Surinam Airways
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| Founded | 1953 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1955 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 9 | ||||||
| Company slogan | Flying on trusted wings | ||||||
| Headquarters | Paramaribo, Suriname | ||||||
| Key people | Robbi Lachmising (Director) | ||||||
| Website | www |
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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[update], Surinam Airways was wholly owned by the Government of Suriname.
The airline was established in 1953 by private entrepreneurs Ronald Rudi Kappel and Herman van Eyck, aimed at operating feeder flights from a domestic network. Scheduled operations started in January 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.
From 1964 Surinam Airways started scheduled international operations to Curaçao together with ALM Antillean Airlines.
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.
At March 1980, the carrier had 400 employees. At this time, the aircraft park consisted of a Douglas DC-8-63, a Douglas DC-8-50F and three Twin Otters that worked on international routes to Amsterdam, Belem, Curacao, Georgetown, Manaus, Miami and Panama City and to domestic services to Apoera, Avanavero, Bakhuys, Djoemoe, Ladouanie, Moengo and Nieuw Nickerie. From 1955 til 2005 Surinam Airways operated an extensive domestic network. Now, since 2013 Caricom Airways is operating as a feeder commuter airline from the hinterland of Suriname using two Britten Norman BN2 Islanders and a Cessna 206 as Surinam Airways Commuter. On 7 June 1989, a Douglas DC-8-62 crashed on approach to Zandery Airport, killing 175 occupants on board.
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