Azza Transport

Azza Transport is a Sudanese cargo airline based in Khartoum Khartoum at its airport.

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History

Azza Transport was founded in September 1993 and started its operations in September of the same year. Owners are the Omdurman National Bank and the insurance companies Shaikan Insurances and Sheikan Insurance. Even today, there is little information about the airline. However, it performs all-cargo flights.

Destinations

It offers cargo charter flights within Africa and the Middle East ( Sharjah, United Arab Emirates). Plans under which the airline wanted to fly to Europe, have not been realized, as the airline is registered on the list of operating bans for the airspace of the European Union.

Fleet

As of July 2013, the airline has two aircraft:

Naval History

• Antonov An- 12BP scrapped ST -ALV
• Antonov An-26 leased
• Boeing 707 ST- AKW crashed; ST DRS scrapped; ST JCC stored
• Ilyushin Il -76 shut down

Incidents

• On 21 October 2009 a cargo plane Boeing 707 crashed after takeoff from Sharjah airport from unknown reasons. All six crew members died in the crash. The machine with the registration ST- AKW flew on behalf of the Sudan Airways. Witnesses of the right hand bend and loss of parts of the machine. A security camera recorded the accident. The 707 has flown for Lufthansa, Condor, Emirates and Sudan Airways and Ibis Air Transport.