Bural was an

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based in

Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude (; , ; , ) is the capital city of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River, Buryatia, Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga River, Selenga. According to the Russian Census (2021), 2021 Census, 43 ...

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. It operated trunk and regional passenger services. Its main base was

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History

The airline was established in 1933 as Buryatia Air Enterprise. It became independent from state control in 1993 and was formerly known as Buryatia Airlines. 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. The airline went defunct in 2017, due to failure to follow the laws in the technical service of the aircraft. The regional flights across Buryatia to Taksimo and Nizhneangarsk were served by

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instead.

Fleet

The Bural fleet included the following aircraft in August 2015:

Destinations

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Bagdarin Bagdarin (; Buryat: Сагаан Уула, ''Sagaan Uula''), is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Bauntovsky Evenkiysky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Rus ...

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Bagdarin Airport Bagdarin Airport serves Bagdarin, Russia. History Bagdarin Airport () was opened in October 1967 during the time of the Soviet Union. Initially, services were offered by Aeroflot. From 1968, Buryatia Airlines operated flights from the airport. ...

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and , ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 Irkutsk is the List of cities and towns in Russ ...

Irkutsk Airport Irkutsk International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Иркутск) is an international airport on the outskirts of Irkutsk, Russia, at a distance of 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Lake Baikal. Operations The air ...

Kyzyl Kyzyl ( ) is the capital city of the Republic of Tuva within the Russian Federation. Kyzyl's population is approximately History The city was founded in 1914 as Belotsarsk. It was renamed Hem-Beldir from 1918 to 1926. When the city was the ca ...

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(operated for Center-South to Moscow) * Nizhneangarsk —

Nizhneangarsk Airport Nizhneangarsk Airport () is an airport in Russia located northeast of Nizhneangarsk and northeast of Severobaykalsk. It is located at the northern tip of Lake Baikal. It handles small transport aircraft and has a well-maintained runway. Airli ...

Taksimo Taksimo (; Buryat and , ''Taksimo'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Muysky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Muya River on the Muysk Plateau in the far northeast of th ...

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Taksimo Airport Taksimo Airport is an airport in Russia located 3 km northeast of Taksimo Taksimo (; Buryat and , ''Taksimo'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Muysky District of the Republic of Buryatia, ...

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Hub

Codeshares

The airlines has codeshares with: *

Centre-South Center-South (:ru:Центр-Юг (авиакомпания), «Центр-Юг», ''"Tsentr-Yug"'') was a Russian passenger airline based in Belgorod. History In early 2014, the airline received the first of two Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, ...

(suspended) * PANH (as affiliate) *

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Incidents

1 October 2010 - AN-2 Uakit - Bagdarin - In flight at an altitude of 2,300 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.

References

Defunct airlines of Russia Airlines established in 1993 Airlines disestablished in 2017 Companies based in Ulan-Ude Former Aeroflot divisions Russian companies established in 1993 {{Russia-airline-stub