The carrier was established in 2001.[1] It provided internal passenger and international services to destinations in Africa and the Middle East.[2] Air Somalia is now out of service, and in 2002 its one Tupolev Tu-154 they had was stored and later scrapped.[3] In 2002, Air Somalia reported it ceased all operations and has liquidated all of its assets.[4]
Historyedit
Air Somalia was banned from flying to Somaliland in June 2001. It was suspected that the airline was practicing unsafe flights. Somali media accused the ban of being unfair, claiming that the reason for the ban was that the airline name included the word "Somalia" and possessed a Somali star. However, Somaliland Minister of Civil Aviation and Air Transport for Somaliland Abdillahi Duale disputed this.[5]
Fleetedit
Historyedit
Air Somalia had only one aircraft, a Tupolev Tu-154, which had gone through three registration changes while it was owned by Air Somalia. The aircraft was manufactured sometime in the 1990s. It was owned by five previous airlines, Aeroflot, Latavio-Baltic International, Latavio, Tavria and Tavria Mak. It was finally given to Air Somalia on 21 December 2000. It was stored on 17 January 2002. The PlaneLogger website claims that the plane is being scrapped, and has not taken a flight since 2001.[3] However, the aircraft was seen at Dubai International Airport on 31 October 2002,[6] and again at Sharjah International Airport on 28 January 2003.[7]
Registration changesedit
During its time with Air Somalia, the Tupolev Tu-154 has had its tail number changed four times. When the plane was delivered to Air Somalia, its registration number was UR-85546. On 21 September 2001, its registration was changed to ER-TAI, to later be changed back to UR-85546 on 3 November 2001. Its registration number was changed for the final time to ER-TAI on 30 December 2001.[3]
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^ abcd"UR-85546 Air Somalia Registration History". PlaneLogger. PlaneLogger. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^ ab"Air Somalia has ceased operations, all shares have been returned or liquidated". AirlineSim. AirlineSim. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^"Horn of Africa: IRIN Update, 8 May". Horn of Africa. IRIN. Relifweb. 8 May 2001 [First published 1971]. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^ ab"ER-TAI Air Somalia Sighting at Dubai". JetPhotos. Richard Potts. 31 October 2002. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^ ab"ER-TAI Air Somalia Sighting at Sharjah". JetPhotos. Carsten Jørgensen. 28 October 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
somalia, privately, owned, airline, based, somalia, first, private, airline, owned, entirely, somalis, tupolev, sharjah, international, airportiata, icao, callsign, somaliafounded2001, 2001, commenced, operationsfebruary, 2001, 2001, ceased, operations2002, 20. Air Somalia was a privately owned airline based in Somalia It was the first private airline owned entirely by Somalis Air SomaliaAir Somalia Tupolev Tu 154 at Sharjah International AirportIATA ICAO Callsign RSM AIR SOMALIAFounded2001 2001 Commenced operationsFebruary 14 2001 2001 02 14 Ceased operations2002 2002 HubsAden Adde International AirportFleet size1HeadquartersMogadishu SomaliaKey peopleAli Farah Abdulleh CEO Websiteairsomalia wbr com aNotesa Archived from Wayback Machine Contents 1 Overview 2 History 3 Fleet 3 1 History 3 2 Registration changes 3 3 Table 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksOverview editThe carrier was established in 2001 1 It provided internal passenger and international services to destinations in Africa and the Middle East 2 Air Somalia is now out of service and in 2002 its one Tupolev Tu 154 they had was stored and later scrapped 3 In 2002 Air Somalia reported it ceased all operations and has liquidated all of its assets 4 History editAir Somalia was banned from flying to Somaliland in June 2001 It was suspected that the airline was practicing unsafe flights Somali media accused the ban of being unfair claiming that the reason for the ban was that the airline name included the word Somalia and possessed a Somali star However Somaliland Minister of Civil Aviation and Air Transport for Somaliland Abdillahi Duale disputed this 5 Fleet editHistory edit Air Somalia had only one aircraft a Tupolev Tu 154 which had gone through three registration changes while it was owned by Air Somalia The aircraft was manufactured sometime in the 1990s It was owned by five previous airlines Aeroflot Latavio Baltic International Latavio Tavria and Tavria Mak It was finally given to Air Somalia on 21 December 2000 It was stored on 17 January 2002 The PlaneLogger website claims that the plane is being scrapped and has not taken a flight since 2001 3 However the aircraft was seen at Dubai International Airport on 31 October 2002 6 and again at Sharjah International Airport on 28 January 2003 7 Registration changes edit During its time with Air Somalia the Tupolev Tu 154 has had its tail number changed four times When the plane was delivered to Air Somalia its registration number was UR 85546 On 21 September 2001 its registration was changed to ER TAI to later be changed back to UR 85546 on 3 November 2001 Its registration number was changed for the final time to ER TAI on 30 December 2001 3 Table edit Fleet Aircraft Count Passengers Notes RefsC Y TotalTupolev Tu 154 1 Tail number fluctuated between UR 85546 and ER TAI 3 6 7 4 Total 1See also editJubba Airways Daallo Airlines Somali AirlinesReferences edit Airlines in Somalia AirlineUpdate Archived from the original on December 3 2010 Retrieved 6 December 2014 Europa Publications 2004 Murison Katharine ed Africa South of the Sahara 2004 33rd ed Europa Publications p 1014 ISBN 1 85743 183 9 Retrieved 14 April 2019 Mogadishu f 2001 operates internal passenger services and international services to destinations in Africa and the Middle East a b c d UR 85546 Air Somalia Registration History PlaneLogger PlaneLogger Retrieved 14 April 2019 a b Air Somalia has ceased operations all shares have been returned or liquidated AirlineSim AirlineSim Retrieved 14 April 2019 Horn of Africa IRIN Update 8 May Horn of Africa IRIN Relifweb 8 May 2001 First published 1971 Retrieved 14 April 2019 a b ER TAI Air Somalia Sighting at Dubai JetPhotos Richard Potts 31 October 2002 Retrieved 14 April 2019 a b ER TAI Air Somalia Sighting at Sharjah JetPhotos Carsten Jorgensen 28 October 2003 Retrieved 14 April 2019 External links edit nbsp Media related to Air Somalia at Wikimedia Commons Portals nbsp Somalia nbsp Aviation nbsp This article relating to an African airline is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Somalia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Air Somalia amp oldid 1157778430, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
