Sudan Airways
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Sudan Airways | ||
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IATA SD |
ICAO SUD |
Callsign SUDANAIR |
Founded | 1947 | |
Hubs | Khartoum International Airport | |
Alliance | Arab Air Carriers Organization | |
Fleet size | 10 | |
Destinations | 24 | |
Parent company | Sudanese Airline Authority | |
Headquarters | Khartoum, Sudan | |
Key people | Mr. Naser Eldin Mohamed Ahmed, Managing Director(CEO) | |
Website: http://www.sudanair.com/ |
Sudan Airways is the national airline of Sudan and is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.
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[edit] History
Sudan Airways was formed by Sudan Railways in 1947 to serve parts of the country that no railways reached. The initial fleet was four De Havilland Doves. In 1952 the airline acquired its first DC-3 and expanded to seven aircraft. These were used for international services to Aden, Asmara, Beirut, Cairo and Jeddah. In 1959 the Vickers Viscount was added to the fleet and the Blue Nile flights to European destinations started. Also 1959, Sudan Airways joined IATA. In 1962 Sudan Airways took delivery of two De Havilland Comet jets (DH106-4C, as ST-AAW and ST-AAX) to replace its Vickers Viscounts. By 1967 the airline had replaced its DC-3s with Fokker F27s. Subsequently the fleet was modernised with Boeing 707, Boeing 737, Airbus A310, Fokker 50 and more recently has acquired through lease-finance, three Airbus A320s.
The 20th anniversary (1947-1967) of the Airline was marked by The Sudan government issue of four multicoloured postage stamps in December 1968. These stamps show the DC-3 15 mm, Comet-4C 55 mm, Dove 2Pt, and Fokker Friendship 3Pt, all airborne.
Sudan continues to suffer a civil war which restricts areas of the country that can be served. In addition there is a UN embargo against the country resulting in curtailment of European services and the sale of two Fokker F50s.
The airline has also used Ilyushin IL-18 aircraft operated by Air Cess.
[edit] Destinations
- Domestic: Dongola, Al Fashir, El Obeid, Juba, Khartoum, Malakai, Nyala, Port Sudan and Wadi Halfa
- International: Abu Dhabi, Addis Abeba, Amman, Bangui, Cairo, Damascus, Doha, Dubai, Entebbe, Jeddah, Muscat, Nairobi, N'djamena, Niamey, Riyadh and Tripoli
[edit] Incidents and accidents
The airline has had the following three fatal crashes:
- December 6, 1971 - Fokker F27 ST-AAY - Tikaka - forced landing after hijack - 10 fatalities
- August 16, 1986 - Fokker F27 ST-ADY - Malakal - shot down by SPLA rebels - 60 fatalities
- July 8, 2003 - Boeing 737-200 ST-AFK - Port Sudan - 116 fatalities
[edit] Fleet
As of August 2006 the Sudan Airways fleet includes [1] :
- 1 Airbus A300-600
- 2 Airbus A300-600R
- 1 Airbus A310-300
- 3 Antonov An-24
- 2 Boeing 707-320C
- 5 Fokker 50
- 2 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
Previously operated:
[edit] References
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
[edit] External links
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