Editing Transport in Somalia (section)

==Air==

===Airports===
{{main|List of airports in Somalia}}
[[File:Aden Abdullah Airport.jpg|220px|thumb|right|The [[Aden Adde International Airport]]]]

The [[Somali Civil Aviation Authority]] (SOMCAA) is Somalia's national [[civil aviation authority]] body. Based at [[Aden Abdulle International Airport]] in Mogadishu, it is under the aegis of the federal Ministry of Air and Land Transport. In 2012, the ministry along with the Somali Civil Aviation Steering Committee set a three-year window for reconstruction of the national civil aviation capacity.<ref name="Lstrnaaty">{{cite news|title=Somalia to revive national airline after 21 years|url=http://laanta.net/2012/07/24/somalia-to-revive-national-airline-after-21-years/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102150005/http://laanta.net/2012/07/24/somalia-to-revive-national-airline-after-21-years/|archive-date=2 November 2014|access-date=2 January 2015|newspaper=Laanta|date=24 July 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> After a long period of management by the [[Civil Aviation Caretaker Authority for Somalia]] (CACAS), SCAMA in conjunction with the [[International Civil Aviation Organization]] also finalized a process in December 2014 to transfer control of Somalia's airspace to the new Air Space Management Centre in the capital.<ref name="Srcoiablpm">{{cite news|title=Somalia regains control of its Airspace, but lacks Personnel management |url=http://horseedmedia.net/2014/12/17/somalia-regains-control-of-its-airspace-but-lacks-personnel-management/|access-date=2 January 2015 |newspaper=Horseed Media |date=17 December 2014}}</ref>

As of 2012, Somalia had 61 airports according to the CIA factfile. Seven of these have paved runways. Among the latter, four have runways of over 3,047 m; two between 2,438 m and 3,047 m; and one 1,524 m to 2,437 m long.<ref name="factbook">{{cite web|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|title=Somalia|location=Langley, Virginia|year=2011|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/somalia/|access-date=5 October 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Air Somalia Tupolev Tu-154.jpg|thumb|left|[[Air Somalia]] Tupolev Tu-154 in [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]], United Arab Emirates. Somalia today has a thriving private airline industry.]]

There are 55 airports with unpaved landing areas. One has a runway of over 3,047 m; four are between 2,438 m to 3,047 m in length; twenty are 1,524 m to 2,437 m; twenty four are 914 m to 1,523 m; and six are under 914 m.<ref name="factbook"/>

Major airports in the country include the [[Aden Adde International Airport]] in Mogadishu, the [[Hargeisa International Airport]] in [[Hargeisa]], the [[Kismayo Airport]] in [[Kismayo]], the [[Bender Qassim International Airport]] in Bosaso, the [[Berbera Airport]] in Berbera, and the [[Garowe International Airport]] in Garowe.

[[File:Hargeisa airport.jpg|thumb|220px|right|[[Hargeisa International Airport]] in [[Hargeisa]]]]

In September 2013, the Turkish company Favori LLC began operations at the airport. The firm announced plans to renovate the aviation building and construct a new one, as well as upgrade other modern service structures. A$10&nbsp;million project, it will increase the airport's existing 15 aircraft capacity to 60.<ref name=Aksam>{{cite news|title=Somali'ye Türk firma havalimanı yapacak|url=http://www.aksam.com.tr/newsdetail.asp?Newsid=162839&cid=guncel&title=somaliye-turk-firma-havalimani-yapacak|access-date=11 January 2014|newspaper=Aksam}}</ref> According to Favori, there were 439,879 domestic and international flights at the airport in 2014, an increase of 319,925 flights from the previous year.<ref name="Maaiafd">{{cite news|title=Mogadishu Aden Ade international Airport Flights double|url=http://www.somalicurrent.com/2015/04/28/mogadishu-aden-ade-international-airport-flights-double/|access-date=28 April 2015|agency=Somalicurrent|date=28 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501063224/http://www.somalicurrent.com/2015/04/28/mogadishu-aden-ade-international-airport-flights-double/|archive-date=1 May 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
In April 2014, construction began on a new national Aviation Training Academy at the Aden Adde International Airport. The new institution is intended to enhance the capacity of aviation personnel working in Somalia's airports, and focus training within the country. A modern terminal that is concurrently being built at the airport, with funding provided by the Favori firm. According to Minister of Air Transportation and Civil Aviation Said Jama Qorshel, construction of the new terminal is scheduled to take six months, and is expected to improve the airport's functionality and operations. He added that his Ministry is also slated to establish other airports on the capital's outskirts. This in turn would serve to reduce congestion at the Aden Adde International Airport, which would then be exclusively used by large aircraft.<ref name="Rshpmasalfs">{{cite news|title=SOMALIA: H.E Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed lays foundation stone for the Aviation Training Academy at Aden Adde Airport|url=http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/04/somaliah-e-prime-minister-abdiweli-sheikh-ahmed-lays-foundation-stone-for-the-aviation-training-academy-at-aden-adde-airport/|access-date=25 April 2014|newspaper=Raxanreeb|date=23 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425055500/http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/04/somaliah-e-prime-minister-abdiweli-sheikh-ahmed-lays-foundation-stone-for-the-aviation-training-academy-at-aden-adde-airport/|archive-date=25 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In December 2014, the foundation stone for a new runway was also laid at the Bender Qassim International Airport. The [[China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation]] is now slated to upgrade the airport's existing gravel runway, pave it with asphalt, and convert it from 1.8&nbsp;km to 2.65&nbsp;km in accordance with the code 4C operations clause.<ref name="Spplfsfbar">{{cite news|title=Somalia: Puntland President lays foundation stone for Bossaso airport runway|url=http://www.garoweonline.com/page/show/post/1112/somalia-puntland-president-lays-foundation-stone-for-bossaso-airport-runway|access-date=2 January 2015|agency=Garowe Online|date=4 December 2014}}</ref>

===Airlines===
[[File:Government of Somalia Beech 1900.jpg|left|165px|thumb|A Somali government [[Beechcraft 1900]]]]

[[Somali Airlines]] was the [[flag carrier]] of Somalia. Established in 1964, it offered flights to both domestic and international destinations. Due to the outbreak of the [[Somali Civil War|civil war]] in the early 1990s, all of the carrier's operations were officially suspended in 1991.<ref name="Woiar">World of Information (Firm), ''Africa Review'', (World of Information: 2003), p.299.</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=World Airline Directory – Somali Airlines|journal= [[Flight International]]|date= 5 April 1995|format= PDF|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1995/1995%20-%201010.html |access-date= 3 July 2015}}</ref> A reconstituted Somali government later began preparations in 2012 for an expected relaunch of the carrier,<ref name="Lstrnaaty"/> with the first new Somali Airlines aircraft scheduled for delivery by the end of December 2013.<ref name="Tlasaicb">{{cite news |title=The long awaited Somali Airlines is Coming Back! |url=http://www.keydmedia.net/en/news/article/the_long_awaited_somali_airlines_is_coming_back/ |access-date=20 November 2013|newspaper=Keydmedia Online|date=20 November 2013}}</ref>

According to the [[Somali Chamber of Commerce and Industry]], the void created by the closure of Somali Airlines has since been filled by various Somali-owned private carriers. Over six of these private airline firms offer commercial flights to both domestic and international locations, including [[Daallo Airlines]], [[Jubba Airways]], [[African Express Airways]], East Africa 540, Central Air and Hajara.<ref name="Scca">{{cite web|title=Aviation|url=http://www.somalichamber.so/?page_id=62|publisher=Somali Chamber of Commerce and Industry|access-date=15 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517133126/http://www.somalichamber.so/?page_id=62|archive-date=17 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Additionally, the Somali central government flies its own public aircraft.