Sudanese authorities said Sunday that a passenger plane landed at Khartoum International Airport for the first time since civil war erupted in April 2023 between the army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The arrival follows the army-backed government's announcement that it would fully return to the capital, nearly three years after relocating to the Red Sea city of Port Sudan.
In a statement, the Sudanese Civil Aviation Authority said a flight operated by its national carrier Sudan Airways arrived from Port Sudan, "carrying passengers and marking the resumption of airport operations after a period of suspension due to the war".
Prime Minister Kamil Idris was aboard the flight, the authority said, without specifying how many passengers were on board.
Early in the war, fighting heavily damaged the airport, which was one of the last holdout posts of the paramilitary force when an army offensive pressed through Khartoum last year.
