NEW AIRCRAFT - Djibouti's Daallo Airlines seeks B737-800, Dash 8-300

Daallo Airlines (United Arab Emirates) (D3, Dubai International) has appointed global aviation services group ACC Aviation to source and deliver B737-800 and DHC-8-300s to expand the airline’s existing route network.

“We look forward to working with Daallo Airlines, and in the coming days, we will be reaching out to our industry network to help Daallo Airlines get the required aircraft for their expanding fleet,” commented Tristan Brouard, Senior Manager, Asset Management, ACC Aviation, in a statement.

ACC Aviation will support Daallo Airlines with a desktop technical assessment of the aircraft and guide the airline throughout the commercial stage of the aircraft acquisition process.

Daallo Airlines is a Somali-owned charter airline based at Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZ) Al Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With its main hub at Djibouti, the airline functions as the national carrier for Djibouti and serves the East African region with flights to the Middle East. Daallo Airlines is owned by the African Airways Alliance, created on February 19, 2015, when Daallo Airlines merged with Nairobi-based Jubba Airways (Kenya) (JBW, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta).

Daallo Airlines started operations in 1991 using a single wet-leased Cessna (single turboprop) Caravan operating from Djibouti to Hargeisa in Somalia after the demise of Somali Airlines (1964) (Mogadishu) in the wake of the civil war in that country. As of February 2021, the Daallo Airlines fleet comprises one 25-year-old B737-300, 5Y-KQB (msn 28747), operated by Nairobi-based ACMI/charter specialist Fanjet Express (FJE, Nairobi Wilson) on behalf of Daallo Airlines between Jeddah, Mogadishu, and Hargeisa. The company offers Umrah and Hajj pilgrimage charters.

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