Sudan Airways

Sudan Airways
IATA SD	ICAO SUD	Callsign SUDANAIR
Founded		1947
Hubs		Khartoum International Airport
Fleet size		9
Destinations		25
Parent company		Sudanese Airline Authority
Headquarters		Khartoum, Sudan
Key people		Mr. Elsharif A.O Badr (CEO) Captain Abdalla Idris, Acting Managing Director
Website: http://www.sudanair.com/

Sudan Airways (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية السودانية‎) is the national airline of Sudan and is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.^{[citation needed]}

[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 in 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.^{[citation needed]} Subsequently, the fleet was modernised with Boeing 707, Boeing 737, Airbus A310,Airbus A300, Fokker 50 and more recently has acquired through lease-finance, three Airbus A320s.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

The airline has also used Ilyushin IL-18 aircraft operated by Air Cess.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Destinations

Sudan Airways operates scheduled services to the following destinations (January 2008) from its Khartoum hub:

• Sudan
  • Al Fashir
  • Dongola
  • El Obeid
  • Juba
  • Khartoum International Airport Hub
  • Malakal
  • Nyala
  • Port Sudan
  • Wadi Halfa

• Chad
  • (N'Djamena) N'Djamena International Airport

• Egypt
  • (Cairo) Cairo International Airport

• Ethiopia
  • (Addis Ababa) Bole International Airport

• Jordan
  • (Amman) Queen Alia International Airport

• Kenya
  • (Nairobi) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

• Libya
  • (Tripoli) Tripoli International Airport

• Nigeria
  • (Kano) Kano International Airport

• Qatar
  • (Doha) Doha International Airport

• Saudi Arabia
  • (Jeddah) King Abdulaziz International Airport
  • (Riyadh) King Khalid International Airport

• Syria
  • (Damascus) Damascus International Airport

• Uganda
  • (Entebbe) Entebbe International Airport

• United Arab Emirates
  • (Abu Dhabi) Abu Dhabi International Airport
  • (Dubai) Dubai International Airport

• United Kingdom
  • (London) Heathrow Airport

From Port Sudan:

• Egypt
  • (Cairo) Cairo International Airport

• Saudi Arabia
  • (Jeddah) King Abdulaziz International Airport

[edit] Fleet

The Sudan Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft as of January 2008:^[1]

[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, one survivor,see Sudan Airways Flight 39‎ [1]
• In addition, the airline suffered a nonfatal hijacking on March 30, 2007.[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Sudan Airways