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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.{{cite web|title=China Sonangol International Airlines |url=http://centreforaviation.com/profiles/airlines/china-sonangol-international-airlines-sor |publisher=CAPA Centre for Aviation |access-date=24 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301053840/http://centreforaviation.com/profiles/airlines/china-sonangol-international-airlines-sor |archive-date=March 1, 2014 }}

Domestically they also provide air transportation to several business groups - private and government, outside the oil business.{{Cite web |last=Sonangol Group |first=Sonangol Group |title=Sonair encomenda dois helicópteros a multinacional italiana |url=https://expansao.co.ao/empresas/interior/sonair-encomenda-dois-helicopteros-a-multinacional-italiana-109506.html |access-date=2017-07-05 |website=expansao.co.ao |language=Pt}} 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 Atlas Air.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlasair.com/holdings/archive.asp?Pressid=10787|title=Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings|website=atlasair.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-05|archive-date=2016-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818220947/http://www.atlasair.com/holdings/archive.asp?Pressid=10787|url-status=dead}}

In Angola, SonAir is once again investing in its fleet after several years of impasse over the company's future. In a first phase, the Sonangol subsidiary was included in the privatization program announced in 2019, while several strategic changes and a program to refound the largest company in the country were introduced. This caused some internal ripples because Sonangol's Board of Directors argued that supporting the oil industry is a profitable business.

These decisions also led to the separation of the functions of concessionaire (which are now under the responsibility of ANPG - National Oil and Gas Agency) and operator. It was also established that Sonangol would focus mainly on its core business (research, production and distribution of oil and derivatives). In this context, the market for the provision of air transport services to the oil industry was liberalized, putting an end to the monopoly, which led to the entry of new players in this segment. After avoiding the closure of the company, Sonair is now looking to reinforce its operations in a context of greater internal competition.{{cite web|access-date=2018-08-02 |title=Sonangol resgata a subsidiaria Sonair |url=https://www.madgnews.com/sonangol-resgata-a-subsidiaria-sonair/ |website=madgnews.com}}

As of May 2018 SonAir operated scheduled flights to the following destinations:[http://www.atlasair.com/holdings/news-events.asp?Pressid=492 "Atlas Air Selected To Operate Premium Charter Service Between Houston and Luanda, Angola".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304092707/http://www.atlasair.com/holdings/news-events.asp?Pressid=492 |date=2012-03-04 }} Retrieved: 15 June 20102013 timetable, {{cite web |url=http://www.sonair.co.ao/documents/programacao2013.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513010916/http://www.sonair.co.ao/documents/programacao2013.pdf |archive-date=2014-05-13 }}{{cite web |url=http://angolaairport.net/flights/flight-routes.html |title=Luanda, Angola International Airport Flight Route and Airlines Information |website=angolaairport.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222213829/http://angolaairport.net/flights/flight-routes.html |archive-date=2018-02-22}}

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• Cabinda (Cabinda Airport)
• Catumbela (Catumbela Airport)
• Luanda (Quatro de Fevereiro Airport), hub
• Soyo (Soyo Airport)

As of February 2015 the Sonair fleet included:{{Cite web|url=http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&qstring=Sonair&where=112288&luck=|title=ATDB.aero aerotransport.org AeroTransport Data Bank|website=aerotransport.org|access-date=2017-07-05}}

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• 1 Airbus A319
• 13 Beechcraft 1900
• 1 Boeing 727-100F
• 2 Boeing 737-700
• 2 Boeing 747-400 (operated by Atlas Air)
• 2 Embraer Legacy 600 (operated by Planair)
• 1 Dassault Falcon 7X (operated by Planair)
• 2 Dassault Falcon 900 (operated by Planair)

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Helicopters:

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• 8 Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma
• 5 Eurocopter Dauphin AS 365N3
• 16 Eurocopter EC225[http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/2751/ SonAir fleet at Helis.com]
• 9 Sikorsky S-76C+ and S-76C++

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The fleet included the following aircraft (as of August 2019):{{cite journal|title=Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)|journal=Airliner World|issue=October 2019|page=4}}

• 2 Boeing 737-700
• 5 De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

• 4 further De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter{{cite journal|title=Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)|journal=Airliner World|issue=October 2018|page=4}}

• Gazpromavia, an airline based in Moscow, Russia that operates passenger and cargo charters, mainly in support of the oil and gas industry

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