Surinam Airways Reviews
Surinam Airways Reviews
Surinam Airways (Dutch: Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij), also known by its initials SLM, is the flag carrier of Suriname, based in Paramaribo. It operates regional and long-haul scheduled passenger services. Its hub is at Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport. As of July 2012, Surinam Airways was wholly owned by the Government of Suriname.
The airline was established in 1953, aimed at operating feeder flights from a domestic network. Scheduled operations started in 1955, initially serving the Paramaribo–Moengo route. On 30 August 1962, the company was taken over by the Surinamese government and renamed SLM – Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij. Upon the country’s independence in November 1975, 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 that was leased from KLM. The sole Surinam Airways Airbus A340-300 is seen here at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 2013. Surinam Airways operates scheduled services to the following destinations, as of July 2013: Queen Beatrix International Airport, Grantley Adams International Airport, Val de Cães International Airport, Hato International Airport, Félix Eboué Airport, Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Avanavero Airstrip, Bakhuys Airstrip, Djoemoe Airstrip, Laduani Airstrip, Moengo Airstrip, Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport, Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, Zorg en Hoop Airport, Stoelmans Eiland Airstrip, Washabo Airport, Piarco International Airport and Miami International Airport.
As of June 2013, Surinam Airways is the owner of both the only terminal in Zanderij Airport and the only ground handling company in that airport.
