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Surinam Airways ((オランダ語:Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij)), also known by its initials ''SLM'', is the flag carrier of Suriname,〔 based in Paramaribo.〔"(Offices in Surinam )." Surinam Airways. Retrieved on 6 January 2011. "HEAD OFFICE Mr. Jagernath Lachmonstraat 136 POBox: 2029 Paramaribo – Suriname"〕 It operates regional and long-haul scheduled passenger services. Its hub is at Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport. , Surinam Airways was wholly owned by the Government of Suriname.〔 The full name of the airline in Dutch means "Surinamese Aviation Company". == History == 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 ''SLMSurinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij''.〔〔 From 1964 Surinam Airways started scheduled international operations to Curaçao together with ALM Antillean Airlines.〔 Upon the country's independence in , 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 , 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''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SLM vliegt weer naar binnenland )〕 On 7 June 1989, a Douglas DC-8-62 crashed on approach to Zandery Airport, killing 175 occupants on board.〔 In early 2009, Surinam Airways ordered two Boeing 737-300 aircraft from AWAS to replace the McDonnell Douglas MD-82.〔 In the same year, the carrier retired the Boeing 747-300 from service. The aircraft had been bought from KLM in 2004. It was replaced by the end of 2009 with a 317-seater Airbus A340 that previously belonged to Air France.〔 In June 2013 a third Boeing 737-300 was acquired for the regional operations of Surinam Airways.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Surinam Airways to add third Boeing 737 to fleet and expand network )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Surinam Airways」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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