Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport serves the capital of the Comoros, Moroni. The airport is named after Prince Said Ibrahim Ben Sultan Said Ali El Maceli Al Ba'alawi, a Comorian politician. It is located north of the village of Hahaya.
On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, a Boeing 767-200ER flying from Addis Ababa to Abidjan with several stopovers was hijacked over Ethiopia by three Ethiopians seeking asylum in Australia.