Alyemda was founded in 1971, four years after the independence of South Yemen and operated a network of flight routes throughout Africa and the Middle East, with its hub at Aden Airport, the former Khormaksar Air Force Base.
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On 9 May 1982, an Alyemda de Havilland Canada Dash 7 (registered 7O-ACK) crashed into the sea upon approaching Aden International Airport following a scheduled flight from Al Mukalla.
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On 27 August 1993, an Alyemda Boeing 737-200 was hijacked during a scheduled domestic flight from Al Mukalla to Al Ghaydah by an armed person who demanded to be taken to either Kuwait or Oman.
Alyemda, the former national airline of South Yemen, was internationally referred to as Democratic Yemen Airlines, which was often shortened to Yemen Airlines.
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