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Buraq Air
البراق
Founded	2001
Focus cities	Benghazi (Benina International Airport)
Fleet size	13
Destinations	10
Headquarters	Tripoli, Libya
Key people	Mohamed Bubeida (Chairman)
Website	http://www.buraqair.com/

For the similarly-named Indonesian airline, see Bouraq Indonesia Airlines.

Buraq Air (El-Buraq Air Transport Inc) is an airline based in Tripoli, Libya. It operates scheduled domestic and international services to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Buraq also operates passenger and cargo charter services and flights in support of the oil industry under a joint venture with CHC ^[1]. Until recently, the airline's hub was Mitiga Airport, which, although smaller than Tripoli International Airport, is much closer to the city centre of Tripoli. Its new hub is now Tripoli International.

Its name comes from the buraq, a creature on which the prophet Muhammad is supposed to have flown.

[edit] History

The airline started operations on 15 November 2001 and it is the first privately owned airline in Libya^[1].

[edit] Services

Buraq Air operates domestic scheduled services between Benghazi and Tripoli and four other domestic destinations, as well as international services to Bosnia, Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey^[1].

[edit] Destinations

[edit] Fleet

The Buraq Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 4 July 2009) [1]:

Type	Number	Notes
Boeing 737-200	2
Boeing 737-300	1	operated by Jordan Aviation
Boeing 737-800	2 (plus 1 on order)
British Aerospace Jetstream 32	1
Let L-410 UVP-E	3
Ilyushin Il-76MD	1
Ilyushin Il-76TD	1

A preliminary agreement has been reached with Boeing on the purchase of up to 6 Boeing 737-800 aircraft (3 orders and 3 options). Confirmation was made for the acquisition of two of the aircraft of which one was delivered in October, and the second in November 2006. The order for the third aircraft was finalized in September 2006.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

AeroTransport Data Bank

^ ^a ^b ^c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 90. 2007-03-27.

[edit] External links

[FI-0] "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 90. 2007-03-27.

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