Editing Economy of Somalia (section)

==Airline industry==
[[File:Jubba Airways Airbus A321 (F-GYAN) at Mogadishu Airport.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jubba Airways]] plane in [[Mogadishu]], [[Somalia]].]]
Following the start of the civil war, all of [[Somali Airlines]]' 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= 28 June 2015}}</ref> By 2014, there were over six Somali-owned private carriers filling the gap. These included [[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}}</ref> Daallo and Jubba merged as the [[African Airways Alliance]] in 2015.<ref name=AADJ>[http://english.alarabiya.net/en/business/aviation-and-transport/2015/02/17/Regional-airlines-merge-as-Somali-airspace-draws-competition.html Regional airlines merge as Somali airspace draws competition], AlArabiya.net, 17 February 2015</ref>

Despite reports of preparations to relaunch Somali Airlines in 2012 and 2013,<ref name="Lstrnaaty">{{cite news |title=Somalia to revive national airline after 21 years |publisher=Laanta |date=24 June 2012 |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=28 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231315/http://www.keydmedia.net/en/news/article/the_long_awaited_somali_airlines_is_coming_back/|archive-date=2 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Al Arabiya]] reports discussing the merger of Daallo Airlines and Jubba Airways in February 2015 said there was no official Somali flag carrier after the demise of Somali Airlines in 1991.<ref name=AADJ />