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Sudan Airways is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization . CODE DATA HISTORY Sudan Airways was formed by Sudan Railways in 1947 to serve parts of the country that no Railway s 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 Europe an 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 F27 s. Subsequently the fleet was modernised with Boeing 707 , Boeing 737 , Airbus A310 , Fokker 50 and more recently has acquired through lease-finance, three Airbus A320 s. 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 15mm, Comet-4C 55mm, 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
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS The airline has had the following three fatal crashes:
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