National airline Air Djibouti, which went bankrupt in 2002, has been relaunched, with a target of being an Africa-wide airfreight service.
According to Airwise News, the state of Djibouti – situated between Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa - is intending to be a major logistics hub, and is building four new ports, two airports and a free-trade zone due to be partially open by the middle of next year.
The airline announced that it will launch services to Sudan, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and other countries in central Africa this year.
It is targeting 1 000 tonnes of freight by the end of December, with a focus on the airfreight-friendly high-value goods, such as laptops, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals and spare parts for the oil industry.
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