire intensified, eventually engulfing the fuselage and destroying it completely. [16]
16 August 1975 SomaliaBosaso Douglas C-47A 6O-SAC W/O 0/11 Crashed shortly after takeoff from Bosaso Airport, following a failure on the port engine. [17][18]
20 July 1981 SomaliaBalad F-27-600RF 6O-SAY W/O 50/50 Crashed near Balad and burned out, minutes after take-off from Mogadishu International Airport on a domestic scheduled Mogadishu–Hargeisa passenger service. The aircraft encountered severe turbulence on its flightpath when it entered an area of heavy rain and started to dive. The stresses the airframe went through during the dive —up to 5.76 g— exceeded the ones it could possibly withstand, and parts of the starboard wing got detached. [19][20]
17 May 1989 KenyaNairobi Boeing 707-320B 6O-SBT W/O 0/70 Overran the wet runway at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport following an aborted take-off. [21]
28 June 1989 SomaliaHargeisa F-27-600RF 6O-SAZ W/O 30/30 Rebels claimed to have shot down the aircraft, that had departed from Hargeisa International Airport bound for Mogadishu, during initial climbout. [22][23]

See also[edit]

Category:Arab Air Carriers Organization members Category:African Airlines Association


Category:Defunct airlines of Somalia Category:Airlines established in 1964 Category:Airlines disestablished in 1991 Category:History of Mogadishu

  1. ^ a b Aeroplane and Commercial Aviation News. Vol. 114. 1967. p. 32. {{cite magazine}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "World Airline Survey... – Somali Airlines" (PDF). Flight International. 15 April 1965. p. 601. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "World Airline Directory – Somali Airlines" (PDF). Flight International. 14 March 1990 – 20 March 1990. p. 128. Retrieved 19 October 2011. {{cite magazine}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ World of Information (Firm), Africa Review, (World of Information: 2003), p.299.
  5. ^ "WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY – SOMALI AIRLINES" (PDF). Flight International. 5 April 1995 – 11 April 1995. Retrieved 19 October 2011. {{cite magazine}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Somalia Private Carriers
  7. ^ "World Airline Directory – Somali Airlines" (PDF). Flight International. 29 March 1986. p. 123. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  8. ^ John Belson (28 February 1976). "Tempair International" (PDF). Flight International. pp. 485 –&#32, 488. Retrieved 9 February 2012. The 720B based and registered in Somalia is the outcome of some two years of discussions. Operations on behalf of Somali Airlines began in April 1974, using a mixed-class layout on routes to Rome, Nairobi, Cairo and Jeddah.
  9. ^ "Somali 720B" (PDF). Flight International. 7 February 1974. p. 163. Retrieved 9 February 2012. Tempair International of Windsor has signed an agreement with Somali Airlines to operate a Boeing 720B for the airline for an initial period of 18 months. The aircraft will be operated over a route network linking Mogadishu, the Somali capital, with London, Rome, Cairo, Jeddah, Sana'a, Abu Dhabi and Nairobi.
  10. ^ "Airliner market" (PDF). Flight International. 16 October 1975. p. 555. Retrieved 9 February 2012. Somali Airlines has bought two Fokker-VFW F.27-600s, for delivery by mid-1977
  11. ^ "Airliner market" (PDF). Flight International. 8 May 1976. p. 1221. Retrieved 9 February 2012. Somali Airlines has bought American Airlines' last two Boeing 720Bs
  12. ^ "World airline directory – Somali Airlines" (PDF). Flight International. 26 July 1980. p. 352. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  13. ^ "MARKET PLACE". Flight International. 7 November 1987. p. 7. Retrieved 19 October 2011. Somali Airlines has ordered an Airbus A310-300, with an option on one more. The General Electric CF6-80C2 powered aircraft will be delivered in October 1988, and will be used on the airline's routes to Europe and the Middle East, replacing its Boeing 707.
  14. ^ "SubFleets for: Somali Airlines". AeroTransport Data Bank. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  15. ^ "Accident record for Somali Airlines". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  16. ^ Accident description for 6O-AAJ at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2 February 2012.
  17. ^ Accident description for 6O-SAC at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 January 2012.
  18. ^ "Public-transport accidents" (PDF). Flight International. 9 October 1975. p. 514. Retrieved 19 October 2011. A DC-3 of Somali Airlines crashed on August 16 at Bosaso while on a scheduled flight, injuring three crew; the eight passengers were not injured.
  19. ^ Accident description for 6O-SAY at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 January 2012.
  20. ^ "Commercial flight safety: 1981 reviewed – FATAL ACCIDENTS: SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHT" (PDF). Flight International. 23 January 1982. p. 183. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  21. ^ Accident description for 6O-SBT at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 January 2012.
  22. ^ Accident description for 6O-SAZ at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 January 2012.
  23. ^ "The complacent year–safety 1989—COMMERCIAL FLIGHT SAFETY – FATAL OCCURRENCES INVOLVING SABOTAGE, HIJACK OR MILTTARY ACTION AGAINST CIVILIAN TARGETS" (PDF). Flight International. 17 January 1990 – 23 January 1990. p. 43. Retrieved 30 January 2012. {{cite magazine}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
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