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African Airways Alliance is a Somali-owned
airline An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in wh ...
holding headquartered in
Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Oc ...
.centreforaviation.com - African Airways Alliance
retrieved 13 February 2021


Overview

African Airways Alliance was established on 19 February 2015, when
Daallo Airlines Daallo Airlines is a Somali-owned airline based at Dubai Airport Free Zone in Al Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With its main hub at the Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport, the airline operates scheduled services in the Horn of Af ...
merged with
Jubba Airways Jubba Airways is a Somali airline. It operates domestic passenger and cargo flights within Somalia, as well as to destinations in the Middle East. History The carrier was founded in 1998 by one Calgary-based Somali entrepreneur, Said Nur Qai ...
. The new firm is equally owned by both airlines' founders. At this time, both airlines together offered 13 destinations including
Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...
, Jeddah and
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with plans to greatly expand their networks and fleet in the upcoming years. As of 2021, both airlines continue to operate under their separate brands.


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* * {{Airlines of Somalia Airlines of Djibouti Airlines of Somalia Airlines established in 2015 Daallo Airlines Jubba Airways 2015 establishments in Somalia