Somali aviation authority denies reports Mogadishu airport will close

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) has denied social media reports claiming that operations at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport will be suspended in the coming days.

In a statement Monday, the authority said airport operations were continuing normally and that all scheduled flights were operating according to their timetables.

advertisements “The Somali Civil Aviation Authority hereby informs the public that operations at Aden Adde International Airport continue without disruption, and all scheduled flights are operating in accordance with their established timetables,” the agency said.

The authority said reports alleging that the airport would be closed in the coming days were unfounded and had not come from any official source.

“The Authority categorically refutes recent reports alleging that the airport will be closed in the coming days,” the statement said.

SCAA urged the public to rely only on its official communication channels for accurate and timely information on flights and airport operations in Somalia.

The denial comes amid reports in Mogadishu that leaders from countries contributing troops to the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) are expected to arrive in the city.

Those countries are among the troop-contributing countries that provide military personnel to the African Union mission in Somalia.