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Sudan
Capital: Khartoum;
Population: 40,187,486
Location: Northern
Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea
Chief of State: President
Field Marshall Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, Head
of Government: President Field Marshall Umar
Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir
Languages: Arabic
(official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic,
Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English
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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 50s.
The airline has also used Ilyushin IL-18 aircraft operated by Air Cess.
Destinations
Domestic: Dongola, Al Fashir, El Obeid, Juba, Khartoum, Malakai, Nyala, Port Sudan and Wadi Halfa
International: Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bangui, Cairo, Damascus, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Entebbe, Jeddah, Kano, London
(London Gatwick Airport) and (London Heathrow Airport), Muscat, Nairobi, N'djamena, Niamey, Riyadh and Tripoli.
visit an external links for Sudan airlines
http://www.sudanair.com