British Gulf International Airlines

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British Gulf International Company LTD.
IATA ICAO Callsign
-BGIBRITISH GULF
Founded1996
Hubs Sharjah International Airport
Fleet size5
Headquarters São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
Key peopleAndrei Khamkov (General Manager)
Website http://www.britishgulf.com

British Gulf International Co. LTD [1] was a cargo airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates and operating from Sharjah and Dubai. Its main base is Sharjah International Airport, with a hub at Dubai International Airport. [2]

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History

The company was established and started operations in July 1996 in Sharjah, UAE.

British Gulf lost one of its Russian built AN-12 cargo planes on 13 November 2008 in Iraq.

As from November 2009, the company is included in the list of airlines banned within the European Union. [3]

With the temporary 2009 ban on AN-12 operations within the UAE economic area made permanent one year later, [4] the fate of British Gulf was in doubt. As of late 2012 the company's web presence is gone and some of the aircraft fleet are stored at Rivne in Ukraine. [5]

Fleet

The British Gulf International Co. LTD fleet includes the following aircraft:

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References

  1. British Gulf International Co. LTD 28 May 2007
  2. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-03-27. p. 89.
  3. "List of airlines banned within the EU" (PDF). European Commission / Transport.
  4. T Ramavarnan. "UAE Bans Antopnov AN-12". Khaleej Times.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. "MyAviation.net - Aviation Photo Gallery". Archived from the original on 21 February 2013.