African Airways Alliance is a Somali-owned

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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 ...

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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

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, 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