Tarco Airlines

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Tarco Aviation
IATA ICAO Callsign
3T TQQ TARCO AVIATION
Founded2009
AOC #062
HubsKhartoum International Airport
AllianceBDAT
Fleet size11
Destinations16
Headquarters, Khartoum, Sudan
Key peopleGasim Alkhaleg , Saad babiker
Employees1000
Websitetarcoaviation.com[dead link]
Cockpit & Cabin Crew of Tarco Aviation

Tarco Aviation is an airline based in Khartoum, Sudan, established in 2009. In December 2018 the company changed its name to Tarco Aviation, with ICAO code TQQ. With over 900 employees and six aircraft, the company is one of the largest aviation companies in Sudan currently operating scheduled passenger flights, charter and leasing.

Destinations[]

Tarco Aviation provides services around Sudan, North, East and Central Africa and also the Middle East.[1]

City Country IATA ICAO Airport
Asmara  Eritrea ASM HHAS Asmara International Airport
Cairo Egypt CAI HECA Cairo International Airport
Dammam  Saudi Arabia DMM OEDF King Fahd International Airport
Doha  Qatar DOH OTHH Hamad International Airport
El Fasher  Sudan ELF HSFS El Fasher Airport
Geneina  Sudan EGN HSGN Geneina Airport
Jeddah  Saudi Arabia JED OEJN King Abdulaziz International Airport
Juba  South Sudan JUB HSSJ Juba International Airport
Khartoum  Sudan KRT HSSS Khartoum International Airport (Hub)
Nyala  Sudan UYL HSNN Nyala Airport
Port Sudan  Sudan PZU HSPN Port Sudan New International Airport
Riyadh  Saudi Arabia RUH OERK King Khalid International Airport

Flights to Entebbe Uganda looked likely to resume on October 1, 2020 after a period of dormancy due to COVID-19.[needs update] This is according to the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority.[2]

Fleet[]

The Tarco Aviation fleet comprised the following aircraft (as of June 2019):[3]

Tarco Aviation Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers
Boeing 737-300 6 130
Boeing 737-400 3 160
Boeing 737 500 1 116
Fokker F50 1 50
Total 11 0

The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of November 2015):

Accidents and incidents[]

  • On 11 November 2010 an Antonov An-24 operating a passenger flight from Khartoum to Zalingei Airport, Sudan crashed on landing and burst into flames on the runway. The official report stated that two passengers died; however, there were reports ranging from 1 to 6 fatalities.

References[]

  1. ^ "(KRT Departures) Khartoum International Airport Departures". FlightStats. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Uganda to reopen Entebbe airport in October". The East African. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 33.
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