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Parked aircraft take fire as fighting engulfs Khartoum

At least 25 people are dead while at least two large commercial aircraft sustained heavy damage after Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese armed forces (SAF) clashed in Khartoum on Saturday, April 15. During the fighting, two people were killed at Khartoum International Airport, while RPG fire and gunfire saw a Saudia (SV, Jeddah) A330-300 and SkyUp Airlines (PQ, Kyiv Boryspil) B737-800 go up in flames.

The fighting, which has spread outside Khartoum in recent days, is part of an ongoing civil war in Sudan and continuing hostilities between the paramilitary RSF and the SAF. The RSF are resisting a power sharing deal which will involve their integration into the SAF as part of a proposed transition to civilian rule. On Saturday morning, as hostilities broke out in Sudan's capital, on the ground reports say the RSF took control of Khartoum Airport as jeeps laden with RSF armed fighters swarmed onto the aprons.

Footage is circulating on social media showing black smoke billowing from both aircraft which were parked at remote...

EgyptAir takes first A321neo

EgyptAir Holding has taken delivery of its first A321-200NX, with the ferry flight to Cairo International taking place on February 27.

SU-GFR (msn 11164) is the first of seven A321neo EgyptAir (MS, Cairo International) will take from AerCap, according to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module. The airline's new-generation narrowbody fleet already comprises eight A320-200Ns, all of which are also leased from AerCap.

The first A321neo is scheduled to enter into commercial service on April 1, plying the daily Cairo International-Amsterdam Schiphol route.

EgyptAir will operate its A321neo with 182 seats, including 16 in dedicated business class.

The airline's fleet also includes twelve A220-300s, three A320-200s, three A330-200s, one A330-200(P2F), four A330-300s, twenty-eight B737-800, one recently redelivered B737-800(SF), six B777-300(ER)s, and six B787-9s.

Editorial Comment: Corrects seat configuration. - 02.03.2023 - 20:26 UTC