BAL Bashkirian Airlines (; ) was an airline which operated at its head office at Ufa International Airport in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.Bashkirian Airlines v. Federal Republic of Germany . District Court of Kostanz. Retrieved on September 11, 2011. "BASHKIRIAN AIRLINES vertreten durch d. Generaldirektoren Flughafen d. Stadt UFA, Russische Föderation, 450056 Russland-UFA" 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.Information about Bashkirskie Avialinii at the Aviation Safety Network
History The airline was founded in 1991, originally set up as an Aeroflot division and was formerly part of the Samara-based Aerovolga.Klee, Ulrich & Bucher, Frank u. a.: jp airline-fleets international 2005/06. Zürich-Airport 2005, S. 542. 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.Airliner World, February 2007 In April 2007, Bashkirian Airlines filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations. It had 1,513 employees at the time of its dissolution.
Destinations Bashkirian Airlines operated the following services:
CountryCityAirportNotesArmeniaYerevanZvartnots International AirportAzerbaijanBakuHeydar Aliyev International AirportEgyptCairoCairo International AirportHurghadaHurghada International AirportSharm El SheikhSharm El Sheikh International AirportFranceParisCharles de Gaulle AirportNetherlandsAmsterdamAmsterdam Airport Schiphol RussiaMoscowMoscow Domodedovo AirportNadymNadym AirportNizhnevartovskNizhnevartovsk AirportNovy UrengoyNovy Urengoy AirportSaint PetersburgPulkovo AirportSamaraKurumoch International AirportSurgutSurgut International AirportUfaUfa International AirportSpainBarcelonaJosep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat AirportTajikistanDushanbeDushanbe International AirportTunisiaTunisTunis–Carthage International AirportTurkeyIstanbulIstanbul Atatürk Airport
Fleet
Bashkirian Airlines consisted of the following aircraft:
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotesAntonov An-2TP119921999Antonov An-24B619932001Antonov An-24RV419942001Antonov An-28619921997Antonov An-74519972005Mil Mi-8T1Mil Mi-341Tupolev Tu-134A1019932005Tupolev Tu-154B1019942007Tupolev Tu-154M13One 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.
See also List of defunct airlines of Russia
References
External links
bal.ufanet.ru (Archive, 1999–2001) aircompanybal.ru (Archive) bal.ufanet.ru (Archive) "Russian airline's 'good safety record'," BBC