MAKS Aviation was established in 1975 as the first privately owned ground handling company at Khartoum Airport . MAKS initially handled all of British Airways flights through Khartoum Airport . Two years after its establishment , MAKS expanded its services and began handling other European and international airlines including Swissair , KLM, Kenya Airways , Iberia, Kuwait Airways , Gulf Air , Qatar Airways , BMI, Bahrain Air, Eritrean Airlines and Syrian Airlines . As a local provider of passenger , ramp, and cargo handling services , MAKS Aviation Services aims to achieve excellence, customer satisfaction , and sustainable growth. In everything that we do, MAKS Aviation always strives to deliver a consistent and reliable operation , focused on meeting all of the needs of our airline customers . This is achieved with the highest quality , environment , health and safety standards . MAKS Aviation is confident that with our ground handling equipment and highly experienced staff members, we can meet all of our airline clients' requirements . Currently MAKS Aviation Services is ISAGO certified