BAL – Bashkirian Airlines (russian: «Башкирские авиалинии», ba, «БАЛ Башҡортостан авиалиниялары») was an

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with its head office on the property of

Ufa International Airport Ufa International Airport (russian: Международный аэропорт Уфа, ''Mezhdunarodnyy aeroport Ufa'', ba, Өфө халыҡ-ара аэропорты, ) is the primary airport serving Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, Russi ...

Ufa Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital city, capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya River (Kama), Belaya and Ufa River, Ufa rivers, in the centre-n ...

, Russia. 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.

History

The airline was founded in 1991, originally set up as an

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division and was formerly part of the

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-based Aerovolga. It began to make permanent domestic, foreign connections and charter flights to Cairo, Tunis and Barcelona. In October 2006, the airline lost its

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after intense security renovations. In April 2007, Bashkirian Airlines reported the insolvency of the airline and ceased operations. It had 1,513 employees at the time of its dissolution.

Destinations

As of January 2005, Bashkirian Airlines operated the following services:

Fleet

The Bashkirian Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

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

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, flying from Bergamo, Italy, to Brussels, Belgium, over the city of

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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 The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик� ...

on a vacation, organized by the local

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committee, to the Costa Dorada region of Spain.

History

Destinations

Fleet

Accidents and incidents

See also

See also