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| focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = Loyal Wings| lounge = | alliance = | num_employees = 500www.flyslm.com}}}}Surinam Airways (), also known by its initials SLM, is the flag carrier of Suriname, based in Paramaribo."Offices in Surinam." Surinam Airways. Retrieved on 6 January 2011. "HEAD OFFICE Mr. Jagernath Lachmonstraat 136 POBox: 2029 Paramaribo – Suriname" It operates regional and long-haul scheduled passenger services. Its hub is at Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (Zanderij). Surinam Airways is wholly owned by the Government of Suriname.

History

The airline was established in 1953 by private entrepreneurs Rudi Kappel and Herman van Eyck as the Kappel-Van Eyck Aviation Company (),{{rp|18}} aimed at operating feeder flights from a domestic network. Scheduled operations started with two Cessna 170B in January 1955 with domestic flights between Paramaribo and Moengo.On 30 August 1962, the company was purchased from Herman van Eyck by the Surinamese government and renamed Surinam Airways or in Dutch SLM{{spaced ndash}}Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij. The logo of Surinam Airways depicts a 'Sabaku', which is a Surinamese word for cattle egret.From 1964 Surinam Airways started scheduled international operations to Curaçao together with ALM Antillean Airlines.Upon the country's independence in , the carrier was appointed as the national airline of the Republic of Suriname, and it also started services to Amsterdam using a Douglas DC-8-63 (registration: PH-DEM, named '25 November') that was leased from KLM.At , the carrier had 400 employees. At this time, the fleet consisted of a Douglas DC-8-63, a Douglas DC-8-50CF (registration: PH-DCW, named 'Sabaku') and three Twin Otters (PZ-TCD, PZ-TCE & PZ-TCF). It operated international routes to Amsterdam, Belem, Curacao, Georgetown, Manaus, Miami and Panama City, and domestic services to Apoera, Avanavero, Bakhuys, Djoemoe, Ladouanie, Moengo and Nieuw Nickerie.From 1955 until 2005 Surinam Airways operated an extensive domestic network.In 1983 the regional routes were flown with a Boeing 737-200 (registration OY-APR) leased from Maersk Air (named Tjon Tjon').WEB, Suriname, Suriname – Paramaribo,weblink 2021-03-12, suriname.nu, NL, The transatlantic route was flown with DC-8's leased from Arrow Air, DC-8-62 registered N1806 and also DC-8-63, registered N4935C, named Stanvaste'. From May 1993 until April 1999 a DHC-8-300 Dash 8 (registration: N106AV) was used on the regional routes.WEB, CEO Paul de Haan – Hoogte en dieptepunten,weblink dbsuriname.com, 31 August 2021, NL, On 7 June 1989, a Douglas DC-8-62 (registration: N1809E, first named Fajalobi, later re-christened into 'Anthony Nesty') crashed on approach to Zanderij Airport, killing 175 occupants on board.From January 1996 until December 1999 Surinam Airways used a MD-87 (PZ-TCG, named District of Para') and thereafter a DC-9-51 (PZ-TCK, named District of Wanica') and an MD-82 (PZ-TCL, named 'City of Paramaribo') on the regional routes.{{as of|2000|3|alt= At March 2000}}, the airline had 543 employees.(File:PZ-TCM Surinam Airways (2994074029).jpg|thumb|Surinam Airways Boeing 747-300)From August 2004 until the end of 2009 Surinam Airways operated a Boeing 747-300 (PZ-TCM, named Ronald Elwin Kappel'), which was purchased from KLM. It was replaced with a 317-seater Airbus A340-300 (PZ-TCP, named Palulu') and later another younger A340-300 (registration: PZ-TCR).WEB, PZ-TCM Surinam Airways Boeing 747-300M,weblink 2021-03-12, planespotters.net, en, WEB, nieuwe SLM A340 vertrekt tweede kerstdag vanaf Schiphol,weblink luchtvaartnieuws.nl, 26 December 2015, nl, In early 2009, Surinam Airways ordered two Boeing 737-300s (PZ-TCN, named District of Commewijne and PZ-TCO, named 'District of Marrowijne') to replace its McDonnell Douglas MD-82s.A Boeing 737-700 (PZ-TCS, named District of Saramacca) was leased from DAE Capital and arrived on 30 April 2018 in Suriname and became operational in May 2018,WEB,weblink SLM receives first Boeing 737-700, 20 April 2018, luchtvaartnieuws.nl, 21 December 2018, WEB,weblink SLM krijgt nieuw toestel; Lachmising en delegatie reizen af naar china | Public Nieuws, 14 April 2018, 15 April 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180415003935weblink">weblink dead, this plane was formerly flown by Air China.WEB,weblink SLM directie naar China voor nieuwe 737-700, Rob, Somsen, 18 February 2018, WEB,weblink Archived copy, 14 April 2018, 14 April 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180414233851weblink">weblink dead, In December 2018 a second Boeing 737-700 (PZ-TCT, named 'District of Brokopondo') arrived, formerly flown by Aeromexico and leased from Air Castle.From December 2019, a Boeing 777-200ER was leased from Boeing Capital to replace the Airbus A340-300 previously used on the Paramaribo – Amsterdam route. The aircraft was registered PZ-TCU, named Bird of the Green Paradise with a special livery and performed its first commercial ETOPS flight in December 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and possible high maintenance costs the B777 was returned in March 2021. It was parked for a while in Victorville.WEB, Woerkom, Klaas-Jan van, 2021-03-03, Surinam Airways stuurt enige Boeing 777 naar de woestijn,weblink 2021-03-12, Luchtvaartnieuws, nl, Now Boeing is using this aircraft as its new ecoDemonstrator.WEB,weblink Boeing 777 EcoDemonstrator, 20 June 2022, CNN, 16 August 2022, WEB,weblink See Inside Boeing 777 EcoDemonstrator, businessinsider.com, 16 August 2022,

Corporate affairs

At one time the company had its head office at Mr. Jagernath Lachmonstraat 136."World Airline Directory." Flight International. March 24–30, 1993. 125. "Coppenamelaan 136, Paramaribo, Republic of Suriname" {{As of|2013|6}}, Surinam Airways was the owner of both the only terminal in Zanderij Airport and the only ground handling company in that airport.NEWS, DAE forces SLM to provide ground handling services in Zanderij, Curaçao Chronicle, Willemstad, 3 June 2013,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130610091553weblink">weblink dead, 10 June 2013,

Senior management

On 16 April 2021, the Surinamese Government, during the SLM General Meeting of shareholders, appointed Dutchman Paul de Haan as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Surinam Airways (SLM).WEB,weblink Surinaamse regering wil Nederlander aan het roer bij Surinam Airways, 2022-08-16, luchtvaartnieuws.nl, 6 March 2021, nl, WEB,weblink Paul de Haan vanaf vandaag officieeel nieuwe CEO SLM, 2022-08-16, waterkant, 16 April 2021, nl, In January 2022 Xaviera Jessurun was appointed by the Government as chairman of the board of the SLM.WEB,weblink Surinam Airways cancels several flights facing severe financial problems, 2022-08-16, jamaicaobserver.com, 8 June 2022, On 9 April 2022, Frenchman Yves Guibert was appointed as the new senior vice president operations.WEB,weblink SLM bevestigt nieuwe buitenlandse senior vice president operations, 2022-08-16, waterkant, 10 April 2022, nl, In July 2022 the management of Surinam Airways announced the company would dry lease a Boeing 737-800 for its regional routes in order to reduce its Monthly expenditure.WEB,weblink Surinam Airways dry lease Boeing 737-800, 2022-08-16, gatechecked.com, 20 May 2022, NEWS, Surinam Airways sluit overeenkomst voor dry-lease Boeing 737-800,weblink 2022-08-16, luchtvaartnieuws.nl, nl, The financially troubled Surinamese airline will use government owned gold company's Grassalco's gold stock as cover for financing facility converted into a term deposit for the SLM recovery plan. "The recovery plan is based on a formulated business plan, in which the revenues for the coming period are projected, based on the planned operations. With a thorough implementation of the recovery plan, it is assumed that no claim will have to be made to the coverage provided," the senior management of the company reports on 25 July 2022.NEWS, SLM inzet Grassalco goudvoorraad,weblink 2022-08-16, waterkant, nl,

Destinations

Surinam Airways operates scheduled services to the following destinations, {{as of|2019|4|lc=y}}. Terminated destinations are also listed.{|class="wikitable sortable"!Country!City!Airport!Notes!class="unsortable"|RefsAruba>Oranjestad, Aruba>OranjestadQueen Beatrix International Airportalign=centerBarbados>Bridgetown>Grantley Adams International Airport>HTTPS://NEWSSOURCEGY.COM/NEWS/SURINAM-AIRWAYS-TO-BEGIN-SCHEDULE-SERVICE-BETWEEN-GEORGETOWN-AND-BRIDGETOWN-THIS-MONTH/ > TITLE=SURINAM AIRWAYS TO BEGIN SCHEDULE SERVICE BETWEEN GEORGETOWN AND BRIDGETOWN THIS MONTH, 4 December 2023, Brazil>Belém>Val de Cães International Airport>Curaçao>Willemstad>Hato International Airport>—align=center|France, French Guiana>Cayenne>Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport>HTTPS://LA1ERE.FRANCETVINFO.FR/GUYANE/COMPAGNIE-SURINAM-AIRWAYS-NE-DESSERVIRA-PLUS-GUYANE-COMPTER-DU-1ER-JUIN-592181.HTML>TITLE = LA COMPAGNIE SURINAM AIRWAYS NE DESSERVIRA PLUS LA GUYANE à COMPTER DU 1ER JUIN, 24 May 2018, Guyana>Georgetown, Guyana>GeorgetownCheddi Jagan International Airportalign=centerHaiti>Port-au-Prince>Toussaint Louverture International Airport>Netherlands>Amsterdam>Amsterdam Airport Schiphol>—align=center|SurinameAvanaveroAvanavero Airstrip{{terminated}}align=center|Bakhuys>Bakhuys Airstrip>Djoemoe>Djoemoe Airstrip>Aurora, Suriname>AuroraLaduani Airstrip{{terminated}}align=center|Moengo>Moengo Airstrip>Nieuw Nickerie>Major Henk Fernandes Airport>ParamariboJohan Adolf Pengel International Airport{{Airline hub}}align=center|Zorg en Hoop Airport>Stoelmanseiland>Stoelmans Eiland Airstrip>Washabo>Washabo Airport>Trinidad and Tobago>Port of Spain>Piarco International Airport>HTTPS://GUARDIAN.CO.TT/BUSINESS/SURINAM-AIRWAYS-TO-REINTRODUCE-FLIGHTS-TO-TT-6.2.1602734.87FECFBEDB >TITLE=SURINAME AIRWAYS TO REINTRODUCE FLIGHTS TO T&TDATE=2022-05-26, 2022-05-27, United StatesMiamiMiami International Airportalign=centerOrlando>Orlando Sanford International Airport>HTTP://AIRLINEROUTE.NET/2015/06/23/PY-GEOSFB-JUL15/>TITLE=SURINAM AIRWAYS ADDS ORLANDO SANFORD FLIGHT JULY – SEP 2015DATE=23 JUNE 2015, 23 June 2015,

Codeshare agreements

• TUI fly NetherlandsWEB,weblink TUI Netherlands / Surinam Airways plans codeshare service from April 2017, Routesonline, 9 February 2017, 9 February 2017,

Fleet

Current

File:Surinam Airways A340-300 PZ-TCP AMS 2013-07-05.png|thumb|The sole Surinam Airways Airbus A340-300, seen here at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 2013. In , it was announced that the airline would acquire another wide-body aircraftwide-body aircraft{{As of|2024|04}}, the Surinam Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft:{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;margin:auto;"|+ Surinam Airways Fleet !rowspan=2|Aircraft!rowspan=2|In service!rowspan=2|Orders!colspan=3|Passengers!rowspan=2|Notes !J!Y!Total |Boeing 737-800|2|—|12|138|150DATE=18 DECEMBER 2022 ACCESS-DATE=20 DECEMBER 2022, !Total!2!—!colspan=5|

Historic

File:PZ-TCQ (15466795432).jpg|thumb|A former Surinam Airways Boeing 737-300Boeing 737-300File:SurinamAirwaysMD-82.jpg|thumb|right|A former Surinam Airways McDonnell Douglas MD-82McDonnell Douglas MD-82Surinam Airways operated the following aircraft throughout its history:WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160304083229weblink">weblink 2016-03-04, Sabaku in-flight magazine, WEB,weblink Database compiled by Arno Landewers, 6 November 2021, landewers.net, {{Self-published inline|date=April 2022}}{{div col}}

• Airbus A340-300
• Beech G-18S
• Bell 47G Helicopter
• Boeing 707-320C
• Boeing 737-200
• Boeing 737-300
• Boeing 737-700WEB, SLM maakt eerste lijnvlucht met 'nieuwe' Boeing 737-752 vanuit Suriname,weblink waterkant.net, 3 February 2019, 3 February 2019, nl, /WEB, SLM verwelkomt 2e boeing 737-700,weblink dagbladdewest.com, 11 December 2018, 24 December 2018, nl, /WEB, Nieuwe SLM Boeing land vanavond op Zanderij,weblink DAGonline.nl, 16 April 2018, 1 May 2018, nl,
• Boeing 747-200B
• Boeing 747-300SCD
• Boeing 777-200ERWEB, Surinam Airways Fleet, ch-aviation GmbH,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131109143721weblink">weblink dead, 9 November 2013,
• Cessna UC-78C Bobcat
• Cessna 170B
• Cessna 206
• de Havilland Canada DHC6-100 Twin Otter
• de Havilland Canada DHC6-300 Twin Otter
• DHC-8-300
• Douglas C-47A
• Douglas C-47B
• Douglas DC-6A
• Douglas DC-6B
• Douglas DC-8 Series 50
• Douglas DC-8 Super 60 Series (-62 and -63 models)
• McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50
• McDonnell Douglas MD-80
• Piper PA-18 Super Cub
• Piper PA-23-160 Apache E

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Accidents and incidents

• On 5 May 1978, a Douglas DC-6 from the Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij, registered N3493F, was damaged beyond repair while landing at Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport on a cargo flight from Curaçao Hato International Airport. All three occupants survived.WEB,weblink ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6A N3493F Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport (PBM), Harro Ranter, 5 May 1978, 24 April 2015,
• On 7 June 1989, Flight 764, a US-registered Douglas DC-8, crashed {{convert|3|km}} west of Zanderij Airport while on approach due to a pilot error. Out of 187 occupants on board, only 11 people survived the accident. The flight remains the worst in Suriname's history.{{ASN accident|title= N1809E|id= 19890607-2}}

See also

• List of airlines of Suriname
• Transport in Suriname

References

JOURNAL, World airline directory{{ndash, Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschapptj (Surinam Airways—SLM)|journal= Flight International|date= 28 April 1979|page= 1401|url=weblink|archive-url=weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131109224035weblink">weblink|archive-date= 9 November 2013|url-status= dead|access-date= 21 July 2012}}JOURNAL, World airline directory – Surinaamse Lutchtvaart Maatschappij (Surinam Airways{{--, SLM)|journal= Flight International|issn= 0015-3710|volume= 118|number= 3716|date= 26 July 1980|page= 358|url=weblink|archive-url=weblink|archive-date= 9 November 2013}}JOURNAL, World Airline Directory{{ndash, Surinaamse Luchvaart Maatschappij (Surinam Airways-SLM)|journal= Flight International|date= 2 April 1983|page= 939|url=weblink|archive-url=weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131109223851weblink">weblink|archive-date= 9 November 2013|url-status= dead|access-date= 21 July 2012}}JOURNAL, Operations: Air transport – Safety board slams illegal crewing, Flight International, 0015-3710, 137, 4215, 9–15 May 1990, 12,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131110024716weblink">weblink live, 10 November 2013, JOURNAL, World Airline Directory{{ndash, Surinam Airways|journal= Flight International|issn= 0015-3710|number= 4668|volume= 155|date= 17–23 March 1999|page= 99|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999%20-%200551.html|archive-url=weblink|archive-date= 27 November 2018|url-status= live}}JOURNAL, World airline directory–Surinam Airways, Flight International, 0015-3710, 21–27 March 2000, 102, 4720, 157,weblinkweblink 28 November 2018, live, NEWS, Inaugurele vlucht van de SLM naar Guyana, nl,weblink Waterkant.Net, 5 April 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120406032841weblink">weblink dead, 6 April 2012, NEWS, Putting Surinam on the map, Mark, Pilling, Airline Business, Flightglobal.com, 24 December 2008,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121009023128weblink">weblink 9 October 2012, live, 21 July 2012, WEB, Surinam Airways to acquire a B767 in 2015 to aid international ops, ch-aviation GmbH, 26 February 2014,weblink  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926114840weblink |date=26 September 2014}}NEWS, Veerman, Ronald, Suriname Jumboloos, nl,weblink 25 November 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150514150147weblink">weblink 14 May 2015, live, De Telegraaf, Amsterdam, WEB, Surinam Airways Timetable (Effective 25 April 1982{{ndash, 31 October 1982)|publisher= Airline Timetable Images|url=weblink|archive-url=weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111214160637weblink">weblink|archive-date= 14 December 2011|url-status= live|access-date= 12 December 2012}}WEB,weblink ISSUU – Flying on trusted wings English version by LM Publishers, LM Publishers, Issuu, 24 October 2012, 24 April 2015, WEB, Flight Schedule (Effective –), Surinam Airways,weblinkweblink 11 April 2019, }}

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Surinam Airways}}

• Official Website
• Official Website {{in lang|nl}}

{{IATA members|latinam}}