Puntavia Airline de Djibouti was an airline based in Djibouti City in Djibouti. It was founded in 1991 and initially operated

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s, on irregular scheduled services from Djibouti to Addis Ababa,

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, the

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and Somalia. The airline later operated a mixture of Soviet-built aircraft, as well as a

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Boeing 727. Puntavia ceased all operations in 1996.List of Angolan airlines at airlineupdate.com

Incidents and accidents

*On 5 December 1994, a highjacking occurred onboard Puntavia Flight 811 from Berbera to Djibouti City, which was operated using a

( registered J2-KBE). The perpetrator demanded the flight to divert to Saudi Arabia. The situation turned out well, with none of the twelve other passengers and two crew members having been injured.

References

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