Djibouti Air to begin direct flights to Somaliland from Dubai

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Djibouti Air to begin direct flights to Somaliland from Dubai

 

DJIBOUTI — A local travel agency company signed a strategic partnership agreement with Djibouti Air on the sale of air tickets throughout Somaliland on Monday in the Djibouti capital.

 

According to a statement issued by Hargeisa-based Noble Travel Agency (NTA), Djibouti Air will begin twice weekly services from Dubai to the Somaliland port city of Berbera in mid May. “The agreement is very good news for not only the company, but also the entire country,” Abdulqafar Mohamud Isse said, the managing director of NTA.

 

The actual terms of the signed agreement has not been disclosed but NTA says it will become the official representative of Djibouti Air in Somaliland and will be able to get hold of fares, tickets, schedules and travel products including hotel reservation through the airline’s central reservation system. Djibouti Air will be the first international airline to operate in Somaliland since October 2008, when Ethiopian Airlines suspended its direct flights to Hargeisa.

 

The Djibouti government recently received a major private investment to launch the new Djibouti Air as its national carrier. It is a joint-venture between the Djibouti Government and the UAE’s Lootah Group, Ibrahim Saeed Lootah, chairman of Lootah Group, a real estate and construction giant. It made its inaugural flight to Dubai last month and plans six-weekly flights from Djibouti to Dubai while it will launch within the next six months flights to neighbouring Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Yemen. The airliner currently operates two Boeing 737-200 but according to Gulf News, it has placed an order for a third Boeing 737-300 to help expand its two-class Business and Economy configuration. The 737-300 will be used to serve destinations in Somaliland, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen.

 

The airliner will make its official debut in Somaliland in May, but Thursday was its first median flight when it picked up a Somaliland delegation including the President from Berbera on-route to Abu Dhabi, UAE.

 

Somaliland recently carried out renovations on some of its airports and plans to fully upgrade them in the near future and says the Egal International Airport in the capital is due to close for improvements. Meanwhile, it says it will divert traffic to Berbera airport, which has the longest runway in the African continent (originally constructed by the Soviets then the Americans for emergency landing for its spaceships).

 

Noble Travel Agency was founded in 2006 in Hargeisa, but after a short period it won a lucrative agreement with Ethiopian Airlines, one of the oldest and most profitable carriers in the continent with over 3 million passengers annually. That shortly lived after Ethiopia scraped its flights from Somaliland following the trio-suicide attacks that targeted a U.N. office, Ethiopian consulate and the presidential palace in October 2008.

 

Recent developments are indicative of the increased interest in the aviation market in Somaliland and the region. Kuwait is providing $10m to help Somaliland meet these demands and challenges. Dubai is a home and place of work, as well as a transit point to a large Somali diaspora community who travel to Somaliland and the region. This direct flight to Berbera from a new carrier will be in a position to cater for that market whilst offering greater comfort and a direct flight home.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Shirkadda Djibouti Air iyo Shirkadda Waddaniga ah ee Noble Travel Agency oo heshiis wada-shaqayneed ku kala saxeexday Jabuuti

 

Hargeysa (Waaheen) Shirkadda duulimaadyadda ee Djibouti Air oo ah shirkad ku duusha magaca iyo calanka qaranka Jabuuti iyo shirkadda waddaniga ah ee Noble Travel Agency oo fadhiggeedu yahay magaalo madaxda Somaliland ee Hargeysa ayaa shalay oo taariikhdu ahayd 18-kii bisha April ee sannadkan 2011 ku kala saxeexday magaaladda Jabuuti ee caasimadda Jamhuuriyadda Jabuuti heshiis wada-shaqayneed kaas oo ay shirkada Noble wakiil rasmi ah uga noqon doonto Somaliland shirkadda Djibouti Air.

 

War-murtiyeed uu ka soo saaray agaasimaha fulinta ee shirkadda Noble Travel Agency Mr. Cabdiqafaar Maxamuud Ciise magaaladda Hargeysa shalay kadib markii uu ku soo saxeexay dhinaciisa heshiiska labada shirkadood ku galeen magaaladda Jabuuti ayuu ku sheegay in shirkadda Djibouti Air ay duullimaadka ugu horreeya ee ay ku iman doonto Somaliland bilaabi doonto bisha soo socota guddaheedda, iyadoo ku bilaabi doonta khadka Berbera—Dubai—Berbera laba maalmood todobaadkiiba. “Heshiiskan ay shirkadda Noble la gashay shirkadda Djibouti Air maaha guul u soo hoyatay Noble oo kaliya, balse waa guul u soo hoyatay guud ahaan bulshadda Somaliland.”

 

Shirkadda Djibouti Air waa shirkaddii ugu horreysay ee magac iyo calan qaran leeyahay ku duulaysa ee Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland ku yeelata wakiil rasmi ah. Waxa kale oo ay shirkadda Djibouti Air ay todobaadkii inna dhaafay duullimaad khaas ah ku qaadday Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland mudane Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud (Siilaanyo) iyo wafti uu hoggaaminayo oo socdaal ku maraya waddanka Isu-tagga Imaaraadka Carabta. Shirkadda Djibouti Air waxa ay u kala duushaa labadda magaalo ee Jabuuti iyo Dubai lix duullimaad todobaadkiiba.

 

Dhinaca kale, shirkadda Noble Travel Agency oo la aasaasay horraantii sannadkii 2006-dii, waa shirkaddii ugu horraysay ee wakiil dhinaca suuq-geynta uga noqotay shirkadda Ethiopian Airlines taas oo joojisay duullimaadyadii ay ku iman jirtay Somaliland dabayaaqadii sannadkii 2008-dii.

[Saalax]

Good stuff.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Shirkada Diyaaradaha ee Djabouti Air oo Duulimaadkeedii ugu horaysay ka bilowday Soomaliland: Berbera-Dubai-Dubai-Berbera

 

Berbera(Waaheen)-Shirkada Diyaarada ee Jabuuti Air ayaa Duulimaadaydeedii ugu horeeyay maanta ka bilawday Somaliland, gaar ahaan Madaarka Caalamiga ah ee Berbera, iyadoo Diyaarad nooceedu yahay Point 737 ay ka qaaday Rakaabkii ugu horeeyay iskagana gooshtay Berbera-Dubai-Dubai-Berbera

Duulimaadyadan Shirkada Djabuuti Air ka bilawday Maanta Somaliland oo kala ahaa Berbera-Dubai-Dubai-Berbera waxa markii ay saaka Soo cago dhigatay Diyaaradu Madaarka Berbera ku soo dhaweeyay Badhasaabka Gobolka Saaxil, Maamulaha Madaarka Berbera, Wakiilka Shirkada Djabouti Air ee Somaliland, Saraakiil iyo Hawl wadeeno ka socday Wasaarada Duulista Hawada iyo madaxda laanta Socdaalka ee Madaarkaasi Berbera, kuwaasoo si weyn u soo dhaweeyay Shirkadan Cusub iyo Adeegyada ay ku soo kordhisay Duulimaadyada Diyaaradaha ee Wadanka.

 

Badhasaabka Gobolka Saaxiil Maxamuud Cali Saleban ( Ramaax) oo ugu horayn ka hadlay Munaasibadii lagu soo furayay Diyaaradaasi Jabouti Air ee markii ugu horaysay ka soo degtay Madaarka Berbera ayaa sheegay in Diyaaradan baahi weyn loo qabay, isla markaana Bulshada ku dhaqan Gobolka iyo kuwa ka soo jeeda ee ku nool dibadaha ee dalka ku soo laabanaya ay wax weyn ka bedelayso Safarkii dheeraa ee ay meelaha kala duwan ku soo mari jireen, waxaanu intaasi ku daray inay isaga iyo in badan oo ka mid ah Bulshada ay shirkadani u fududaysay Duulimaadkii ay kaga soo wareegayeen Hargeysa ee ay ku imayayeen Berbera ” shirakada Jabouti Air waxaanu leenahay ku soo dhawaada Gobolka Saaxil,gaar ahaan Magaalada Berbera, dadka ka faa’idaysanaya Duulimaadyadeena aniga ayaa ugu horeeya oo Reerkaygii, markii hore ka soo wareegayay Jabouti ilaa Hargeysa maanta waxa ay toos uga Imanayaan Jabouti ilaa Berbera, waana arin lagu farxo, mid kale shirkadani Nooligii wax badan ayay ka dhimeen, taasi waxa weeye wax aad u fiican oo lagu farxo”.

 

Maamulaha Shirkada Jabouti Air qaybteeda cusub ee Somaliland Mr: C/Qafaar Maxamud Ciise oo isaguna goobtii lagu soo dhawaynayay Diyaarada ka hadlay ayaa sheegay inay Macaamiishooda u fidin doonaan Adeegyo aad u hufan oo lagu ******an karo Shirkada Jabouti Air, maadama oo ay ku soo beegmeen Xili uu bilaamay wakhtigii Xagaaga ee dadka Reer Somaliland Dalkooda iman jireen,isla markaana qiimo Macquul ah oo ka duwan kii markii hore dadka laga qaadi jiray, ay iyagu ku soo qaadi doonaan dadka, waxa kale oo uu Maamuluhu tilmaamay inay Macaamiishooda u samaynayaan adeegyo casri ah oo ka tayo badan kuwii hore wadanka uga jiray ee Dhinaca Duulimaadyada.

 

Mr: C/qafaar Maxamud Ciise waxa kale oo uu sheegay in Shirkada Jabouti Air ay tahay Shirkada labaad ee laga bilaamo hada Duulimaadyo Caalami ah oo toosa dunida daafaheeda isaga gooshi doonta,iyada oo ku shaqaynaysa magaca wadanka Jabouti, isla markaana dadka ay ka soo qaadi karaan meel walba oo caalamka ka mid ah, maadaana oo ay ku shaqaynayaan Magaca Dawlada Jabouti ee Caalamka laga aqoonsanyahay.

Maamulaha Madaarka Berbera Airporta Axmed Maxamed Cawaale oo isaguna halkaasi ka hadlay ayaa soo dhaweeyay Shirkadan Cusub ee Duulimaadkeedii ugu horeeyay ka bilawday Berbera,waxaanu sheegay inay si fiican ula shaqayn doonaan Madaxda ka wakiilka ah Diyaarada, isla markaana ka maamul ahaan ay ku faraxsanyihiin Diyaaradan cusub ee dalka timi, maadaama oo ay wax badan ku soo kordhinayso shaqadii madaarada dalku qaban jireen iyo Dhaqaalihii ka soo bixi jirayba, taasi oo ay arkaan inay tahay muhiimada koowaad ee Diyaaradani wadanka ku soo biirinayso.

Diyaarada Jabouti Air ayaa saaka Rakaabkii ugu horeeyay u qaaday Dubai,waxaanay galabta Madaarka berbera ka soo dejisay Xamuul Cargo ah oo ay ka soo qaaday Magaalada Dubai, iyada oo halkaasina uga sii gudubtay Wadanka Jabouti oo ay saaka ka soo Duushay. Waxaanay Duulimaadkasta oo ay samayso ku soo noqon doontaa berbera isla maalintaasba

 

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