Air Bashkortostan

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Air Bashkortostan
Авиакомпания «Башкортостан»
Air Bashkortostan logo.png
IATA
ZU
ICAO
BBT
Callsign
AGYDAL
Founded 2006
Hubs Ufa Airport
Fleet size 2
Parent company VIM Airlines (74%)
Headquarters Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia
Website airbashkortostan.ru
An Ireland-registered Boeing 757–200 in Air Bashkortostan livery on short final to Domodedovo International Airport in 2007.

LLC Air Bashkortostan (Russian: ООО «Авиакомпания «Башкортостан») is an airline based in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. It operates scheduled flights and charters between its base at Ufa International Airport and Moscow Domodedovo Airport on flights operated by VIM Airlines with their aircraft.[1][2]

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History [edit]

The airline started operations on April 10, 2006.[3] It is owned by VIM Airlines (74%) and the government of Bashkortostan (26%) and has 101 employees (at March 2007).[2]

In 2010 the airline decided to venture into aerial imaging so put into operation one Diamond DN-42 aircraft specially equipped for this purpose[4]

Fleet [edit]

The Air Bashkortostan fleet includes the following aircraft (as of November 2012):[5]

Air Bashkortostan Fleet
Aircraft In fleet Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 757-200 1 220 operated by VIM Airlines, to be returned
Diamond DA42 NG 1 3 Aerial works, equipped with specialist imaging devices[4]

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External links [edit]

Homepage (Russian) – http://airbashkortostan.ru