Surinam Airways
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| Surinam Airways | ||
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| IATA PY |
ICAO SLM |
Callsign SURINAM |
| Founded | 1955 | |
| Hubs | Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport | |
| Fleet size | 2 | |
| Destinations | 7 | |
| Headquarters |  Paramaribo, Suriname |
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| Website: http://www.slm.nl/ | ||
Surinam Airways is the national airline of Suriname, based in Paramaribo. It operates regional and long-haul scheduled passenger services. Its hub is at Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport.
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1955 to link towns in what was then known as Dutch Guiana or Suriname. The initial service between Paramaribo and Moengo was soon expanded to other destinations, before the official creation of Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (SLM) on 30 August 1962. The airline became the national carrier upon Suriname's independence from the Netherlands on 25 November 1975. It is wholly owned by the Surinamese government.
[edit] Destinations
Surinam Airways operates services to the following international scheduled destinations (as of August 2008):
[edit] Europe
[edit] North America & Caribbean
[edit] South America
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- In 1989, tragedy struck when Surinam Airways Flight PY764 flew too low and crashed. The disaster remains the worst air disaster in the history of Suriname, with 176 fatalities.
[edit] Fleet
The Surinam Airways fleet includes the following aircraft (at May 2008):
- 1 Boeing 747-300 [1] (PZ-TCM)
- 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 [2] (PZ-TCL)
Surinam Airways is in talks for the lease of a B777-200ER, most probably a former United Airlines aircraft.
[edit] Previously operated
Surinam Airways also operated the following aircraft:
- Boeing 737-2L9/Adv (leased from Maersk Air) [3]
- Cessna 206 [4]
- Bombardier Dash 8 300 [5]
- De Havilland Canada Dash6-300 Twin Otter [6]
- Douglas DC-8-55 [7]
- Douglas DC-8-63 [8]
- Douglas DC-9-51 [9]
- McDonnell Douglas MD-87 [10]
