- Buraq Air
Infobox Airline
airline = Buraq Air
البراق
logo_size = 280px
fleet_size = 12
destinations = 6 (excluding cargo)
IATA = UZ
ICAO = BRQ
callsign = BURAQAIR
parent =
founded =2001
headquarters =Tripoli ,Libya
key_people = Mohamed Bubeida (Chairman )
hubs =Tripoli International Airport Benina International Airport
focus_cities =Benghazi (Benina International Airport )
alliance =
website = http://www.buraqair.com/Buraq Air (El-Buraq Air Transport Inc) is an
airline based inTripoli ,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 cite news |title=Directory: World Airlines |work=Flight International |page=90 |date= 2007-03-27] . Until recently, the airline's hub wasMitiga Airport , which, although smaller thanTripoli 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 prophetMuhammad is supposed to have flown.History
The airline started operations on
15 November 2001 and it is the first privately owned airline in Libya.Services
Buraq Air operates domestic scheduled services between
Benghazi and Tripoli and four other domestic destinations, as well as international services toEgypt ,Morocco ,Syria ,Tunisia andTurkey .Destinations
*
Egypt
**Alexandria (El Nouzha Airport )
**Cairo (Cairo International Airport )
*Libya
**Benghazi (Benina International Airport )
**Misurata (Misurata Airport )
**Sebha (Sebha Airport )
**Tripoli (Tripoli International Airport )
*Morocco
**Rabat (Rabat-Sale Airport )
*Syria
**Aleppo (Aleppo International Airport )
*Tunisia
**Tunis (Tunis-Carthage International Airport )
*Turkey
**Istanbul (Atatürk International Airport )Fleet
The Buraq Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at
5 July 2008 ):A preliminary agreement has been reached with
Boeing on the purchase of up to 6Boeing 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 inNovember 2006 . The order for the third aircraft was finalized inSeptember 2006 . Fact|date=March 2007References
* [http://www.aerotransport.org AeroTransport Data Bank]
External links
* [http://www.buraqair.com/ Buraq Air]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=BRQ&al_op=1 Buraq Air Fleet]Template group
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