Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Air
AIRPORTS & AIRLINES
Somaliland has two international gateways for arrival by air:
Hargeisa Egal Internation-
al Airport
(HGA)
and
Berbera International Airport
(BBO)
. Hargeisa is the busiest.
Note that Hargeisa airport was closed for renovation at the time of writing - all interna-
tional flights were landing at Berbera, from where passengers were being bussed to
Hargeisa.
The following airlines fly to/from Somaliland and have offices in Hargeisa:
www.africanexpress.co.ke
;
Independence Rd)
Has two to four flights a week to/from
Dubai and four flights a week to/from Nairobi (via Mogadishu).
Daallo Airlines
( 523003, 300063;
www.daallo.com
;
Independence Rd)
The national
carrier. Operates two flights a week to/from Dubai and three flights a week to/from Dji-
bouti. Also serves Mogadishu (Somalia), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and Nairobi (Kenya), and
should have started services to Addis Ababa by the time you read this.
Ethiopian Airlines
(
www.flyethiopian.com
)
Daily flights to/from Addis Ababa and four
weekly flights to/from Dire Dawa. The office was about to reopen at the time of research
- most probably somewhere on Independence Rd.
ence Rd)
Two flights a week to/from Dubai and to/from Mogadishu, as well as three
flights a week to/from Djibouti.
TICKETS
Expect to pay US$450 to US$500 for a return ticket to Dubai, at least US$250 from Dji-
bouti and at least US$430 from Addis Ababa. For Nairobi, a return ticket costs around
US$470.
If you're coming from Europe or North America, your best bet is to fly to Dubai or Ad-
dis Ababa and find an onward connection to Hargeisa or Berbera. From Australasia, fly to
Dubai and find an onward connection to Hargeisa or Berbera.
