Air Bashkortostan, LLC (russian: ООО «Авиакомпания «Башкортостан») was an

airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines for ...

based in

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

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

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. It operated scheduled flights and charters between its base at

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 ...

and

Moscow Domodedovo Airport Domodedovo Airport ( rus, links=no, Домодедово аэропорт, p=dəmɐˈdʲɛdəvə) (IATA: DME, ICAO: UUDD), formally Domodedovo Mikhail Lomonosov International Airport, is an international airport serving Moscow, the capital of Rus ...

on flights operated by

VIM Airlines VIM Airlines (legally ''VIM Avia'') was a Russian charter airline headquartered in Moscow based at Domodedovo International Airport. It offered international scheduled and charter operations for both passengers and cargo as well as wet lease ser ...

with their aircraft.

History

Air Bashkortostan Boeing 757-200 EI-LTO DME 2007-3-8

Air Bashkortostan was founded in 2006, based from the now defunct

BAL Bashkirian Airlines BAL – Bashkirian Airlines (russian: «Башкирские авиалинии», ba, «БАЛ Башҡортостан авиалиниялары») was an airline with its head office on the property of Ufa International Airport in Ufa, Rus ...

. The airline started operations on April 10, 2006, It was owned by

(74%) and the government of Bashkortostan (26%) and had 101 employees (at March 2007). In 2010 the airline decided to venture into aerial imaging so put into operation one Diamond DA-42 specially equipped for this purpose. In August 2011, the Government of Bashkortostan presented claims to the airline regarding the use of the name "Bashkortostan", arguing that the airline is not a solid enterprise, which undermines the image of the republic. The airline's management refused to consider the possibility of changing the name, as they are sure that its use is not a violation of current legislation On October 1, 2013, the airline has stopped carrying out passenger traffic. Its remaining 3

Boeing 757-200 The Boeing 757 is an American Narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body airliner designed and built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The then-named 7N7, a twinjet successor for the Boeing 727, 727 (a trijet), received its first orders in August 1978. ...

were transferred back to the fleet of

. On October 9, 2013, Air Bashkortostan was closed down by its parent company VIM ahead of the airline's fleet renewal program, its license was annulled by Rosaviatsiahttp://pro.flightglobal.com/news/articles/VIM-Avia-shuts-regional-subsidiary-391673/ On January 10, 2014, the Federal Air Transport Agency canceled the operator's certificate for commercial air transportation No. 490, issued on May 24, 2006.

Fleet

The Air Bashkortostan fleet included the following aircraft (as of December 2013):

History

Fleet

See also

See also