News / Air Djibouti air cargo strategy on hold amid logistics security concerns

Air Djibouti is temporarily shifting its focus to passenger operations until air cargo facilities in the Horn of Africa nation improve, according to commercial director Ian Patrick.

The state-owned flag-carrier launched services in August 2015 with a Fokker 27 freighter, kick-starting the government’s plan to develop a combined sea and air logistics hub. Djibouti is located by the strategically important Bab al-Mandab shipping lane that connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden.

Flights were grounded between November 2015 and last ...