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Air Burundi
Founded	1971
Hubs	Bujumbura
Fleet size	2
Destinations	Kigali and Entebbe
Headquarters	Bujumbura
Key people

Air Burundi is the state owned national airline of Burundi and headquartered in Bujumbura.^[1]^[2] It operates scheduled regional passenger services to Rwanda and Tanzania. Its main base was Bujumbura International Airport^[3]. It ceased operations in the spring of 2007. In 2008, the airline was relaunched with daily flights to Kigali and Entebbe.

[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^[3].

[edit] Destinations

As of September 2009, Air Burundi operates a scheduled International service to the following destinations: ^[4]

Burundi - Bujumbura International Airport

Rwanda - Kigali International Airport

Uganda - Entebbe International Airport.

[edit] Fleet

The Air Burundi fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007)^[3] :

1 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner

[edit] Previously operated

At August 2006 the airline also operated^[5] :

1 DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300

[edit] References

^ World Airline Directory. Flight International. 31 March - 6 April 1999. "51.
^ World Airline Directory. Flight International. 16-22 March 2004. "- 0060.html 58."
^ ^a ^b ^c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 53. 2007-04-03.
^ Destinations of Air Burundi
^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

[edit] External links

Air Burundi Official Website

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[0] World Airline Directory. Flight International. 31 March - 6 April 1999. "51.

[1] World Airline Directory. Flight International. 16-22 March 2004. "- 0060.html 58."

[FI-2] "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 53. 2007-04-03.

[3] Destinations of Air Burundi

[4] Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

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