Badr Airlines is an airline based in Khartoum, Sudan. It operates charter cargo and passenger air services, including medical evacuation. It also offers warehousing and cargo handling services. Its main base is Khartoum International Airport. It has an international office at Sharjah Free Zone (SAIF-Zone). Its European office is presently being established at Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany. Badr Airlines provides through its partner, African Logistic Support Service (ALS), a wide range of logistical support functions throughout Sudan. A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... Nickname: The Triangular City Khartoums location in Sudan Coordinates:  - Governor Abdul Halim al Mutafi Population (2005)  - Urban Over 1 Million For other uses, see Khartoum (disambiguation). ... Khartoum International Airport (IATA: KRT, ICAO: HSSS) is an airport in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. ... The Emirate of Sharjah (Arabic: الشارقة) extends along approximately 16 kilometres of the United Arab Emiratess Persian Gulf coastline and for more than 80 kilometres into the interior. ... Cologne/Bonn Airport (German: Flughafen Köln/Bonn, also called Konrad-Adenauer-Flughafen or Flughafen Köln-Wahn) (IATA: CGN, ICAO: EDDK) is an international airport located in the Wahner Heide nature reserve, 15 km southeast of Cologne and 20 km northeast of Bonn. ...

Code Data

• ICAO Code: BDR
• Callsign: BADR AIR

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ...

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1997. It is owned by Ahmed Abu Shaira (50%) and Hashim Al Digair (50%). ^[1] Badr Airlines, formerly Sarit Air Lines, resumed its activities at the end of 2004. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sarit Air Lines is an airline based in Sudan. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Fleet

As of August 2006 the Badr Airlines fleet includes ^[2] : For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

• 1 Antonov An-26
• 3 Antonov An-74
• 1 IL-76
• 1 Mi8 PS VIP Configuration

Romanian Air Force Antonov An-26 The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a 2-engined light prop transport aircraft and is a development of the An-24 passenger aircraft, with particular attention made to the potential military use. ... An-72 aircraft Designed as a strategic military freighter, the Antonov An-72 was intended as a replacement for the An_26, but variants have found success as commercial freighters. ... An Il-76 serving Aeroflot The Ilyushin Il-76, NATO codename Candid, is a 4-engined heavy transport aircraft in widespread use in eastern Europe and Africa. ...

External links

• Badr Airlines

References

1. ^ Flight International 29 March-4 April 2005
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006