BAL Bashkirian Airlines is an airline based in Ufa, Russia. It operates regional and trunk routes from Ufa and has added charter services to Europe, Asia and North Africa. The word airline can also have these meanings: see Airline (disambiguation). ... Ufas coat of arms Ufa city(view from Yakutov park) Monument of Friendship between Bashkiria and Russia Salavat Yulaev - a Bashkir national hero A mosque in Ufa. ... World map showing Europe (geographically) When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Jump to: navigation, search World map showing Asia (geographically) Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia and worlds largest continent. ... North Africa is a region generally considered to include: Algeria Egypt Libya Mauritania Morocco Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara The Azores, Canary Islands, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Madeira are sometimes considered to be a part of North Africa. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: V9
• ICAO Code: BTC
• Callsign: Bashkirian

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History

The airline was originally set up as an Aeroflot division and was formerly part of Samara-based Aerovolga. It has 1513 employees. Aeroflot — Russian Airlines (Russian:Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии), or Aeroflot (Аэрофло́т) , is the Russian national airline and is the biggest carrier in Russia. ... Samara (fruit) — a type of winged tree fruit Samara, Russia — a large city to the east of the Volga River. ...

Services

BAL Bashkirian Airlines operates the following services (at January 2005): Jump to: navigation, search 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Moscow, Nadym, Nizhnevartovsk, Novy Urengoy, St Petersburg, Surgut and Ufa.

• International scheduled destinations: Baku, Dushanbe, Istanbul and Yerevan.

Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Nadym (Russian:Надым) is a town in Russia, on the Nadym River. ... Nizhnevartovsk (Нижнева́ртовск), is a town in Khantia-Mansia, Russia. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Surgut (Сургу́т) is a city in Russia, the largest city in the autonomous district of Khantia-Mansia. ... Ufas coat of arms Ufa city(view from Yakutov park) Monument of Friendship between Bashkiria and Russia Salavat Yulaev - a Bashkir national hero A mosque in Ufa. ... Baku (Azeri: Bakı, Russian: Баку) is the capital of Azerbaijan. ... Dushanbe Dushanbe (Душанбе), population of more than 536,000 people (2000 census), is the capital of Tajikistan. ... Shows the Location of the Province Ä°stanbul Istanbul (Turkish: Ä°stanbul; a contraction of Greek εις την πολιν into the city, the former Constantinople, Κωνσταντινούπολις) is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ... Jump to: navigation, search Evening shot of Republic Square, located at the heart of the city. ...

Fleet

The BAL Bashkirian Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005):

• 3 Tupolev Tu-134A
• 7 Tupolev Tu-154M

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External Links

• BAL Bashkirian Airlines