BAL Bashkirian Airlines
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| Founded | 1991 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | April 2007 | ||||||
| Hubs | Ufa International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Moscow Domodedovo Airport | ||||||
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| Destinations | 19 | ||||||
| Parent company | Government of Bashkortostan (100%) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Ufa International Airport, Ufa, Russia | ||||||
| Website | bal.ufanet.ru | ||||||
BAL Bashkirian Airlines (Russian: «Башкирские авиалинии»; Bashkir: БАЛ Башҡортостан авиалиниялары, romanized: BAL Başqortostan Avialiniyaları) was an airline which operated at its head office at Ufa International Airport in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.[1] It operated regional and trunk routes within Russia, as well as charter services to Europe, Asia and North Africa. The company was founded in 1991 and liquidated in 2007.[2]
History
The airline was founded in 1991, originally set up as an Aeroflot division and was formerly part of the Samara-based Aerovolga.[3] It began to make permanent domestic and foreign connections and charter flights to Cairo, Tunis and Barcelona.
In October 2006, the airline lost its air operator's certificate after intense security renovations with the Ministry of Transport.[4] In April 2007, Bashkirian Airlines filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations.[5] It had 1,513 employees at the time of its dissolution.
Destinations
Bashkirian Airlines operated the following services:
Fleet
Bashkirian Airlines consisted of the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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| Antonov An-2TP | 1 | 1992 | 1999 | |
| Antonov An-24B | 6 | 1993 | 2001 | |
| Antonov An-24RV | 4 | 1994 | 2001 | |
| Antonov An-28 | 6 | 1992 | 1997 | |
| Antonov An-74 | 5 | 1997 | 2005 | |
| Mil Mi-8T | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Mil Mi-34 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Tupolev Tu-134A | 10 | 1993 | 2005 | |
| Tupolev Tu-154B | 10 | 1994 | 2007 | |
| Tupolev Tu-154M | 13 | One crashed as Flight 2937 | ||
Accident
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 International 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.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Airliner World, February 2007
- ↑ "BAL – Bashkirian Airlines News Update". Ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
- ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
External links
- bal.ufanet.ru (Archive, 1999–2001)
- aircompanybal.ru (Archive) (in Russian)
- bal.ufanet.ru (Archive) (in Russian)
- "Russian airline's 'good safety record'," BBC