Buta Airways

Buta Airways
Founded December 2016
Commenced operations 1 September 2017
Hubs Heydar Aliyev International Airport
Frequent-flyer program AZAL-Miles
Fleet size 7
Destinations 11
Parent company Azerbaijan Airlines
Headquarters Baku, Azerbaijan
Website www.butaairways.az/en/

Buta Airways is an Azerbaijani low-cost virtual carrier, headquartered in Baku, with its primary operational base at Heydar Aliyev International Airport. It is a fully owned subsidiary of Azerbaijan Airlines.

History

In December 2016 it was announced that Azerbaijan Airlines would set up its own in-house, low-cost airline named AZALJet. After a year of operation, it was decided that AZALJet would be replaced by a new airline named Buta Airways, which would have fleet of two Embraer aircraft in its own livery, operated by its own staff and with an independent tariff policy.[1]

On 2 June 2017, the airline's livery and logo were approved. The logo reflects the symbolism of the mythological sacred bird Simurg, represented in the form of the Azerbaijani ornament buta. On the aircraft's aft and forward section, buta patterns are drawn in blue, which represents the airline's ties with Azerbaijan Airlines, and also in a bright red, which refers to Azerbaijan’s flag.[2]

Destinations

As of July 2017, Buta Airways plans to fly to 11 destinations, in 7 countries.

Fleet

Buta Airways Embraer 190 taking off at Kiev-Zhuliany

As of August 2017, the Buta Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft:[3]

Buta Airways fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
Embraer 190 6 2[4] 106
Total 6 2

References

  1. ↑ "National low-cost carrier BUTA AIRWAYS will be established in Azerbaijan". azal.az. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "BUTA AIRWAYS livery and logo approved". azal.az. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "fleet". butaairways.az. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. ↑ https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/70198-azerbaijans-buta-airways-transitions-to-all-emb-190-fleet
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