Air Djibouti (1997)
| Air Djibouti (1997) | |
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| IATA code : | DY |
| ICAO code : | DJU |
| Call sign : | AIR DJIB |
| Founding: | 1997 |
| Operation stopped: | 2002 |
| Seat: |
Djibouti , Djibouti
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| Home airport : | Djibouti airport |
| Fleet size: | 1 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Air Djibouti (1997) ceased operations in 2002. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Air Djibouti was a Djibouti- based airline that ceased operations in 2002. It was the third airline to bear this name.
history
The company was founded in 1997 by the Djibouti government with the participation of private investors as the successor company of the second Air Djibouti , which was liquidated in 1991 . Operations began in the spring of 1998 with a Boeing 737 leased from the Swedish Nordic European Airlines . In July 1998 the company leased an Airbus A310 , which was used on two weekly scheduled flights to Paris . The capacity of the Airbus proved to be too large, so that Air Djibouti rented the unprofitable aircraft to the Royal Jordanian airline in the spring of 1999 . The company then only carried out freight transports and regional charter flights , on which initially a leased Ilyushin Il-18 and from mid-1999 an Antonov An-24 were used.
In March 2001, took over Air Djibouti is a widebody aircraft of the type Boeing 747 to it from August 2001 wet lease for Nigeria Airways operated on. The plane was supposed to run between Lagos and London . However, due to safety concerns, the British aviation authority prohibited the use of this machine, so Nigeria Airways terminated the lease early. Air Djibouti returned its last aircraft, an Antonov An-24, to the lessor in early 2002 and ceased operations for economic reasons.
fleet
Air Djibouti operated the following types of aircraft:
- Airbus A310-200
- Antonov An-24RV
- Boeing 737-200
- Boeing 747-200 (leased to Nigeria Airways )
- Ilyushin Il-18Gr
