SonAir Airline Services, S.A., commonly known as SonAir was established as DAR (Direcção de Aeronaútica) on 10 October 1979,[1] is a venture of the Angolan national petroleum company Sonangol Group.
Operations
It provides helicopter services to Angolan oil facilities, both onshore and offshore, as well as scheduled and charter services within Africa and to the United States.[2]
Domestically they also provide air transportation to several business groups - private and government, outside the oil business.[3] The company was also the first to provide direct transportation of passengers and cargo between Angola and the United States. Until 2018, the airline provided thrice-weekly services between Luanda (LAD) and Houston (IAH) utilizing a Boeing 747-400 (10 First Class, 143 Business Class, some of which were marketed as a Premium Economy with a lesser amenity service, and 36 Economy Class seats) operated by