Sudan Airways was founded in February 1946 as a subsidiary of Sudan Railways
System. Technical and operational assistance was contracted to British
Company Airwork. Africa's second oldest scheduled airline flew its first
domestic route in 1947 using a fleet of four de Havilland Doves. In
November 1954, Sudan Air flew DC-3s to Cairo. On the 8th of June 1959, a
scheduled service was opened to Athens, Rome and London via Cairo flying the
company's new Vickers Viscounts. The airline set precedence in January
1962 when it became the first African carrier to fly the the Fokker-27. On
November 13th of the same year, Sudan Air took delivery of its first
Comet. A giant leap for the airline and its routes map was taken in the
mid seventies with the purchase and delivery of the Boeing 707 and Boeing
737-200. In 1992 the airline modernized its fleet with the goal "glass
cockpits" in mind. Boeing 707's were replaced by Airbus A300, A310
and A320. The A300 andA310 being the first and only wide bodied aircraft
operated by the company; although L1011's were operated in the late
eighties by Royal Jordanian on behalf of Sudan Air. The F-27 were already
replaced in 1990 by the newer F-50.
Sudan Airways, like many other
institutions, suffered and still is suffering from the civil war. Several
Aircraft were shot down by rebel SAMs. At the time of this writing, "Assudaniah"
as it is known in Arabic does not fly to the besieged cities of the south.
Recently, Sudan Airways was also banned from landing in many of its European
destinations because of the US backed UN economic embargo. The financial
situation is also suspected for the recent sale of the two Fokker-50s in August
1998.
Routes
Domestic, Mideast, North Africa, East
Africa
Sudan Airways
Gallery
Images of the fleet from different
sources
Fleet Data Sheet
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| ST-ANH | King Air C90 | LJ-823 | N580C | 0079 | 2 PWC PT6A-21 | Exec/Trainer | |||
| ST-AHT | DHC Twin Otter 300 | 238 | N5584H | 0069 | 1081 | 2 PWC PT6A-27 | Y19 | ||
| ST-SFS | Super King Air 200 | BB-539 | N555SK | 0079 | 2 PWC PT6A-41 | Exec/Trainer | |||
| ST-ALN | Fokker 50 | 20157 | PH-EXA | 0089 | 0889 | 2 PWC PW125B | Y50 | sold AUG 98 | |
| ST-ALO | Fokker 50 | 20158 | PH-EXB | 0089 | 0889 | 2 PWC PW125B | Y50 | AB-CD | Jabal Marra/ sold AUG 98 |
| ST-AFK | Boeing 737-2J8C Advanced |
21169 | 0075 | 0975 | 2 PW JT8D-7 | F10 Y94 | DE-CK | White Nile | |
| ST-AFL | Boeing 737-2J8C Advanced | 21170 | 0075 | 0975 | 2 PW JT8D-7 | F10 Y94 | DE-CL | White Nile/ deleted Jul 98 | |
| ST-AFA | Boeing 707- 3J8C | 20897 | 0074 | 0674 | 4 PW JT3D-7 | F12 Y141 | DE-AJ | Blue Nile | |
| ST-AFB | Boeing 707- 3J8C | 20898 | 0074 | 0774 | 4 PW JT3D-7 | F12 Y141 | DE-AK | Blue Nile | |
| ST-AIX | Boeing 707-369C | 20086 | 9K-ACL | 0068 | 0184 | 4 PW JT3D-3B | F12 Y141 | DG-BF | Blue Nile |
| F-GKTD | A310-304 | 552 | F-WWCZ | 0090 | 1192 | 2 GE CF6-80C2A2 | Y268 | LQ-CJ | |
| F-ODTK | A300-622 | 252 | F-WZLR | 0083 | 0594 | 2 PW PW4158 | F26 Y249 | AJ-DM |
* The above numbers were beleieved to be accurate
on March 1999.
* Any information (visual or
numeric) regarding Sudan Airways will be greatly appreciated .
