Bashkirian Airlines
| Bashkirian Airlines | |
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| IATA code : | V9 |
| ICAO code : | BTC |
| Call sign : | Bashkirian |
| Founding: | 1991 |
| Operation stopped: | 2007 |
| Seat: | Ufa , Bashkortostan |
| Fleet size: | 12 |
| Aims: | national and European goals |
| Bashkirian Airlines ceased operations in 2007. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
The Bashkirian Airlines (short: Bal ) was a Russian airline based in Ufa .
history
Originally, Bashkirian Airlines was founded as a sister company of Aeroflot . The airline operated domestic flights between Moscow , Nadym , Nizhnevartovsk , Novy Urengoy , Saint Petersburg , Surgut and Ufa. International destinations were Baku , Dushanbe , Hurghada , Istanbul and Yerevan . In 2006 the Russian flight safety authority FTOA withdrew the airline's flight license and only restored it after safety overhauls on the aircraft. In May 2007, however, Bashkirian Airlines filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations. Before the bankruptcy, 1513 employees were employed.
fleet
Most recently Bashkirian Airlines operated with the following fleet:
- 2 Tupolev Tu-154M (one of which is leased)
Furthermore, ten aircraft were shut down:
Incidents
Bashkirian Airlines was in the public interest with flight 2937 in 2002 when a Tupolev Tu-154M of the airline collided with a Boeing 757-200 of DHL in German airspace over Überlingen on Lake Constance . 71 people were killed.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klee, Ulrich & Bucher, Frank et al .: jp airline-fleets international 2005/06 . Zurich Airport 2005, p. 542.
- ↑ BAL Bashkirian Airlines - ch-aviation.ch (June 5, 2009) ( Memento of October 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b aerotransport.org: Bashkirian Airlines fleet March 11, 2008.