South Sudan Supreme Airlines Explained

Airline:	South Sudan Supreme Airlines
Fleet Size:	1
Destinations:	2
Founded:	2013, 2017 (Renamed as South Sudan Supreme Airlines)
Ceased:	2015 (As South Supreme Airlines)^[1]
Key People:	Ayii Duang Ayii^[2]
Hubs:	Juba Airport
Website:	http://flysouthsupreme.com (defunct)

South Sudan Supreme Airlines is a South Sudanese airline that began operations in September 2013.^[3] The airline was formed using the fleet of Feeder Airlines, which operated two Fokker 50A's. As of May 2014 the airline had regularly scheduled flights three times a week between Juba and Entebbe.

Destinations

As of September 2022 the airline had two scheduled destinations:

Country	City	Airport	Refs
South Sudan	Juba	Juba International Airport
South Sudan	Wau	Wau Airport
Uganda	Entebbe	Entebbe Airport

Fleet

As of March 2017 the South Supreme Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:^[4]

Aircraft	In Fleet
	1
Total	1

Accidents and incidents

• On 20 March 2017, South Supreme Airlines Antonov An-26 aircraft was destroyed by fire after crashing at South Sudan’s Wau airport.^[5]
• A Let-410 of the revived airline crashed on March 2, 2021, after take-off from Pieri Airstrip in Juba, killing ten people and causing South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit to order the suspension of the airlines' operational permits.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: South Sudan Supreme Airlines grounded after fatal crash. 4 March 2021.
2. Web site: Ethiopian to partner South Sudanese government in new carrier. 21 March 2017.
3. Web site: Accident: South Supreme F50 at Aweil on Jan 7th 2014, runway excursion. 21 March 2017.
4. Web site: South Supreme Airlines on ch-aviation. 21 March 2017.
5. Web site: BREAKING Passenger plane crashed at Wau airport in South Sudan - AIRLIVE.net. Melanie. Kraft. 21 March 2017.
6. Web site: South Sudan leader grounds Supreme Airlines after L-410 crash. David. Kaminski-Morrow. Flight Global. May 6, 2021.