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Post Box : 27449, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel : +9714 2715005
Fax : +9714 2720890 |
The airline, initially with only two Russian made leased aircraft, and operating a weekly flight between Sharjah (UAE) and Bossaso (Somalia), has emerged as an airline that connects Somalia with the rest of the world. Starting off on a humble way in 1993 with two leased Russian made aircrafts - AN24 and AN32 serving one destination; weekly flight to Bossaso (Somalia) & originating from Sharjah (UAE), Damal Airline today has emerged as a major Airline bridging Somalia with the rest of the world.
Damal Airline was established to improve the regional communications and to ease the business & commercial travels between Somalia, its neighboring countries and around the world as well. It substantially contributed the aviation industry of Somalia, since at the time of its launch there was a desperate need to get air transportation services in the country. It is equally owned by its two working directors namely: Abdi Nur Aden (President) and Khalif Issa Yusuf (Managing Director).
Since then Damal Airline has grown to become a progressing airline with significant scheduled passenger & cargo flights to the major cities of Somalia. Damal Airline is a popular airline amongst the large Somali Diaspora who patronize the airline on regular basis. The professional service, in-flight comfort and impeccable service standards have made Damal Airlines the most frequently used airline by many clients which include many multinational companies, private entities, governmental agencies or simply any business traveler.
Connecting the whole of Somalia with the rest of the world, Damal Airline has regular flights to Middle Eastern points out of Somalia. The points served in Somalia are: Hargeisa Bossaso, Burao, Berbera, Las-anod, Mogadishu, Galkao Borama, Erigavo,etc. Damal Airline flies two flights out of Dubai and Sharjah every week to points in Somalia. The airline has an ambitious plan of spreading its online points to many more destinations within Middle East and Europe. Damal Airline presently has a fleet of five leased aircrafts.
Damal Airline invests considerably on its automation process and boasts of an inhouse reservation system, which is comparable to any other popular GDS available in the industry. Being the only automated office in whole of Somalia, Damal Airline is a one stop center for all its clients.
Damal Airline provides generous grants to socially useful projects, thereby fulfilling the need for social uplift of its countrymen, to the extent possible.
Damal Airline has professional dedicated employees who are committed to meet the needs of its valued customers, and apparently, it considers its employees as one of the companys core values.
Damal Airline is aspiring to achieve constant customer service excellence and to be the premier airline of the Horn of Africa
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Pluto Airlines LLC
P.O.Box :30444
Sharjah United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 6-5623666
Fax : + 971 6 5624333
Owenership: limited liability company majority owned by Al Fahem Group
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The airline was established in February 2002 and is based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It plans to operate the Sharjah to Muscat route which will subsequently include Dakar. Its destinations also include Senegal, as well as Iran, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. Pluto Airlines is the first private airline in Sharjah.
Pluto Airlines, the private carrier set up earlier this year in Sharjah, one of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will launch scheduled charter flights on 15 July.
Operating three wet-leased aircraft - an Airbus A310-300, an A320 and a Tupolev Tu-154 - Pluto will link Sharjah with Bahrain three times a week, and Doha with Beirut twice weekly. It will also fly to and from Muscat. Expanded fully scheduled services will start once a trade licence has been received.
Pluto says it is confident there is "high potential of passenger traffic - although there is a lot of competition". Emirates, Gulf Air and Qatar Airways offer frequent services on these routes, while Sharjah is only a short drive from Dubai.
In the long term, Pluto is negotiating with a Pakistani airline to start a service in August from Islamabad via Sharjah to Manchester. Within six months, Pluto is planning to acquire a second-hand Boeing 767-300 from the manufacturer.
Pluto Airlines launched
"The airline launched by Al Fahem Group will commence operations in the first week of March on the Sharjah-Muscat-Sharjah sector," Sheikha Sayad Al Qasimi, the airlines' chairperson and managing director, stated yesterday.
The main objective, she explained, of starting the airline was to provide convenient travel facilities to residents here and to promote the emirate as a tourist destination.
A plan to introduce Sharjah's national carrier is also underway but has been delayed.
"We named our company Pluto Airlines because the name 'Sharjah' is reserved for the national carrier, currently under study," she said.
"The airline will initially commence visa change flights with a frequency of one a day. Very soon, we will start our major operation on the Sharjah-Senegal-Sharjah route. Ours will be the first airline in the world which will operate direct flights on this sector."
Sheikh Fahem bin Mohammed Khalid Al Qasimi, chairman of the airline, said the decision to operate to Senegal was decided after a comprehensive study, which showed good passenger and cargo demand on this sector.
He said the next target would be flights from Sharjah to Iran, and thereafter to Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. "We will start flights from Sharjah to Pakistan before going to India and other countries in the region."
Pluto will initially commence operation with one Boeing 737 aircraft, gradually increasing its fleet with the introduction of new routes, subject to market demand.
While the airline's launch was delayed due to September 11, "We didn't see any reason to further shelve our plans despite the current crisis in the airline industry. We are a small airline and will cater to a particular segment of society with a well studied plan, curtailing expenditure while providing quality services".
Saleem Kashmiri, general manager, said the introductory return fare for the Sharjah-Muscat-Sharjah route would be only Dh290 for visa change passengers.
"We are leaving for Senegal to hold negotiations with the authorities concerned, to finalise arrangements there."
He noted there is also demand for Sharjah flights to some destinations in Pakistan and India. "We will cooperate with other airlines operating to these countries to expand our operation to the maximum number of destinations."
He added that cargo operation would commence in the second phase.
Pluto Airlines is an airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It is a start-up airline planning to operate the Sharjah to Muscat route and later extend its network to Dakar.
■IATA Code: 8D■ICAO Code: PPL (not current)■Callsign: PLUTO AIR (not current)
The airline was established in February 2002. It was the Emirates' first private carrier, established by Sheikh Fahem Al Qassimi, a member of the royal family.
Contact Person
CEO
Managing Director
Regional General Manager :30444
:Sharjah
:06-5623666
:06-5624333
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:Mohammed Ramo
:Sheikha Sayad Saqer Sultan Al Qassimi
:Sheikha Sayad Saqer Sultan Al Qassimi
:Mohammed Ramo
Services: airlines (passengers & cargo)
Pluto Airlines is a defunct operation in the UAE
IATA Code: 8D
ICAO Code: PPL
Callsign: PLUTO AIR