# Wadani Claim on Airlines and Egal Airport

> Somaliland Sun reported a Wadani spokesperson's claim that many airlines stopped flying into Egal International Airport. No airline is named.

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 30 September 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Infrastructure and Services
- Place: Somaliland
- Tags: somaliland, drainage
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/wadani-claim-airlines-egal-airport

## Key points

- On 15 December 2018, Somaliland Sun reported that an unnamed Wadani opposition spokesperson claimed many airlines had stopped flying into Egal International Airport.
- The report names no airline, gives no dates or flight figures, and carries no response from the airport, the civil aviation authority, the transport ministry or any carrier.

On 15 December 2018, Somaliland Sun reported that an unnamed Wadani opposition party spokesperson claimed many airlines had stopped flying into Egal International Airport. The report was bylined Guled Abdi Mahir.

The report attributes the claim to the spokesperson only. No airline is named in the report as having suspended or ended service to Egal airport. No date is given for when any such suspension is said to have taken place, and no figure is given for flights, passenger volumes, airline counts or frequency changes.

According to the same report, the spokesperson said the policies of President Musa Bihi Abdi had made many airlines think twice before flying into Hargeisa. That is a claim by the spokesperson.

The report carries no response from Egal International Airport management, the Somaliland Civil Aviation Authority, Somaliland's Ministry of Transport or any named airline. It also carries no official confirmation or denial from President Musa Bihi Abdi's government or any state institution. It does not establish a causal link between government policy and airline scheduling decisions.

> **Note:** The report does not establish what happened after 2018-12-15. No follow-up reporting is available indicating whether any airline actually stopped flying to Egal airport, when that may have occurred, or whether operations resumed.

Read as a news report, the piece establishes that an opposition party made a claim about airline service at Somaliland's main airport. It does not establish whether the claim is accurate, which carriers were involved, how long any disruption lasted, or what the airport's current flight schedule looks like. Until those questions are answered by airport management, the civil aviation authority, the Ministry of Transport or the airlines themselves, the claim remains attributable to the unnamed Wadani spokesperson as reported by Somaliland Sun on 2018-12-15.

## Questions

### Which airlines are allegedly boycotting Egal Airport?

The Somaliland Sun report of 2018-12-15 names no airline. The claim, attributed by Somaliland Sun to an unnamed Wadani opposition party spokesperson, refers only to "many airlines" without identifying any carrier.

### What are the reasons cited?

According to the same report, the unnamed Wadani spokesperson said President Musa Bihi Abdi's policies had made many airlines think twice before flying into Hargeisa. That is the spokesperson's claim, not a finding.

### What is the government's response?

The report carries no response from the Somaliland government, Egal International Airport management, the Somaliland Civil Aviation Authority, the Ministry of Transport or any airline.

## Sources

- [Somaliland: Opposition National Party Claim Airlines Have Boycotted Egal Airport](https://somalilandsun.com/somalilandopposition-national-party-claim-airlines-have-boycotted-egal-airport/) — Somaliland Sun, 2018-12-15