BAL Bashkirian Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
V9 BTC BASHKIRIAN
Founded1991
Ceased operationsApril 2007
HubsUfa International Airport
Frequent-flyer programBAL+
Fleet size21
Destinations19
HeadquartersUfa International Airport, Ufa, Russia
Employees1,513 (2007)
Websitebal.ufanet.ru

BAL – Bashkirian Airlines (Russian: «Башкирские авиалинии», Bashkir: БАЛ Башҡортостан авиалиниялары, romanized: BAL Bashqortostan Avialiniyaları) was an airline which operated at its head office at Ufa International Airport in Ufa, Russia.[1] 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.[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, 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

A Bashkirian Antonov An-24 parked at Ufa International Airport in 1994

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

Country City Airport Notes
 ArmeniaYerevanZvartnots International AirportCharter
 AzerbaijanBakuHeydar Aliyev International Airport
 EgyptCairoCairo International AirportCharter
HurghadaHurghada International AirportCharter
Sharm El SheikhSharm El Sheikh International AirportCharter
 FranceParisCharles de Gaulle Airport
 NetherlandsAmsterdamAmsterdam Airport Schiphol
 RussiaMoscowMoscow Domodedovo Airport
NadymNadym Airport
NizhnevartovskNizhnevartovsk Airport
Novy UrengoyNovy Urengoy Airport
Saint PetersburgPulkovo Airport
SamaraKurumoch International Airport
SurgutSurgut International Airport
UfaUfa International AirportHub
 SpainBarcelonaJosep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport
 TajikistanDushanbeDushanbe International Airport
 TunisiaTunisTunis–Carthage International AirportCharter
 TurkeyIstanbulIstanbul Atatürk Airport

Fleet

A Bashkirian Tupolev Tu-154M at Surgut International Airport in 2005

The Bashkirian Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[6]

Bashkirian Airlines fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
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[7] 1 Un­known Un­known
Mil Mi-34[8] 1 Un­known Un­known
Tupolev Tu-134A 10 1993 2005
Tupolev Tu-154B 10 1994 2007
Tupolev Tu-154M 13 One crashed as Flight 2937

Accidents and incidents

2002 Mid-air collision
  • 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 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.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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"
  2. ↑ Information about Bashkirskie Avialinii at the Aviation Safety Network
  3. ↑ Klee, Ulrich & Bucher, Frank u. a.: jp airline-fleets international 2005/06. Zürich-Airport 2005, S. 542.
  4. ↑ Airliner World, February 2007
  5. ↑ "BAL – Bashkirian Airlines News Update". Ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
  6. ↑ "Bashkirskie Avialinii". Rzjets.net.
  7. ↑ "Bashkirian Airlines Mi-8".
  8. ↑ "Bashkirian Airlines Mi-34". Jetphotos net. Retrieved 22 September 2006.
  9. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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