Air West
| Air West | |
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| IATA code : | - |
| ICAO code : | EEZ |
| Call sign : | - |
| Founding: | 1992 |
| Seat: |
Khartoum , Sudan
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| Turnstile : | |
| Home airport : | Khartoum |
| Management: | Saif Omer ( CEO ) |
| Fleet size: | 3 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.airwestuae.com |
Air West is a Sudanese airline offering chartered passenger and cargo flights, based in Khartoum and based at Khartoum airport .
history
Air West was founded in April 1992 and started operating in October of the same year. The owners are the CEO and company president Saif Omar, who owns 90% of the company, and Housam Saif, who owns the remaining 10%.
Air West was added to the list of operating bans for the airspace of the European Union and has since been banned from entering the airspace of Europe.
Destinations
The company offers domestic passenger transportation and international cargo charter flights. The company has contracts for aid flights etc. a. with the organizations WFP , UNICEF , ICRC and with the United States Department of Defense and the Government of Sudan.
The airline's hubs are the airports in Khartoum (KRT) and Sharjah (SHJ).
fleet
As of October 2015, the Air West fleet consists of three aircraft:
| Aircraft type | inactive | ordered | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-200 | 2 | ||
| Ilyushin Il-76 TD | 1 | ||
| total | 3 | - |
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In the history of West Air, a total of 11 aircraft from 5 different manufacturers were under the command of Air West:
- Illyushin : Il-76TD
- Yakovlev : YAK-42D, YAK-40
- Boeing : B.737-200
- Antonov : An-12B , An-12BP, An-26 , An-24B , An-24RV
- Fokker : F.27-200, F.27-300
Cooperations
West Air is a member of the JAMA Alliance. In addition to West Air, the following airlines are members of this alliance:
- Juba Air
- Marsland
- Attico
Accidents
- On February 3, 2005, an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane left Sharjah with a load of relief supplies for the province of Darfur in Sudan , with a planned stopover in Khartoum . When the cockpit crew first made contact with air traffic control in Khartoum, they reported fuel problems. The machine crashed due to running out of fuel 15 km from Khartoum, killing all seven crew members.
See also
Web links
- Website of the Air West (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ European Commission - - List of airlines that are prohibited from operating in the EU, accessed on October 12, 2015
- ^ Arab Aviation> Country Briefs> Sudan> Non Scheduled Carriers> Air West. Retrieved May 18, 2017 (American English).
- ↑ aerotransport.org - Air West (English), accessed on 12 October 2015
- ^ Airlines based in Sudan: Air West. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 18, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
