Air djibouti

Air Djibouti (1963-1970)

Air Djibouti began its existence under the name Compagnie Territoriale de Transports Aériens de la Cote Française des Somalis (in Russian Territorial Motor Transport Company of the French coast of Somalia ) in April 1963 with the head as B. Astrod, who managed the medical flight service in Madagascar and believed that Djibouti will be able to take over the airline, and that it will boost the region’s economy. The company's operations began in April 1964 . The company owned Bristol 170 , De Havilland Dragon Radipe and two Beechcraft Model 18 . The company served the airports of Dikil , Obok and Tajura . A new aircraft in the form of the Douglas DC-3 helped the company to master new routes, between Dyre-Daua and Aden , between Addis Ababa and Taiz . The success of the airline prompted her to buy another five Douglas DC-3 aircraft from Air Liban, and these aircraft quickly replaced small aircraft. The company's revenue also came from the transportation of mail, government officials and Muslim pilgrims. In 1969, a five-seat Aérospatiale Alouette III was purchased.

Air Djibouti-Red Sea Airlines (1971-2002)

An airline called Air Djibouti-Red Sea Airlines was formed in 1971 as a result of the merger of Air Somalie and Air Djibouti. In 1977 , when Djibouti gained independence, the government began to actively participate in the promotion of the airline and increased its percentage of participation to 62.5%. Air France had 32.29% and banks with private investors held the balance. In July 1980 , the airline consisted of 210 employees and a fleet of two Twin Otter aircraft . At this time, together with service at home, the airline sent flights to Aden , Hodeida and Taiz ; joint flights with Air France consisted of flights to Addis Ababa, Cairo and Jeddah . By March 1990 , with a fleet of two Douglas DC-9 and two Twin Otters, the airline made domestic flights to Obok and Tajuru and foreign flights to Abu Dhabi , Aden, Addis Ababa, Cairo, Dyre Daua, Hargeisa , Jeddah, Nairobi , Paris , Rome and Sana'a . The president of the company was Aden Robleh Avaleh , who hired 229 employees. The company completed its operations in 1991 . In 1997 , the airline was founded again and in 1998 it began operations using the Airbus A310-200 with 194 seats, taken from Kuwait Airways . In March 2000 , the A310 flew to Addis Ababa, Asmara, Cairo, Dar es Salaam , Dubai , Jeddah, Johannesburg , Karachi , Khartoum , Mogadishu , Muscat , Nairobi, Rome and Taiz. The company closed again in 2002 .

Restart

Air Djibouti began her service again at the end of 2015 and in 2016 ^[2] with the chairman as Abubaker Omar Hadi , and the general manager as Mario Fulgoni . The company was also supported by Cardiff Aviation, a Welsh airline. At the end of 2015, Air Djibouti again began flying, but only cargo, on the Boeing 737 . The desire of the government to make Djibouti a transport hub for logistics and commerce in East Africa led to the degeneration of the company. On August 16, 2016, the airline began regional flights on the Boeing 737-400 and was planning to introduce two British Aerospace 146-300 aircraft to the airline by the end of 2016.

As of April 2016, the Air Djibouti fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Former Aircraft and Helicopters

In the 1960s , the airline had several Douglas DC-3s , as well as Beechcraft Model 18 and Beechcraft Musketeer aircraft. In the early 1970s , the company also had the Douglas DC-6 ; two Beechcraft aircraft were replaced with a Bell 206 JetRanger and Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six helicopter.

Before the company was closed in 2002, there was one Airbus A310 aircraft and 5 Boeing 737-200 aircraft .

• On July 23, 1969 , a Douglas C-47 aircraft traveled 17 km on water during an emergency landing on water, after a collision with a flock of cranes . The plane operated a home flight from Tajura Airport to Djibouti — Ambuli Airport. All four passengers survived.
• On October 17, 1977 , two armed men boarded a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter at the Tajik airport shortly before the planned take-off, and shot one of the passengers and the pilot.
• On August 17, 1986 , two fighters from South Yemen intercepted the Djiboutian Boeing 737-200 , forcing him to land at Aden Airport. Already at the airport, the military looted the plane, and this was the reason for breaking relations between Djibouti and South Yemen.