Sudan Airways bans smoking effective April

Sudan Airways has decided to ban smoking on board all its flights effective 1 April, the airline said in a statement issued Monday in Khartoum.

"In order to protect passengers' health and in keeping with the international tendency to fight smoking and its harmful effects on human health, Sudan Airways has decided to ban smoking on all its domestic and international flights as of the first of April," it said.

"The measure is also in keeping with the advice of the World Health Organization and the International Air Transport Agency," it added.

Smoking is already banned in public transport, cinemas and theaters in Sudan.