Buraq Air البراق
IATA UZ	ICAO BRQ	Callsign Buraqair
Founded		2000
Hubs		Mitiga Airport Benina International Airport
Focus cities / secondary hubs		Benghazi (Benina International Airport)
Fleet size		18
Destinations		6
Headquarters		Tripoli, Libya
Key people		Mohamed Bubeida (Chairman)
Website: http://www.buraqair.com/

Buraq Air is an airline based in Tripoli, Libya. It operates domestic scheduled and charter services. Its name comes from the buraq, a legendary creature in Islamic mythology. The airline's hub is Tripoli-Mitiga airport, which, although smaller than Tripoli International Airport, is much closer to the city centre of Tripoli. Image File history File links Buraqair_logo. ... IATA airline designators are two-letter codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... What is an E-Hub? An Cargo hub is an [Warehouse] that an Transporter, Airline and Shipping Line uses as a transfer point to get Cargo to their intended destination. ... Benina International Airport (IATA: BEN, ICAO: HLLB) (Arabic: مطار بنينة الدولي) serves Benghazi, Libya. ... In the airline industry, a focus city is a location that is not a hub, but from which the airline has flights to at least several destinations other than its hubs. ... Benghazi (Arabic بنغازي, transliterated BanġāzÄ«) is a seaport in Libya, Africa. ... Benina International Airport (IATA: BEN, ICAO: HLLB) (Arabic: مطار بنينة الدولي) serves Benghazi, Libya. ... Tripoli Tripoli (population 1. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Tripoli (population 1 million, Arabic: Ţarabulus) is the capital of Libya. ... Buraq, mistakenly described as Mohammeds horse, was a creature described as being part griffin, eagle and horse. ... Islamic mythology is a body of mythology developed in Islamic cultures, it should be distinguished from Islamic beliefs. ... Tripoli International Airport (IATA: TIP, ICAO: HLLT) (Arabic: مطار طرابلس العالمي) serves Tripoli, Libya. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: UZ
• ICAO Code: BRQ
• Callsign: Buraqair

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History

The airline was established and started operations in November 2000. It is Libya's first and only privately owned airline. Buraq Air is seeking to expand with 4 proposed routes to Europe and 5 to the Middle East (ref: Airliner World, April 2005). This article is about the year 2000. ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...

Services

Buraq Air operates the following services (at June 2006): 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Benghazi, Misurata and Mitiga (Tripoli).

• International scheduled destinations: Aleppo, Istanbul and Rabat.

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Fleet

The Buraq Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2006):

• 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-83
• 1 British Aerospace Jet Stream 32
• 2 Boeing 737-200
• 3 Boeing 727-200
• 3 Let L-410 UVP-E

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• 1 Boeing 747-200B (leased)
• 3 Ilyushin Il-76MD
• 3 Ilyushin Il-76TD
• 1 Antonov An-12

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It should be noted that some of Buraq's fleet (though not all of it) recently appeared on the list of unsafe airlines publised by the EU. It has now, however, been withdrawn from the blacklist because it no longer conducts the cargo activity which led to its original inclusion [1].

External links

• Buraq Air