Editing Transport in Somalia (section)

===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.