Bouraq Indonesia Airlines

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Bouraq Indonesia Airlines
Bouraq Airlines logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
BOBOUBOURAQ [1]
Founded1970
Ceased operations25 July 2005
Hubs Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport
Juanda International Airport
Subsidiaries Bali Air
Fleet size70
Destinations10+
Headquarters Jakarta, Indonesia
Key peopleJarry Albert Sumendap (owner)

Bouraq Indonesia Airlines, branded sometimes as Bouraq Airlines or Bouraq, was an airline headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, which operated mostly domestic passenger flights out of its bases at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport.

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History

A Bouraq Indonesia Airlines Boeing 707 at Singapore International Airport in 1978. Bouraq Indonesia Airlines Boeing 707-138B Green.jpg
A Bouraq Indonesia Airlines Boeing 707 at Singapore International Airport in 1978.

Bouraq Indonesia Airlines was established in 1970 as a privately owned company by Jarry Albert Sumendap, and it stayed in the possession of his family ever since. [2] It was named for al-Buraq, a flying horse in Muslim tradition. Bali Air was another airline owned by Sumendap, which was co-operating with Bouraq. Initially the airline operated Douglas DC-3s. From 1973 the turboprop Hawker Siddeley HS 748 was introduced on Bouraq services.

Both airlines were shut down in 2005 after prolonged financial problems. The last scheduled Bouraq flight took place in July 2005. The airline licence was later revoked in 2007. [3]

Destinations

During the 1980s

At that time, Bouraq Airlines offered scheduled flights to the following destinations: [4] [5]

During the 2000s

Prior to the airline closure, the network had been reduced compared to the 1980s, due to the rising financial problems. In late 2004, Bouraq served the following destinations: [6]

Fleet

A Boeing 737-200 of Bouraq at Changi Airport in 2004. Bouraq Boeing 737-200 TTT.jpg
A Boeing 737-200 of Bouraq at Changi Airport in 2004.

Over the years, Bouraq Indonesia Airlines operated the following aircraft types: [7] [8]

AircraftIntroducedRetired
Aérospatiale N 262
1975
1976
Boeing 707
1978
1979
Boeing 737-200
1993
2005
BAC One-Eleven
Douglas DC-3
1970
1985
Fokker F28 Fellowship
Hawker Siddeley HS 748
1973
2000
McDonnell Douglas MD-82
2002
2005
NAMC YS-11
1971
1978
Vickers Viscount
1980
1990s

Accidents and incidents

Fatal

Non-fatal

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References

  1. Airline Codes
  2. Flight International 27 March 2007
  3. List of past and present airline of Indonesia at airlineupdate.com Archived June 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Bouraq June 1984 route map at timetableimages.com
  5. Bouraq November 1985 route map at timetableimages.com
  6. June 2004 archived version of the official Bouraq Indonesia Airlines website
  7. Fleet information of Bouraq Indonesia Airlines provided by the Aero Transport Data Bank
  8. Boeing and McDonnell Douglas fleet of Bouraq Indonesia Airlines at airfleets.net
  9. 1980 Bouraq crash at the Aviation Safety Network
  10. Bouraq 1993 crash at the Aviation Safety Network
  11. 1995 Bouraq crash at the Aviation Safety Network
  12. Bouraq 1976 incident at the Aviation Safety Network
  13. 1977 Bouraq incident at the Aviation Safety Network
  14. Bouraq 1982 incident at the Aviation Safety Network
  15. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
  16. Bouraq 1989 incident at the Aviation Safety Network
  17. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  18. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  19. Bouraq 1996 incident at the Aviation Safety Network