The first direct flights between Damazin town in Sudan’s Blue Nile State and Khartoum are expected to be launched on Thursday.

Blue Nile Minister of Finance Mohammed Hashim Hussein issued a ministerial decree broadcast on the state government-owned TV forming a committee to organize the direct flights between the two states.

The committee comprises one director-general at the finance ministry, a representative of banks, another member representing the commerce department, a representative of the National Security and Intelligence Service, as well as the director of Damazin Airport.