A private airline based in Khartoum, Sudan, Badr Airlines, started a new scheduled flight service to Addis Ababa.
The airline performed its inaugural flight from Khartoum to Addis Ababa with a Boeing B737 aircraft on April 27, 2018.
Badr Airlines will operate a twice weekly flights between Khartoum and Addis Ababa. The national carrier of Sudan, Sudan Airways, which has been flying to Addis Ababa for decades has suspended its operation last year due to commercial challenges.
Established in 2004, Badr Airlines is a private airline based in Khartoum, Sudan. It operates eleven aircraft 6-B737s, 2 Ilyssiun76 Freighters and three Falcons. The airline serves seven domestic destinations in Sudan. It also operates six scheduled regional flights to Dubai, UAE, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Cairo, Egypt, Kano, Nigeria, Juba and Wau, in South Sudan.