South Sudan Supreme Airlines

South Sudan Supreme Airlines

Founded	2013, 2017 (Renamed as South Sudan Supreme Airlines)
Ceased operations	2015 (As South Supreme Airlines) [1] 2021 (TurboJet L-410 crash)
Hubs	Juba Airport
Fleet size	1
Destinations	2
Key people	Ayii Duang Ayii [2]
Website	http://flysouthsupreme.com (defunct)

South Sudan Supreme Airlines is a South Sudanese airline that began operations in September 2013. ^[3] The airline was formed using the fleet of Feeder Airlines, which operated two Fokker 50A's. As of May 2014 the airline had regularly scheduled flights three times a week between Juba and Entebbe.

Destinations

As of September 2022 the airline had two scheduled destinations:

Country	City	Airport	Refs
South Sudan	Juba	Juba International Airport
South Sudan	Wau	Wau Airport
Uganda	Entebbe	Entebbe Airport

Fleet

A former South Supreme Airlines Let L-410 Turbolet at Wilson Airport in 2014

As of March 2017 the South Supreme Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft: ^[4]

Aircraft	In Fleet
Bombardier CRJ100	1
Total	1

Accidents and incidents

• On 20 March 2017, South Supreme Airlines Antonov An-26 aircraft was destroyed by fire after crashing at South Sudan’s Wau airport. ^[5]

• A Let-410 of the revived airline crashed on March 2, 2021, after take-off from Pieri Airstrip in Juba, killing ten people and causing South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit to order the suspension of the airlines' operational permits. ^[6]

References

1. "South Sudan Supreme Airlines grounded after fatal crash" . Retrieved 4 March 2021.
2. "Ethiopian to partner South Sudanese government in new carrier" . Retrieved 21 March 2017.
3. "Accident: South Supreme F50 at Aweil on Jan 7th 2014, runway excursion" . Retrieved 21 March 2017.
4. "South Supreme Airlines on ch-aviation" . Retrieved 21 March 2017.
5. Kraft, Melanie. "BREAKING Passenger plane crashed at Wau airport in South Sudan - AIRLIVE.net" . Retrieved 21 March 2017.
6. Kaminski-Morrow, David. "South Sudan leader grounds Supreme Airlines after L-410 crash". Flight Global. Retrieved May 6, 2021.