SASCO AIR LINES, LTD.: P. O. Box 8260, El Amarat, Khartoum, Sudan; Phone 249 (11) 443 362; Fax 249 (11) 443 336; Code SAC; Year Founded 1983. Nur Aviation Services is set up as an FBO at Khartoum in 1983 by M. M. Nur; a charter division, Sasco Air Charter, undertakes air taxi flights with a pair of Cessna 404 Titans.
A decade later, in 1996, the division is renamed, although its charter mission is retained. President Nur operates a fleet comprising 1 each Cessna T210N Turbo Centurian, Douglas DC-3, and Piper PA-23 Aztec. The queen of the new airline division is a Tupolev Tu-134A jetliner, wet-leased long-term.
The Russian-made jetliner operates scheduled domestic passenger services during the remainder of the decade. A total of 40 workers are employed at the beginning of 2000.
SASKAIR (SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENTAIRWAYS, LTD.): Canada (1947-1965). The St. Albert-based charter carrier Mayron and Campbell Aviation, Ltd. is acquired by the Saskatchewan provincial government in August 1947 and is combined with the air arm of the Provincial Department of Natural Resources to form SGA or Saskair.
During 1948-1964, Saskair continues and expands the charter operations of M & C, including forest fire patrol and fighting, air ambulance, and prospector transport. Also assumed and developed is a scheduled network of 22 destinations in the northern part of the province that are served with small, float-equipped aircraft types, e. g., de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beavers. A Douglas DC-3 is purchased in 1957.
The regional carrier Norcanair, Ltd. is formed in January 1965. Two months later, it purchases Saskair and integrates it into what would become an ongoing operation.
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