Dubai-based flydubai’s inaugural flight to Hargeisa landed today at Hargeisa Egal International Airport, marking the launch of a direct four times weekly service to the capital city of Somaliland.

Flydubai’s delegation was headed by Ghaith Al Ghaith, chief executive officer of flydubai, and Sudhir Sreedharan, senior vice president commercial (GCC, Subcontinent and Africa) of flydubai.

The delegation was greeted by Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail, the vice-president of Somaliland and Mohamud Hashi Abdi, the minister of Civil Aviation and Air Transport of Somaliland, at the city’s airport.

Al Ghaith, said: “We strive to provide underserved markets with direct air links to Dubai. The addition of Hargeisa to our network will provide the Somali diaspora with the opportunity to visit their families and friends in their home country.  With the interline agreements we have in place, more than 250 destinations can now offer flights to Hargeisa through Dubai’s aviation hub.”

The Hargeisa route will see flydubai operate a total of 64 weekly flights between Dubai and destinations in Africa.

Flydubai also offers cargo services on all its African routes, providing cargo solutions to a network of more than 90 destinations in Africa, Middle East and Subcontinent, Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia, and 135 additional destinations worldwide due to interline agreements. – TradeArabia News Service