Bakhtar Afghan Airlines

Bakhtar Afghan Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
BJ[1]
Founded 1967 (as Bakhtar Alwatana)
Ceased operations 1988 (merged into Ariana Afghan Airlines)
Operating bases Kabul International Airport
Headquarters Afghanistan

Bakhtar Afghan Airlines was an airline from Afghanistan, which offered domestic flights. The company was founded in 1967 as Bakhtar Alwatana, a name it kept until 1985, when it was renamed Bakhtar Afghan Airlines. In 1985 the company absorbed Ariana Afghan Airlines and became Afghanistan's sole airline company.[2] In 1988 the Ariana and Bakhtar brands merged.

Bakhtar Afghan Airlines operated 1 Boeing 727 and 2 McDonnell-Douglas DHC-6.

Destinations

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

In 1975, Bakhtar Afghan Airlines offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:[3]

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

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. Information on Bakhtar Afghan Airlines at the Aviation Safety Network
  2. Flight International. 23 May 1987. 5.
  3. Bakhtar 1975 timetable
  4. Bakhtar 1972 incident at the Aviation Safety Network
  5. Bakhtar 1973 crash at the Aviation Safety Network
  6. Bakhtar 1983 accident at the Aviation Safety Network
  7. 1985 Bakhtar incident at the Aviation Safety Network
  8. 1985 Bakhtar shoot-down incident at the Aviation Safety Network
  9. Bakhtar 1987 shoot-down incident at the Aviation Safety Network

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