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.
The airline was established in 1953 as Luchtvaartbedrijf Kappel-Van Eyck 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 Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (SLM). 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 (PH-DEM).
Livery from 1975
Douglas DC-8-63, registration PH-DEM, built 1970, serial number 46141 Schiphol (AMS), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 24 November 1976
Livery from 1993
Airbus A340-313, registration PZ-TCR, built 1998, serial number 242 Schiphol (AMS), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 23 May 2016
