BAL Bashkirian Airlines
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Founded | 1991 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | October 11, 1992 | ||||||
Ceased operations | May 2007 | ||||||
Hubs | Ufa International Airport | ||||||
Secondary hubs | Moscow Domodedovo Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 33 | ||||||
Destinations | 18 | ||||||
Headquarters | Ufa, Russia | ||||||
Website | bal |
BAL Bashkirian Airlines (Russian: «Башкирские авиалинии», Baškirskije avialinii, Bashkir: «БАЛ Башҡортостан авиалиниялары», BAL Başqortostan avialiniyaları) was an airline with its head office on the property of Ufa Airport in Ufa, Russia.[2] It operated regional and trunk routes from Ufa and charter services to Europe, Asia and North Africa. The company was founded in 1991 and liquidated in 2007.[3]
History[]
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The airline was founded in 1991, originally set up as an Aeroflot division and was formerly part of the Samara-based .[4] It began to make permanent domestic, foreign connections and charter flights to Cairo, Tunis and Barcelona.
In May 2007, Bashkirian Airlines reported the insolvency of the airline and ceased operations. It had 1,513 employees at the time of its dissolution.
The airline's successor was Air Bashkortostan.
Destinations[]
As of January 2005, BAL Bashkirian Airlines operated the following services:[citation needed]
Country | City | Airport | Notes |
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Armenia | Yerevan | Zvartnots International Airport | Charter |
Azerbaijan | Baku | Heydar Aliyev International Airport | |
Egypt | Cairo | Cairo International Airport | Charter |
Egypt | Hurghada | Hurghada International Airport | Charter |
Egypt | Sharm El Sheikh | Sharm El Sheikh International Airport | Charter |
France | Paris | Charles de Gaulle Airport | |
Netherlands | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | |
Russia | Moscow | Moscow Domodedovo Airport | Hub |
Russia | Nadym | Nadym Airport | |
Russia | Nizhnevartovsk | Nizhnevartovsk Airport | |
Russia | Novy Urengoy | Novy Urengoy Airport | |
Russia | Saint Petersburg | Pulkovo Airport | |
Russia | Surgut | Surgut International Airport | |
Russia | Ufa | Ufa International Airport | Hub |
Spain | Barcelona | Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport | |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | Dushanbe International Airport | |
Turkey | Istanbul | Istanbul Atatürk Airport | |
Tunisia | Tunis | Tunis–Carthage International Airport | Charter |
Fleet[]
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The BAL Bashkirian Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[citation needed]
Aircraft | Total | Passengers | Notes |
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Antonov An-24B | 3 | 50 | |
Antonov An-24RV | 2 | — | |
Antonov An-74 | 4 | 52 | |
Mil Mi-8 | 1 | 24 | [5] |
Mil Mi-34 | 1 | 4 | [6] |
Tupolev Tu-134A | 5 | 84 | |
Tupolev Tu-154B | 3 | — | |
Tupolev Tu-154M | 14 | — | One was involved in the crash of Flight 2937 |
Accidents and incidents[]
- 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision: On July 1, 2002, Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154M (registered as RA-85816) was on a charter flight from Moscow, Russia to Barcelona, Spain. The plane was flying over southern Germany when it collided with a DHL Boeing 757-200PF, flying from Bergamo, Italy, to Brussels, Belgium, over the city of Überlingen near the German-Swiss border. The DHL plane’s tail slammed into the fuselage of the Tupolev Tu-154. The collision killed the 2 crew members on board the Boeing 757, and all 69 passengers and crew on the Tupolev, mostly Russian schoolchildren from Bashkortostan on a vacation, organized by the local UNESCO committee, to the Costa Dorada region of Spain.[7]
References[]
- ^ Airline Codes
- ^ Bashkirian Airlines v. Federal Republic of Germany (in German). District Court of Kostanz. Retrieved on September 11, 2011. "BASHKIRIAN AIRLINES vertreten durch d. Generaldirektoren Flughafen d. Stadt UFA, Russische Föderation, 450056 Russland-UFA"
- ^ Information about Bashkirskie Avialinii at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Klee, Ulrich & Bucher, Frank u. a.: jp airline-fleets international 2005/06. Zürich-Airport 2005, S. 542.
- ^ "Bashkirian Airlines Mi-8".
- ^ "Bashkirian Airlines Mi-34". Jetphotos net. Retrieved September 22, 2006.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
External links[]
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- bal.ufanet.ru (Archive, 1999-2001)
- aircompanybal.ru (Archive) (in Russian)
- bal.ufanet.ru (Archive) (in Russian)
- "Russian airline's 'good safety record'," BBC
- Defunct airlines of Russia
- Airlines established in 1991
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- Companies based in Ufa
- 2007 disestablishments in Russia
- Russian companies established in 1991