GDP (purchasing power parity):
•   $89.16 billion (2011 est.)
•   $93.35 billion (2010 est.)
•   $91.38 billion (2009 est.)
•   $90.12 billion (2008 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
• $62.97 billion (2011 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
•  -4.5% (2011 est.)
•   2.2% (2010 est.)
•   4.6% (2009 est.)
•   6.6% (2008 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
•   $2,700 (2011 est.)
•   $2,300 (2010 est.)
•   $2,300 (2009 est.)

Budget:
•  revenues: $8.933 billion (2011 est.)
•  expenditures: $11.75 billion (2011 est.)
•   Revenues: $11.06 billion (2009 est.)
•   Expenditures: $13.15 billion (2009 est.)

Exports:
• $9.694 billion (2011 est.)
• $11.4 billion (2010 est.)

Imports:
•   $8.205 billion (2011 est.)
•   $8.839 billion (2010 est.)
•   $8.253 billion (2009 est.)
•   $7.56 billion (2009 est.)

Debt - external:
•   $38.62 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
•   $37.56 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
•   $35.71 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

Military expenditures:  3% of GDP (2005 est.)

 

Sudan Airways is the national flag carrier of Sudan. It was incorporated under the Companies' Ordinance (1925) Act,  in 1947.

Sudan Airways started with four De Havilland 8 Seater Dove Aircrafts, being the first acquisition of this type in the region  & was the first in Africa to acquire Fokker F27 Turboprop-powered aircraft. A fleet modernization plan was implemented and the Sudan Airways introduced the Boeing 737 and B707 in the 1970s, Fokker 50s in the 1980s and Airbus A310s the 1990s.

AIG and Al-Fayhaa Co. hold a total 70 percent of the capital of Sudan Airways including 21 percent stake for Al-Fayhaa Co. with the remaining 30 percent being owned by the Sudanese government. Founded in 1949, Sudan Airways transformed into a private shareholding company then to a public shareholding legal entity in 2007. Its paid and authorized capital amount are USD 250 million and USD one billion respectively.

On 21 June 2008, Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority issued a directive grounding the entire fleet of Sudan Airways for a month for  non compliance with aviation and operational/administration regulations. Although it stated grounding has nothing to do with Sudan Airways' safety record or the Sudan Airways Flight 109 crash on 10 June 2008.

Also a 2008 report by the U.S. Department of State advised American citizens against flying on Sudanese airlines, citing enforcement of safety standards in the country was "uneven."

Subsequently  on 30 March 2010, the European Union issued a blanket ban all Sudan based airlines from operating into the member states citing "on the basis of safety assessments by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)".

As a response Sudan's acting Civil Aviation Authority director Al-Hafiz Abdullah stated that "there are no EU bound flights operating in Sudan". Abdullah stressed that his agency "adheres to the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and outlined several changes introduced to the structure of the civil aviation administration and boosting budget allocated to air safety".

Sudan Airways is banned to operate in the EU countries subject to the ANNEX A LIST (dated: 21.4.2011)