Sun Air (Sudan)
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| Founded | 2008 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Khartoum International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Destinations | 16 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Khartoum, Sudan | ||||||
| Key people | Saif M. Saad Omer (chairman) Mohamed Saifeldin M. Saad Omer (chief executive officer) | ||||||
| Website | sunairgroup | ||||||
Sun Air is an inoperative private airline based in Khartoum, Sudan. As of October 2021, according to its website, Sun Air operates scheduled domestic flights between Khartoum and several domestic destinations. It also operates scheduled international flights between Khartoum and other cities in Africa and the Middle East.[1] It is currently banned in the EU airspace.[2]
As of January 2026, Sun Air has a status of idle but with the intent to restart operations. It was noted in March 2024, that the airline had renewed its air operator certificate to allow it to resume regular flights.[3][4]
The airline, is family owned and started operations in June 2008 with a fleet of one Airbus A310-300 aircraft, and three Boeing 737-200 aircraft. As of October 2021, the airline operates Embraer E-190, Airbus A330-200 and Airbus A321 aircraft.[5]
Fleet
As of September 2021, the Sun Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft.[5]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
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| C | P | Y | Total | ||||
| Embraer E-190 | 2 | — | 14 | 86 | 100 | [5] | |
| Airbus A330-200 | 2 | — | 20 | 21 | 203 | 244 | [5] |
| Airbus A321-200 | 2 | — | 12 | 24 | 143 | 179 | [5] |
| Total | 6 | — | |||||
Previous fleet
In the past, Sun Air has operated the following aircraft:[6]
Destinations
According to the airline's website, the airline maintains regular passenger service to the following domestic and international destinations:[1] With consultation assistance from Lufthansa Consulting, a subsidiary of the German aniline Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Sun Air is actively pursuing the opening of routes to Uganda, Nigeria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria.[5]
