Tarco Airlines
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Founded | 2009 | ||||||
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AOC # | 062 | ||||||
Hubs | Khartoum International Airport | ||||||
Alliance | BDAT | ||||||
Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
Destinations | 16 | ||||||
Headquarters | , Khartoum, Sudan | ||||||
Key people | Gasim Alkhaleg , Saad babiker | ||||||
Employees | 1000 | ||||||
Website | tarcoaviation |
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 |
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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]
Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers |
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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):
- 2 Boeing 737-400
- 1 Embraer ERJ 135
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[]
- ^ "(KRT Departures) Khartoum International Airport Departures". FlightStats. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Uganda to reopen Entebbe airport in October". The East African. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 33.
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