Bakhtar Afghan Airlines

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Bakhtar Afghan Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
BM [1] BFOBakhtar
Founded1967 (as Bakhtar Afghan Airlines)
Ceased operations1988 (merged into Ariana Afghan Airlines)
Relaunched in 2020, operating by Ariana Afghan Airlines
Operating bases Kabul International Airport
Headquarters Afghanistan
Website https://bakhtarairline.com/

Bakhtar Afghan Airlines is an airline from Afghanistan, which offers domestic flights. The company was founded in 1967 as Bakhtar Airlines, a name it kept until 1985, when it was renamed Bakhtar Afghan Airlines by Pashtun governments. [ citation needed ] In 1985 the company absorbed Ariana Afghan Airlines and became Afghanistan's sole airline company. [2] In 1988 the Ariana and Bakhtar brands merged. However, the airline relaunched in 2020. [3]

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Destinations

A Boeing 727 of Bakhtar Afghan Airlines at Frankfurt Airport in the late 1980s. Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 Martin-2.jpg
A Boeing 727 of Bakhtar Afghan Airlines at Frankfurt Airport in the late 1980s.

Bakhtar Afghan Airlines offer scheduled flights to the following destinations: [4]

Flights were operated using Yakovlev Yak-40 or de Havilland Twin Otter aircraft.

Accidents and incidents

2020-2021 relaunch

Bakhtar Airlines was relaunched in 2020 for domestic flights. The new company operates a single Boeing 737-500 leased from Ariana Afghan Airlines.

References

  1. 5th Information on Bakhtar Airlines at the Aviation Safety Network
  2. Flight International. 23 May 1987. 5.
  3. Fitri, Khwaja Basir (26 October 2020). "Bakhtar Afghan Airlines back in business" . Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  4. Bakhtar 1975 timetable
  5. Bakhtar 1972 incident at the Aviation Safety Network
  6. Bakhtar 1973 crash at the Aviation Safety Network
  7. Bakhtar 1983 accident at the Aviation Safety Network
  8. 1985 Bakhtar incident at the Aviation Safety Network
  9. 1985 Bakhtar shoot-down incident at the Aviation Safety Network
  10. Bakhtar 1987 shoot-down incident at the Aviation Safety Network

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