Sudan Airways
Sudan Airways is the national airline of
Sudan. It 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. By 1967 the airline had replaced its DC-3s with Fokker F27s and Vickers Viscounts with the
De Havilland Comet. Suubsequently 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 airline has had the following three fatal crashes:
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.