Air Burundi was the state owned national airline of Burundi and based in Bujumbura. It operated scheduled regional passenger services to Rwanda and Tanzania. Its main base was Bujumbura International Airport^[1]. It ceased operations in the spring of 2007.

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: 8Y
• ICAO Code: PBU
• Callsign: AIR-BURUNDI ^[2]

[edit] History

The airline was established in April 1971 and started operations in 1975. It was formed as Societe de Transports Aériens du Burundi and adopted the present name in June 1975. It was wholly owned by the Burundi government^[1].

[edit] Destinations

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Air Burundi operated a scheduled international service to Kigali (at January 2005)and Entebbe.

[edit] Fleet

The Air Burundi fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007)^[1] :

• 1 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner

[edit] Previously operated

At August 2006 the airline also operated^[3] :

• 1 DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300

[edit] References