Somali Airlines
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| Founded | March 1964 | |||
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| Commenced operations | July 1964 | |||
| Ceased operations | 1991 | |||
| Hubs | Mogadishu International Airport | |||
| Secondary hubs | Hargeisa International Airport | |||
| Airport lounge | Somali Airlines Lounge | |||
| Destinations | ||||
| Company slogan | The White Star Service | |||
| Parent company | Government of Somalia (100%) | |||
| Headquarters | Mogadishu, Somalia | |||
Somali Airlines was the flag carrier of Somalia.
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[edit] History and destinations
The carrier was formed in March 1964 as the national airline of the country with the aid of Alitalia, which initially held a 50% controlling stake in the company, and the Somali government held the balance.[1] The airline began operations in July the same year, initially serving domestic destinations with three DC-3s and two Cessna 180s.[1] Aden was the airline's first international route; it started flying there in March 1965.[1]
Somali Airlines became a fully state-owned company in 1977.[2]
Due to the political unrest in Somalia, all operations came to a halt in 1991.[3] The void created by the collapse of the airline has been partially filled more recently by carriers such as Jubba Airways, as well as Daallo Airlines and Djibouti Airlines of Djibouti. However, not since the demise of Somali Airlines have scheduled passenger flights from Mogadishu landed in Europe.
[edit] Destinations
Following is a list of destinations the airline served throughout its history:
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[edit] Fleet
The airline began operations using three Piper aircraft in 1961 and two DC-3. Later on these were replaced by the Fokker F27 Friendship. Somali Airlines used a fleet of leased Boeing 707s.[when?] Historically, Somali Airlines used a total of 17 Boeing 707. 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.[4]
Somali Airlines operated the following equipment all through its history:[5]
- Airbus A310-200
- Airbus A310-300
- Boeing 707-120B
- Boeing 707-320
- Boeing 707-320B
- Boeing 707-320C
- Boeing 720B
- Boeing 727-200
- Douglas C-47A
- Fokker F27-200
- Fokker F27-600
- Viscount 742D
[edit] Accidents and incidents
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.[6]
| Date | Location | Aircraft | Tail number | Aircraft damage | Fatalities | Description | Refs |
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| 6 May 1970 |  Mogadishu |
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. | [7] |
| 16 August 1975 | Bosaso |
Douglas C-47A | 6O-SAC | W/O | 0/11 | Crashed shortly after take-off from Bosaso Airport, following a failure on the port engine. | [8][9] |
| 20 July 1981 | Balad |
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. | [10][11] |
| 17 May 1989 |  Nairobi |
Boeing 707-320B | 6O-SBT | W/O | 0/70 | Overran the wet runway at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport following an aborted take-off. | [12] |
| 28 June 1989 | Hargeisa |
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. | [13][14] |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f "WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY... – Somali Airlines" (PDF). Flight International: 601. 15 April 1965. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1965/1965%20-%201081.html. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "World Airline Directory – Somali Airlines" (PDF). Flight International: 128. 14 March 1990 – 20 March 1990. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%200780.html. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY – SOMALI AIRLINES" (PDF). Flight International. 5 April 1995 – 11 April 1995. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1995/1995%20-%201010.html. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "MARKET PLACE". Flight International: 7. 7 November 1987. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202265.html. 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."
- ^ "SubFleets for: Somali Airlines". AeroTransport Data Bank. 30 January 2012. http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&qstring=Somali+Airlines&where=52803&luck=. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Accident record for Somali Airlines". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/operator/airline.php?var=5298. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ Accident description for 6O-AAJ at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2 February 2012.
- ^ Accident description for 6O-SAC at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Public-transport accidents" (PDF). Flight International: 514. 9 October 1975. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%202111.html. 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."
- ^ Accident description for 6O-SAY at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Commercial flight safety: 1981 reviewed – FATAL ACCIDENTS: SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHT" (PDF). Flight International: 183. 23 January 1982. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%200185.html. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ Accident description for 6O-SBT at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 January 2012.
- ^ Accident description for 6O-SAZ at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 January 2012.
- ^ "The complacent year–safety 1989 — COMMERCIAL FLIGHT SAFETY – FATAL OCCURRENCES INVOLVING SABOTAGE, HIJACK OR MILTTARY ACTION AGAINST CIVILIAN TARGETS" (PDF). Flight International: 43. 17 January 1990 – 23 January 1990. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%200101.html. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
[edit] External links
- (English) (Somali) Somali Civil Aviation Authority
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