South Sudan Supreme Airlines is a South Sudanese airline that began operations in September 2013. The airline was formed using the fleet of
Feeder Airlines
Feeder Airlines was an airline based in Juba, South Sudan
Juba () is the capital and largest city of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of the Central Equatoria State. It is the world's newes ...
, which operated two
Fokker 50
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A's. As of May 2014 the airline had regularly scheduled flights three times a week between
Juba
Juba () is the capital and largest city of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of the Central Equatoria State. It is the world's newest capital city to be elevated as such, and had a populatio ...
and
Entebbe
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.
Destinations
As of September 2022 the airline had two scheduled destinations:
Fleet
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As of March 2017 the South Supreme Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
Accidents and incidents
*On 20 March 2017, South Supreme Airlines
Antonov An-26
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aircraft
was destroyed by fire after crashing at South Sudan’s Wau airport.
*A Let-410 of the revived airline
crashed
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on March 2, 2021, after take-off from
Pieri Airstrip in Juba, killing ten people and causing South Sudanese President
Salva Kiir Mayardit
Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 13 September 1951), also known as Salva Kiir, is a South Sudanese politician who has been the President of South Sudan since its independence on 9 July 2011. Prior to independence, he was the President of the Governmen ...
to order the suspension of the airlines' operational permits.
References
{{Airlines of South Sudan
Airlines of South Sudan
Airlines established in 2013
Aviation in South Sudan
South Sudanese companies established in 2013