Tarco Aviation (formerly Tarco Air) is an airline based in

Khartoum Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

, established in 2009. In December 2018 the company changed its name to Tarco Aviation, with ICAO code TQQ. With over 1,200 employees and 11 aircraft, the company is one of the largest aviation companies in Sudan currently operating scheduled passenger flights, charter and leasing.

Destinations

Tarco Aviation provides services around Sudan, North, East and Central Africa and also the Middle East. Flights to Entebbe Uganda looked likely to resume on October 1, 2020, after a period of dormancy due to COVID-19. This is according to the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority. As of June 2022, Tarco Air's fleet consists of eleven aircraft with an average age of 23.4 years.

Fleet

The Tarco Aviation fleet comprised the following aircraft (as of November 2022): The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of November 2015): * 2

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Accidents and incidents

* On 11 November 2010 an

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operating a passenger flight from

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crashed on landing and burst into flames on the runway. The official report stated that two passengers died; however, there were reports ranging from 1 to 6 fatalities.

References

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