Showing posts with label Somalia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Somalia. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

■ SOMALIA: Favori LLC takes over Aden Adde Int'l as Minister repudiates leaked UN letter as a "hoax".

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Turkish firm, Favori LLC officially assumed control of Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport from Dubai-based SKA Logistics on Saturd...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

■ SOMALIA: Ethiopian suspends Hargeisa, Berbera flights over impasse with Somaliland government.

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Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has suspended its services to the Somalian towns of Berbera and Hargeisa owing to sub-standard infrastructure. Fl...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

■ SOMALIA: Minister of Transport implicates own President in Mogadishu airport deal scandal.

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A huge scandal is brewing in Somalia over allegations by the Minister of Information, Post, Telecommunications & Transportation, Abdull...
Monday, September 9, 2013

■ SOMALIA: Turkey's Favori LLC to assume control of Mogadishu Aden Adde International Airport.

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Favori LLC, a consortium of Turkish construction firms Çetin Group and Kozuva with USD3million capital , is set to assume the management of...
Monday, September 2, 2013

► KENYA: Tropic Air's AOC reinstated following KCAA's investigation into Somalia ops.

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Tropic Air, a private air charter company based in Northern Kenya, has resumed flights after a 3 week-long suspension of its operations owi...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

► SOMALIA: Jubba Airways begins wetlease of an An30F from Congo's Aéro-Frêt Business.

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Somalia's Jubba Airways (6J) has reportedly wet-leased an Antonov An-30 freighter, TN-AHP, from Congolese cargo specialists, Aéro-Frêt ...
Monday, August 26, 2013

► SOMALIA: An26 overruns runway on landing at Guri'el airstrip, impacts rock; one injured.

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A Ukrainian Antonov An-26 ( MCN 57314101 | EK-26818 ) operated by South Airlines overran the runway on touchdown at Guri'el airstrip ...
Monday, August 19, 2013

■ SOMALIA: Somaliland reopens Hargeisa International Airport following runway works.

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Egal International Airport, the airport that serves Hargeisa, the capital of the self-proclaimed autonomous region of Somaliland, has reope...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

►► SOMALIA: Ethiopian Air Force Antonov AN12 crashes on landing in Mogadishu; 4 dead.

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[UPDATE AUGUST 15] On Friday, August 9, an Ethiopian Air Force Antonov AN-12 military transport (MCN ? | 1513) crashed on landing at Mogad...
Friday, July 19, 2013

■ SOMALIA: Somaliland lifts UN flights ban after Turkish brokered talks resolve impasse with Mogadishu.

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Turkey has successfully brokered an agreement following talks between the autonomous, yet internationally unrecognised, state of Somaliland...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

► SOMALIA: Turkish Airlines says strongest performing route is Mogadishu.

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Turkish Airlines (TK) has announced a marked growth in the number of passengers flying to Turkey and onward to its other international de...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

► SOMALIA: (MEDIA) Air Uganda touches down in Mogadishu.

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Air Uganda (U7) on 8 July 2013, launched its 3x weekly service between Entebbe and Mogadishu, Somalia using a CRJ200. On hand to see in the...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

► SOMALIA: Presidential jet develops engine problems after take off for Juba; returns safely BUT..

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A plane, an unconfirmed DC9-10 ( MSN 45740 | 5Y-SAX ) belonging to Kenya's FlySAX (B5), carrying Somalia’s president, Hassan Sheikh Moh...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

■ SOMALIA: SKA Group shows commitment to Mogadishu Aden Abdulle International Airport with new generator.

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SKA International Group, the Dubai-based logistics firm that was awarded the management contract of Mogadishu's Aden Abdulle Internatio...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013

► SOMALIA: Air Uganda to start Entebbe - Mogadishu from July 8.

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True to its word, Air Uganda (U7) will from 8 July 2013, launch its previously announced 3x weekly service between Entebbe and Mogadishu,...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

► KENYA: Astral Aviation outlines expanded regional cargo network; to replace DC9s with MD83Fs.

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Kenyan cargo operator, Astral Aviation (8V), has announced an enhanced intra-African freighter schedule which is based on a cautious expans...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

► DUBAI: Somalia's Jubba Airways eyes direct Mogadishu - Dubai flights from late June.

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Fresh from the recent launch of flights to Adado, Kismayo and Baidoa, Somalia carrier Jubba Airways (6J), says it intends to launch direc...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

■ SOMALIA: Government assumes control of its airspace from CACAS as Somaliland bans all UN flights in retaliation.

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Somalia's Minister for Information, Abdullahi Elmoge Hersi, says his government has once more resumed control of its national airspace ...
Thursday, May 9, 2013

► DJIBOUTI: Turkish Airlines to boost Mogadishu, Djibouti flights to 5x weekly from October.

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Turkish Airlines (EK) will, from 27OCT13, adding a 5th weekly frequency on its Istanbul – Djibouti – Mogadishu route, through the addition ...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013

► SOMALIA: Air Uganda eyeing Mogadishu flights with third CRJ200.

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The newly appointed CEO of Air Uganda (U7), Cornwell Muleya, has set forth a bold new initiative by saying his company plans to use it'...