Bural

Bural is an airline based in Ulan-Ude, Russia. It operates trunk and regional passenger services. Its main base is Ulan-Ude Airport.^[1]

Buryat Airlines Antonov An-24RV

History

The airline was established in 1933 as Buryatia Air Enterprise. It became independent in 1993 and was formerly known as Buryatia Airlines.^[1] 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.

Fleet

The Bural fleet includes the following aircraft (at July 2012):^[1]

• 4 Antonov An-2
• 4 Antonov An-24
• 5 Mil Mi-8T

Retired fleet:

• Tupolev Tu-154M
• Ilyushin Il-62M
• Antonov An-26
• Let L-410

Destinations

 Russia

• • Bagdarin — Bagdarin Airport
  • Kyzyl - Kyzyl Airport
  • Nizhneangarsk — Nizhneangarsk Airport
  • Taksimo — Taksimo Airport
  • Ulan-Ude — Ulan-Ude Airport Main hub
  • Irkutsk - Irkutsk Airport

Terminated destinations

• China
  • Manzhouli - Manzhouli Xijiao Airport
• Russia
  • Moscow: Domodedovo International Airport
  • Buryatia: Kyakhta (Kyalhta Airport), Zakamensk (Zakamensk Airport)

Codeshares

The airlines has codeshares with:

• PANH (as affiliate)

Incidents

October 1, 2010 - AN-2 Uakit - Bagdarin - In flight at an altitude of 2300 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.^[2]

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