Landmark flight arrives in Somalia

The first major commercial airline in more than 20 years has landed at Mogadishu airport in war-torn Somalia.

(BBC NEWS) Mogadishu – The maiden flight of Turkish Airlines is the first to the Somali capital from outside East Africa.

Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bosdag was on board the flight, which was welcomed by Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.

Turkish Airlines intends to operate a twice-weekly passenger service from Istanbul via Sudan’s capital, Khartoum.