Sudan’s government has encouraged airlines to resume flights to Sudan, after EgyptAir became the first commercial flight to enter or leave Sudan since its descent into conflict in April.
The EgyptAir flight carried more than 100 passengers from Egypt’s capital, Cairo, to the eastern Sudan city of Port Sudan on Tuesday morning and returned to Egypt in the afternoon.
Red Sea State Governor Fathallah Haj Ahmed told media that the flight by EgyptAir signalled that Sudan was safe and stable for international flights.
“This is a message to the whole world that Sudan is safe and stable. It also sends a message to international airlines to resume their flights to Sudan as it is 100% safe,” Mr Ahmed said.
Sudan closed its airspace in April this year, after a power struggle between the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group escalated into conflict.
On 15 August, the Sudan Civil Aviation Authority announced that it had reopened airspace in the eastern part of the country.
Egypt’s consul general to Sudan, Sameh Farouq said that Egypt Air will operate a weekly return flight between Egypt and Sudan.
Source: BBC
