Also recorded as: AirMaster; Air Master Egypt; RMX
Listed because flight-tracking data show its freighters flying from Istanbul and Cairo into Port Sudan. No source documents what was carried or who chartered the flights. Being listed is not an accusation.
Flagged for legal review before publication.
Trade press and an industry database report that the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority issued Air Master's air operator certificate on 27 February 2024, that it is a charter cargo carrier based at Cairo International Airport (IATA code MR, ICAO code RMX) and that it operates two Boeing 737-800 converted freighters. Aircraft databases and Flightradar24 attribute SU-SAW and SU-SFY (Boeing 737-8F2 BCF) to it. In November 2024 it began twice-weekly vegetable flights between Cairo and Maastricht. Ownership, shareholders and officers were not found in any source read; no official Egyptian record could be opened.
Response
No response is recorded. Named parties have not yet been asked for comment.
Records
2
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BGrade B: Corroborated
Company record: Egyptian cargo carrier certified in February 2024
2024-2026
Trade press and an industry database report that the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority issued Air Master's air operator certificate on 27 February 2024, that it is a charter cargo carrier based at Cairo International Airport (IATA code MR, ICAO code RMX) and that it operates two Boeing 737-800 converted freighters. Aircraft databases and Flightradar24 attribute SU-SAW and SU-SFY (Boeing 737-8F2 BCF) to it. In November 2024 it began twice-weekly vegetable flights between Cairo and Maastricht. Ownership, shareholders and officers were not found in any source read; no official Egyptian record could be opened.
Sanctions
No listing found in the OFAC SDN list (2 Oct 2026), the EU Financial Sanctions Files, the UK Sanctions List or the OpenSanctions export (all as downloaded 3 Oct 2026).
›Research notes
B: certificate date given by two trade sources (Cargo Facts and CAPA); neither is the official record. The Egyptian authority's site publishes no operator list. No earlier documented role in arms transport was found.
Cargo flights from Istanbul and Cairo into Port Sudan, 2025-2026 (flight tracking; cargo not documented)
2025-12 to 2026-07
The flight tracker @AfriMEOSINT has posted repeated Air Master flights into Port Sudan: SU-SAW flying Istanbul to Port Sudan three times within 24 hours on 15 Dec 2025 and again on 17 Dec 2025 ('sixth flight within two days'); SU-SFY Sharjah-Muscat-Port Sudan-Cairo on 6 Dec 2025; SU-SFY Cairo-Port Sudan-Harare on 17 Feb 2026; SU-SAW Cairo to Port Sudan on 21 Apr 2026; SU-SFY Cairo to Port Sudan on 9 May and 16 Jul 2026; SU-SAW Istanbul to Port Sudan on 15 Jul 2026. Flight data independent of that account match: Flightradar24's public page for SU-SAW listed Cairo to Istanbul on 14 Jul 2026 (MR8001), Istanbul to Port Sudan on 15 Jul (MR8002, landed 10:42) and Port Sudan to Cairo (MR8003); Airportia lists flight MR8002 Istanbul to Port Sudan on 25 Jun, 15 Jul and 23 Jul 2026 (it mislabels the airline because the code MR is shared). The existence of Air Master cargo flights from Istanbul to Port Sudan is therefore corroborated. The tracker's description of them as 'Turkish military support for the SAF' is its own inference: no source documents the cargo or the charterer.
Response
No statement by the company on these flights was found. No request for comment was made by this desk.
Sanctions
No listing found in the OFAC SDN list (2 Oct 2026), the EU Financial Sanctions Files, the UK Sanctions List or the OpenSanctions export (all as downloaded 3 Oct 2026).
›Research notes
Mixed grade. C for the fact of the flights (tracker plus two flight-data sites read through a summariser). D for any statement about cargo, customer or military purpose. Flightradar24's visible window for SU-SFY (4-9 Sep 2026) showed only Cairo-Nashik and Ras Al Khaimah-Nashik flights.
1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
Dated events
5
Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority issues an air operator certificate to cargo carrier Air Master (trade press). cargofacts.com↗
BGrade B: Corroborated
Flight tracker reports five cargo flights into Port Sudan in one day, including three Istanbul-Port Sudan flights by Air Master SU-SAW within 24 hours and a Sky Vision A321 freighter from Cairo. Cargo not documented. x.com↗
DGrade D: Unverified lead
Flight tracker reports about ten Istanbul to Port Sudan cargo flights in 48 hours by Air Master and Aviacon Zitotrans (single source; cargo not documented). x.com↗
DGrade D: Unverified lead
Air Master Boeing 737 freighter SU-SAW flies Istanbul to Port Sudan (flight MR8002) and on to Cairo: shown on Flightradar24 and Airportia and reported by a flight tracker. Cargo not documented. flightradar24.com↗
CGrade C: Single source
Flight tracker counts 'at least 27 suspected cargo flights' from Türkiye, Egypt and Belarus to Port Sudan, Massawa and East Oweinat between 3 July and 8 August (single source). x.com↗
DGrade D: Unverified lead
5 more events below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
4 more events at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
3 more events at grade D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
Geography
Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.
Based in
Egypt
Also named
Türkiye (8), United Arab Emirates (1), Oman (1)
Places
Port Sudan, Cairo, Istanbul, Muscat
Position in the network
Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.
No relationship with another organisation or person is recorded for this actor.