Somali Airlines

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Somali Airlines
Somali Airlines Airbus A310-300
IATA code : HH
ICAO code : SOM
Call sign : SOMALAIR
Founding: 1964
Operation stopped: 1991
Seat: Mogadishu , Somalia
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Home airport : Mogadishu airport
Number of employees: 800
Fleet size: 4th
Aims: Africa , Europe , Middle East
Somali Airlines ceased operations in 1991. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Somali Airlines was a Somali airline that operated domestic and international scheduled flights. As a result of the civil war in Somalia , the state-owned company ceased operations in 1991.

history

The Douglas DC-3 was the first type of aircraft that the company used

Somali Airlines was founded in Mogadishu on March 5, 1964 . In addition to the Republic of Somalia, the Italian airline Alitalia held half of the company. Alitalia also provided technical and organizational support during the set-up phase. Operations began in June 1964 with a flight from Mogadishu to Hargeisa . Somali Airlines initially used three Douglas DC-3 aircraft in national scheduled services. The first international line was established in March 1965 between Mogadishu and Aden . Scheduled flights to Nairobi began in January 1966. This route had to be abandoned in June 1966 due to political tensions between Somalia and Kenya . As a third international destination, Dar es Salaam was served once a week from October 1967. In August 1968, the company took over the first of three Vickers Viscount turboprop machines from Alitalia .

In April 1974 Somali Airlines leased its first jet aircraft of the type Boeing 720 from the British Templewood Aviation , which was used on flights to Rome , Cairo , Jeddah and Nairobi. After the lease expired, two Boeing 720s were purchased from American Airlines in 1976 . From 1977 turboprop aircraft of the type Fokker F-27 gradually replaced the Douglas DC-3 on the national routes. In the same year Alitalia sold its stake in Somali Airlines , which was then nationalized. After the hijacking of the “Landshut” aircraft, a close cooperation with Lufthansa developed at the end of the 1970s , which subsequently trained the pilots of Somali Airlines and serviced the aircraft. In February 1981, the company acquired two Boeing 707-300s from Malaysian Airline System and, among other things, opened a scheduled connection with them to Frankfurt am Main Airport . The machines were replaced in 1985 by two identical types from the Lufthansa inventory . In October 1987, the company ordered a widebody aircraft of the type Airbus A310-300 to replace the costly Boeing 707 from October 1988 to the European and Asian line routes. Because the delivery of the aircraft was delayed, Somali Airlines temporarily hired an Airbus A310-200 from the Belgian Sabena , which was operated from the end of 1988 until the delivery of its own aircraft in March 1989.

As a result of the increasing destabilization of the state caused by the Somali civil war , the company ceased operations in 1991. The existing aircraft were then sold or returned to the lessor.

Planned resumption of flight operations

In 2012, former Somali Airlines pilots visited the Airline Training Center Arizona . It was discussed whether it would be possible for future Somali crews to be trained by Lufthansa . In November 2013, the Somali government announced that it was planning to resume flight operations in 2014, initially with four aircraft. At the same time, a Boeing 737-400 was leased from the Slovakian Samair and painted in the colors of Somali Airlines without adding any lettering. In 2014 Samair filed for bankruptcy. Somali Airlines did not start operations as planned .

Destinations

In spring 1989 the international route network of Somali Airlines departing from Mogadishu airport included the cities of Abu Dhabi , Doha , Djibouti , Jeddah , Dubai , Frankfurt , Cairo , Nairobi and Rome .

At the same time, there were national scheduled flights to Aluula , Berbera , Boosaaso , Burao and Hargeisa .

Somali Airlines previously operated international routes to Aden , Dar es Salaam , Muscat , Sanaa and Victoria (Seychelles) as well as national routes to Erigabo , Gaalkacyo , Garoowe , Kismaayo , Laasqorey and Qardho .

Incidents

This Fokker F-27 (6O-SAY) had an accident on June 20, 1981
  • On May 6, 1970, a fire broke out under the cabin floor of a Vickers Viscount ( registration number : 6O-AAJ), which was on its final approach to Mogadishu Airport. Despite the failure of the controls, the crew managed to intercept the machine and set it hard on the runway. The nose landing gear broke. The plane burned out completely after landing. 25 of the 30 inmates were able to save themselves.
  • On August 16, 1975, a Douglas DC-3 (6O-SAC) had an accident after taking off from Boosaaso due to an engine failure. All 11 people on board survived the accident.
  • On July 20, 1981, a Fokker F-27 (6O-SAY) flew through a storm front. The machine fell into a dive, with high g-forces acting on the aircraft. The right wing detached from the fuselage as a result of structural overload. All 50 occupants were killed in the crash (see also Somali Airlines flight 40 ) .
  • On May 17, 1989, the crew of a Boeing 707-300 (6O-SBT) broke off take-off in Nairobi. The aircraft rolled over the end of the runway and had to be written off as a total loss.
  • On June 28, 1989, a Fokker F-27 (6O-SAZ) crashed after taking off from Hargeisa . The machine was probably shot down by rebels. All 30 inmates were killed.

fleet

A Boeing 707-300 , the Somali Airlines of Malaysian Airline System received

Fleet at the end of operations

When operations ceased in 1991, Somali Airlines' fleet consisted of an Airbus A310-300, a Boeing 727-200 and two Dornier 228s.

Previously deployed aircraft

See also

Web links

Commons : Somali Airlines  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Flight International, April 2, 1964 [1]
  2. ^ Aero, issue 230, year 1987
  3. ^ Flight International, March 26, 1970 [2]
  4. ↑ Vickers Viscount Network, Somali Airlines [3]
  5. ^ Flight International, February 26, 1976 [4]
  6. ^ Flight International, May 8, 1976 [5]
  7. ↑ jp airline-fleets, Edition 78
  8. ^ Flight International, March 10, 1990 [6]
  9. ↑ Historical Dictionary of Somalia, Mohamed Haji Mukhtar, The Scarecrow Press 2003
  10. ↑ jp airline-fleets international, Edition 86
  11. ↑ Flight International, November 7, 1987 [7]
  12. ↑ jp airline-fleets international, Edition 92
  13. ↑ Hiiraan online, April 1, 2012 http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2012/apr/23447/reviving_the_aviation_industry_in_somalia.aspx ( Memento from November 4, 2012 on WebCite )
  14. ↑ Somali Current, November 20, 2013 Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.somalicurrent.com
  15. ↑ Hiiraan online, November 19, 2013 [8]
  16. ↑ Somali Airlines flight plan, October 30, 1988
  17. ↑ Somali Airlines flight plan, April 1, 1974
  18. ↑ Somali Airlines flight plan, November 1, 1979
  19. ^ Aviation Safety Network, Vickers Viscount 785D 6O-AAJ, May 6, 1970
  20. ^ Aviation Safety Network, Douglas DC-3 6O-SAC, August 16, 1975
  21. ↑ Aviation Safety Network, Fokker F-27 6O-SAY, July 20, 1981
  22. ^ Aviation Safety Network, Boeing 707-300 6O-SBT, May 17, 1989
  23. ^ Aviation Safety Network, June 28, 1989
  24. ^ Flight International, January 23, 1990
  25. ↑ jp airline-fleets international, various years