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Regional carriers Daallo Airlines and Jubba Airways profited independently for years in one of the world's toughest markets, competing on routes to war-torn Somalia that most avoided.
Yet as the guns fall silent, the rivals face a new battle that has pushed them to merge: competition from big international carriers such as Turkish Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines and flydubai, muscling into Somali airspace.
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