Ak Bars Aero

OJSC Ak Bars Aero (Russian: ОАО «Ак Барс Аэро»), formerly OJSC Bugulma Air Enterprise (Russian: ОАО «Бугульминское авиапредприятие»), was an airline with its head office at Bugulma Airport in Bugulma, Russia.[1] It operated regional scheduled and charter passenger services. Its main base was Bugulma Airport.[2]

Ak Bars Aero
Ак Барс Аэро
IATA ICAO Callsign
2B BGM BUGAVIA
Founded10 July 1953 (as Bugulminskoe Aviapredpriyatie)
Commenced operations2010
Ceased operations12 January 2015
HubsBugulma Airport
Secondary hubsKazan International Airport
Parent companyAk Bars Holdings
HeadquartersBugulma Airport
Bugulma, Russia

Due to financial difficulties, the airline filed for bankruptcy and suspended scheduled passenger services from 12 January 2015 and planned to lease its fleet of 15 CRJ-200 aircraft to other airlines.[3][4][5]

History

The airline was formed in 1993 as Bugulma Air Enterprise from the former Aeroflot division based at Bugulma. The airline was renamed Ak Bars Aero in 2010.[3]

Destinations

As of February 2014, AK Bars Aero operated to the following destinations:[6]

International destinations
 Azerbaijan
 Ukraine

Domestic destinations
Astrakhan Oblast
Bashkortostan
Belgorod Oblast
Chuvashia
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Krasnodar Krai
  • Sochi – Adler-Sochi International Airport
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kirov Oblast
Kursk Oblast
Mari El
Mordovia
Moscow / Moscow Oblast
  • Moscow – Domodedovo International Airport (secondary hub)
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Novosibirsk Oblast
Penza Oblast
Perm Krai
  • Perm – Bolshoye Savino Airport
Rostov Oblast
Samara Oblast
Saratov Oblast
St Petersburg / Leningrad Oblast
  • St Petersburg – Pulkovo International Airport
Stavropol Krai
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Tatarstan
Tyumen Oblast
Ulyanovsk Oblast

Fleet

The Bugulma Air Enterprise fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2012)

Fixed-wing aircraft fleet
AircraftIn fleetOrdersPassengersRoleNotes
Bombardier CRJ2001650Scheduled/
charter
Bombardier Challenger 6001—11VIP charter
Yakovlev Yak-4010—11–14VIP charter3 more stored. Two to be updated with GPWS, others to be retired as non-compliant to current law.

Helicopter fleet
AircraftIn fleetOrdersPassengersNotes
Bell 407unknown1[12]6
Eurocopter EC135—1[12]TBA
Mil Mi-8unknown—24
Robinson R44unknown2[12]3[13]

References
  1. "Main Archived 5 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine." Ak Bars Aero. Retrieved on 20 November 2013. "Bugulma, Airport" (in field in bottom of page where street address would be) – Address in Russian Archived 27 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine: "г. Казань, Аэропорт"
  2. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 90.
  3. "AK Bars Aero Suspends Flights". Airliner World: 10. March 2015.
  4. Информация для пассажиров и партнеров АК БАРС АЭРО (in Russian). Ak Bars Aero. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  5. "New Carrier for Tatarstan". Airliner World: 8. July 2015.
  6. AK Bars Official timetable Updated 04.02.2014 Archived 15 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Авиакомпания "Ак Барс Аэро" начинает реализацию рейса Казань – Баку". Trend News Agency. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  8. "В аэропорту "Казань" открыли новый авиарейс в Курск". РосБизнесКонсалтинг. 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  9. Магасумова, Роза (3 September 2013). "Аэропорт "Нижний Новгород" открывает прямые рейсы на Ростов-на-Дону". БИЗНЕС-ТАСС. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  10. Плохотниченко, Юрий (23 October 2012). ""Ак Барс Аэро" хочет открыть рейс Сочи – Ростов – Нижний Новгород". TRAVEL.RU. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  11. "НОВЫЕ РЕЙСЫ ИЗ САМАРЫ". АвиаПорт.Ru. 31 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  12. Aviaport digest
  13. AK Bars Aero official website Archived 5 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine


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