 Azza Air Transport Antonov An-12BP | |||||||
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| Founded | 1993 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2013 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
Azza Transport Company (alternatively known as Azza Air Transport) was a cargo airline based in Khartoum, Sudan. It operated a cargo charter service throughout Africa and the Middle East and was planning services for Europe. Its main base was at Khartoum International Airport. [1]
The airline was established in 1993 and started operations in September 1993. It is owned by Omdurman National Bank, Shaikan Insurances and Sheikan Insurance. It has 350 employees. [1] May 30, 2007, the US Department of State named as part of economic sanctions a list of Sudanese firms, including Azza Transport Company, for "transferring small arms, ammunition and artillery to Sudanese government forces and Janjaweed militia in Darfur. [2] [3] [4]
In May 2009, United Nations observers observed an Azza aircraft transporting well over a hundred members of the Sudan Armed Forces and military equipment to Geneina Airport in Darfur, in violation of international sanctions. [5]
The Azza Air Transport fleet included the following aircraft in October 2009: [1]
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Well over one hundred SAF troops were observed by the Panel on the morning of 19 May 2009 as they boarded an Azza ST-AKW aeroplane in Khartoum airport at 9 a.m. and disembarked at 10.15 a.m. in El Fasher airport from the same aeroplane. On 29 July 2009, the Panel observed military materiel being unloaded from Azza aircraft in El Fasher airport. On the same date, on the tarmac of the new airport of El Geneina, the Panel also observed an aeroplane of the Azza Aviation Company. At the time, the new El Geneina airport was closed to the public and was used only by SAF and special Government of the Sudan air traffic.
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