Sudan Airways

Sudan Airways
IATA SD	ICAO SUD	Callsign SUDANAIR
Founded		1947
Hubs		Khartoum International Airport
Fleet size		8
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.

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 2.1 Sudan 2.2 Africa 2.3 Middle East 2.4 Europe 3 Fleet 4 Incidents and accidents 5 References 6 External links

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. 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. 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.

Destinations

Sudan

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

Africa

• Asmara

Asmara International Airport

• Addis Ababa

Bole International Airport

• Bangui

Bangui M'Poko International Airport

• Cairo

Cairo International Airport

• Entebbe

Entebbe International Airport

• Nairobi

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

• N'Djamena

N'Djamena International Airport

• Niamey

Diori Hamani International Airport

• Tripolo

Tripoli International Airport

• Kano

Kano International Airport

Middle East

• Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi International Airport

• Amman

Queen Alia International Airport

• Beirut

Beirut International Airport

• Damascus

Damascus International Airport

• Doha

Doha International Airport

• Dubai

Dubai International Airport

• Jeddah

King Abdulaziz International Airport

• Muscat

Seeb International Airport

• Riyadh

King Khalid International Airport

Europe

• London

Heathrow Airport

Fleet

The Sudan Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft as of March 2007:^[1]

Sudan Airways Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Passengers (First/Economy)	Notes
Airbus A300-600	1
Airbus A300-600R	2
Airbus A310-300	1
Fokker 50	4

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 adition, the airline suffered a nonfatal hijacking on March 30, 2007.[2]

References

External links

• Sudan Airways

•  • e Members of the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO)
	Afriqiyah Airways • Air Algérie • Air Arabia • EgyptAir • Emirates • Etihad Airways • Gulf Air • Iraqi Airways • Jordan Aviation • Kuwait Airways • Libyan Airlines • Middle East Airlines • Oman Air • Palestinian Airlines • Qatar Airways • Royal Air Maroc • Royal Jordanian • Saudi Arabian Airlines • Sudan Airways • Syrian Arab Airlines • Trans Mediterranean Airways • Tunisair • Yemenia

•  • e Lists relating to aviation
General	Timeline of aviation · Aircraft · Aircraft manufacturers · Aircraft engines · Aircraft engine manufacturers · Airports · Airlines
Military	Air forces · Aircraft weapons · Missiles · Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) · Experimental aircraft
Notable incidents and accidents	Military aviation · Airliners · General aviation · Famous aviation-related deaths
Records	Flight airspeed record · Flight distance record · Flight altitude record · Flight endurance record · Most produced aircraft