Bural

Bural

IATA ICAO Callsign BU BUN BURAL
Founded	1993
Hubs	Ulan-Ude Airport
Fleet size	13
Parent company	Buryat Airlines Aircompany
Headquarters	Ulan-Ude, Russia

Bural is an airline based in Ulan-Ude, Russia. It operates trunk and regional passenger services. Its main base is Ulan-Ude Airport.

Buryat Airlines Antonov An-24RV

History

The airline was established in 1933 as Buryatia Air Enterprise. It became independent 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.

Fleet

The Bural fleet included the following aircraft in August 2015:

Aircraft type	Active	Orders	Notes
Antonov An-24	1	0
Mil Mi-8T	5	0
Sukhoi Superjet 100	2	15	8 aircraft will be leased from Centre-South and Atlas Jet

Destinations

One of the previousy operated Tupolev Tu-154M in Bural (colours of Buryat flag are still there), which went to East Line Airlines and then to S7 Airlines.

Russia

• Bagdarin — Bagdarin Airport
• Kyzyl - Kyzyl Airport (operated for Center-South to Moscow)
• Nizhneangarsk — Nizhneangarsk Airport
• Taksimo — Taksimo Airport
• Ulan-Ude — Ulan-Ude Airport Main hub
• Irkutsk - Irkutsk Airport

Terminated destinations

China

• Manzhouli - Manzhouli Xijiao Airport

Russia

• Moscow: Domodedovo International Airport (to be resumed after approving SSJ100)
• Buryatia: Kyakhta (Kyalhta Airport), Zakamensk (Zakamensk Airport)

Codeshares

The airlines has codeshares with:

• Centre-South (suspended)
• PANH (as affiliate)
• Yakutia Airlines

Incidents

October 1, 2010 - AN-2 Uakit - Bagdarin - In flight at an altitude of 2300 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.