Bural was an

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based in

Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude (; bua, Улаан-Үдэ, , ; russian: Улан-Удэ, p=ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ; mn, Улаан-Үд, , ) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence wi ...

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. It operated trunk and regional passenger services. Its main base was

Ulan-Ude Airport Baikal International Airport (russian: link=no, Международный аэропорт "Байкал", ''Mezhdunarodnyy aeroport "Baykal"''), formerly Ulan-Ude Airport (russian: link=no, Аэропорт Улан-Удэ, ''Aeroport Ulan-U ...

History

The airline was established in 1933 as Buryatia Air Enterprise. It became independent in 1993 and was formerly known as Buryatia Airlines. Since 2002, the airline has curtailed its operations including services to Moscow-Domodedovo; and retiring many of its aircraft including Tu-154M, Il-62M, L-410 and An-26, due to large financial losses. The airline went defunct in 2017, due to failure to follow the laws in the technical service of the aircraft. The regional flights across Buryatia to Taksimo and Nizhneangarsk were served by

Angara Airlines JSC Angara Airlines (russian: ЗАО «Авиакомпания «Ангара») is an airline based in Irkutsk, Russia. Overview Established in 2000, it operates on behalf of its owner, the Irkut Corporation aircraft repair factory out of Ir ...

instead.

Fleet

The Bural fleet included the following aircraft in August 2015:

Destinations

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Bagdarin Bagdarin (russian: Багдари́н) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Bauntovsky Evenkiysky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Vitim Plateau. Population: Geography The village is lo ...

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Bagdarin Airport Bagdarin Airport serves Bagdarin, Russia. History The airport was made in the tie of the Soviet Union time. In 1992 the airport was half closed. In 2007 it was closed due to money loss of Bural. In 2013 the airport was re-opened, when PANH ope ...

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...

Irkutsk Airport Irkutsk International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Иркутск) is an international airport on the outskirts of Irkutsk, Russia, at a distance of 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Lake Baikal. Operations The ai ...

Kyzyl Kyzyl (; Tuvan and russian: Кызыл; , ) is the capital city of the republic of Tuva, Russia. The name of the city means "red" or "crimson" in Tuvan (and in many other Turkic languages). Its population was History The city was founded in 1 ...

Kyzyl Airport Kyzyl Airport (russian: Аэропорт Кызыл) serves Kyzyl, the capital of the Tyva Republic (Tuva) in the Russian Federation. The airport is located 6 km southwest of the city center. The base is home the 32nd Independent Composit ...

(operated for

Center-South Center-South (:ru:Центр-Юг (авиакомпания), «Центр-Юг», ''"Tsentr-Yug"'') was a Russian passenger airline based in Belgorod. History In early 2014 the airline received the first of two Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, wh ...

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Nizhneangarsk Nizhneangarsk (russian: Нижнеанга́рск; bxr, Доодо Ангар, ''Doodo Angar''; mn, Доор Ангар, ''Door Angar'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Severo-Baykalsky District ...

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Nizhneangarsk Airport Nizhneangarsk Airport () is an airport in Russia located 4 km northeast of Nizhneangarsk and 26 km northeast of Severobaykalsk. It is located at the northern tip of Lake Baikal Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozer ...

Taksimo Taksimo (russian: Таксимо́; Buryat and mn, Таксимо, ''Taksimo'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Muysky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Muya River on ...

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Taksimo Airport Taksimo Airport is an airport in Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised t ...

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Codeshares

The airlines has codeshares with: * Centre-South (suspended) *

PANH PANH is an airline based in Ulan-Ude, Russia. It operates trunk and regional passenger services. Its main base is Ulan-Ude Airport. History The airline was established in 2013 as an affiliate of Bural. Fleet The PANH fleet includes the f ...

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Yakutia Airlines Air Company Yakutia (russian: Авиакомпания «Якутия» – ''Aviakompanija «Yakutiya»'') is an airline based in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia. It operates domestic passenger services in Russia and within the Commonwealth of ...

Incidents

1 October 2010 - AN-2 Uakit - Bagdarin - In flight at an altitude of 2,300 meters with very poor weather conditions and too little fuel left, the pilot decided to carry out an emergency landing. Passengers and copilot received injuries of varying severity when leaving the aircraft.

References

Defunct airlines of Russia Airlines established in 1993 Airlines disestablished in 2017 Companies based in Ulan-Ude Former Aeroflot divisions Russian companies established in 1993 {{Russia-airline-stub