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Djibouti Airlines was established on 1 February 1996 by former Puntavia director Moussa Rayaleh. It had its commercial transport license revoked on 30 July 2009.
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Djibouti Airlines
Djibouti Airlines was an airline based in Djibouti, Djibouti. It operated regional scheduled and ad hoc charter services using wet leased aircraft out of its base at Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport.2 It was founded in 1996.1 It ceased to exist in 2009.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Djibouti Airlines was an airline based in Djibouti, Djibouti. It operated regional scheduled and ad hoc charter services using wet leased aircraft out of its base at Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport.2
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The Djibouti Airlines fleet included the following aircraft types (as of June 2009):
Antonov An-12
Antonov An-24RV
Ilyushin Il-18
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Ilyushin Il-76
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Accidents and incidents
On 17 March 2002 at 18:02 local time, a Djibouti Airlines Let L-410 Turbolet (registered J2-KBC) transport aircraft crashed into the Gulf of Aden shortly off the runway threshold of Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport, where it had attempted to land following a flight from Aden Adde International Airport. All four persons on board were killed.
On 27 July 2007 at around 13:00 local time, a Djibouti Airlines Antonov An-26 cargo aircraft crash-landed on a field near Shinile, Ethiopia, resulting in the death of one out of the nine persons on board. The aircraft had just left Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport for a flight to Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport when one engine failed.
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