(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) A major Sudanese airline serving South Sudan and the Middle East suspended operations Sunday, blaming American sanctions, as a document confirmed German carrier Lufthansa will also end flights to Sudan.
"As from today, it was the last flight from Marsland," Rashid Ortashi, chairman of Marsland Aviation, said, reported AFP
The private airline, which he founded in 2001, flew to the South Sudanese capital Juba, two destinations in Sudan's Darfur region as well as Jeddah and Cairo
Meanwhile, Germany's Lufthansa, the last European airline with direct flights to Sudan, said it will end its service between Frankfurt and Khartoum on January 19
Turkish Airlines as well as some African and Middle Eastern carriers still fly to Sudan.
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