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Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s Civil Aviation Authority reopened air traffic airspace in the country’s eastern sector.
“The Sudanese Civil Aviation Authority issued a notice to open the airspace for air traffic in the country’s eastern sector as of today,” said a statement by Khartoum International Airport on Tuesday.
The statement said the authority announced the launching of an alternative air navigation center in the eastern city of Port Sudan.
Sudan’s airspace has been closed since the outbreak of the clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in mid-April, as air navigation systems at Khartoum International Airport were affected by the conflict between the two fighting factions near the airport.
Since then, Khartoum International Airport has been out of service. To evacuate the country, diplomats and foreign nationals have used a small airport affiliated with the army’s Wadi Seidna Air Base in Omdurman City, northwest of the capital Khartoum.
Other countries used Port Sudan International Airport in the Red Sea State, more than 800 km east of Khartoum.
Sudan has been witnessing deadly clashes between the country’s armed forces and paramilitary forces in Khartoum and other areas since April 15, resulting in at least 3,000 deaths and more than 6,000 injuries, according to figures released by the Sudanese Health Ministry. ■
