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Mogadishu · Nairobi · Hargeisa · Garowe
Dhaqane Airlines
OUR STORY · EST. 2010

We are not the biggest.
We intend to be the best.

Dhaqane Airline is an East African regional carrier, headquartered in Mogadishu (MGQ). Built deliberately for the Horn of Africa, by a team from the region, flying since 2010. This page explains why.

Why we exist

The region deserves an airline that respects its passengers.

East African regional aviation has too often been defined by cancellations, vague fares, and a take-it-or-leave-it posture. That is not an industry condition. It is a choice. Dhaqane was founded in 2010 to make a different one.

We start small on purpose. A focused network and a team with real regional aviation experience. We would rather fly a short schedule reliably than a bloated one unreliably. That discipline is our most important product.

We owe our passengers honest fares, a published schedule we actually keep, and a crew that treats every one of them like family, because most of them are someone's family, trying to get home.

Airports served6Regional network across the Horn of Africa
Routes active12Published route pairs
Aircraft1Fokker 70 and Fokker 50, built for our runways
Founded2010Headquartered in Mogadishu (MGQ)
How we operate

Four principles. No asterisks.

01

Start small. Start right.

We fly what we can operate reliably, and we expand only where the demand is real.

02

Safety is not a chapter. It is the book.

Our Safety Management System, crew training, and maintenance planning are set to the standards a larger carrier would run.

03

People you can actually reach.

Counter-first check-in. A reservations team that answers. Authorised agencies we partner with directly. No app-only walls.

04

Built for the Horn of Africa.

Our Fokker 70 and Fokker 50 are sized for the runways of our region. A Somali team understands the routes. This is not a template airline.

Aircraft on tarmac
T7-DHARegistration
The fleet

Fokker 70.
Fokker 50.

A regional jet for the busy scheduled sectors, and a turboprop for the runways most jets find awkward. Both types are sized for the real demand on our routes, and both are built for the short, hot, high-altitude conditions of our region.

Jet
Fokker 70 · 79 seats
Turboprop
Fokker 50 · 50 seats
Strengths
Short-field, fuel efficient
Designed for
Regional East Africa
Our timeline

Milestones. How we got here.

    2010
    Dhaqane Airline founded in Mogadishu, launching scheduled service between Mogadishu and Nairobi with a single regional aircraft.
    2015
    Safety Management System (SMS) fully implemented in line with ICAO standards.
    2018
    Hargeisa route launched, expanding our domestic and Somaliland connectivity.
    2023
    Passenger lounge opens at Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu.
    2025
    Online booking platform launched, bringing digital transformation to our operations.
    2026
    Serving the Horn of Africa with a focused regional network from our Mogadishu hub.
Editorial

From the desk.

Short notes from the team as we build. No press-release theatre.

Letter

Dhaqane Airline: why we built a regional East African carrier

The Horn of Africa deserves an airline that shows up on time, charges honest fares, and treats every passenger like a neighbour, because most of them are. Dhaqane Airline was founded in 2010 to be exactly that. We started with one aircraft, a clear network, and a team that had been in regional aviation long enough to know what should change. Sixteen years on, that discipline still anchors how we fly: the routes that matter, grown carefully, region first.

Network

Our network: six airports, real demand

Our network runs through Mogadishu (MGQ) and connects to Nairobi (NBO), Hargeisa (HGA), Garowe (GGR), Kismayo (KMU), and Baraawe (BSY). It is deliberately focused. We would rather fly six routes reliably than 30 routes unreliably. As our fleet grows, we add destinations where the demand is real and the operational case is solid, not before.

Operations

Fokker 70 and Fokker 50: the right aircraft for our region

Dhaqane Airline operates two aircraft types. The Fokker 70 is a twin-engine regional jet, well suited to the short, busy sectors that define our scheduled network. The Fokker 50 is a twin-turboprop, lighter on fuel and tougher on the short, rough runways most jets find awkward. Both types are right-sized for the demand on our routes. Safety is not a later chapter. Our Safety Management System, crew training regimen, and maintenance planning are set to the standards a larger carrier would run, because that is the only kind of airline we are interested in running.

Guide

How to book: travel agencies, WhatsApp, and our online widget

You can book a Dhaqane flight three ways: through one of our authorised travel agencies, by contacting us on WhatsApp or email, or by using the search widget on dhaqaneairline.com and completing your booking with our reservations team. There is no separate online check-in yet; check-in is handled at the counter by our staff, which is fine when your itinerary is as focused as ours.

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