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{{Short description|Defunct Russian airline}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox airline
| airline        = Ak Bars Aero<br>Ак Барс Аэро
| logo           = Ak_Bars_Aero_eng_logo.jpg
| logo_size      = 250px
| fleet_size     = 
| destinations   = 
| IATA           = 2B
| ICAO           = BGM
| callsign       = BUGAVIA
| parent         = Ak Bars Holdings
| company_slogan =
| founded        = 10 July 1953 (as Bugulminskoe Aviapredpriyatie)
| commenced      = 2010
| ceased         = 12 January 2015
| headquarters   = [[Bugulma Airport]]<br>[[Bugulma]], [[Russia]]
| key_people     =
| hubs           = [[Bugulma Airport]]
| secondary_hubs = [[Kazan International Airport]]
| focus_cities   =
| frequent_flyer =
| lounge         =
| alliance       =
| website        = 
| notes = recreated as [[UVT Aero]]
}}

OJSC '''Ak Bars Aero''' ({{langx|ru|ОАО «Ак Барс Аэро»}}), formerly OJSC '''Bugulma Air Enterprise''' ({{langx|ru|ОАО «Бугульминское авиапредприятие»}}), was an [[airline]] with its head office at [[Bugulma Airport]] in [[Bugulma]], [[Russia]].<ref>"[http://www.akbarsaero.ru/en/ Main] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305213732/http://www.akbarsaero.ru/en/ |date=5 March 2011 }}." Ak Bars Aero. Retrieved on 20 November 2013. "Bugulma, Airport" (in field in bottom of page where street address would be) – [http://www.akbarsaero.ru/ Address in Russian] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127040059/http://www.akbarsaero.ru/ |date=27 November 2013 }}: "г. Казань, Аэропорт"</ref> It operated regional scheduled and charter passenger services. Its main base was Bugulma Airport.<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 90 | date= 3 April 2007}}</ref>

==History==
The airline was formed in 1993 as Bugulma Air Enterprise from the former [[Aeroflot]] division based at Bugulma. The airline was renamed Ak Bars Aero in 2010.<ref name=AW/>

Due to financial difficulties, the airline filed for bankruptcy and suspended scheduled passenger services from 12 January 2015 and planned to lease its fleet of 15 [[CRJ-200]] aircraft to other airlines.<ref name=AW>{{cite journal|title=AK Bars Aero Suspends Flights|journal=Airliner World|date=March 2015|page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://akbarsaero.ru/main/company/pr/news/informaciya_dlya_passazhirov_i_partnerov_ak_bars_aero/|script-title=ru:Информация для пассажиров и партнеров АК БАРС АЭРО|publisher=Ak Bars Aero|language=ru|access-date=3 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150103182217/http://akbarsaero.ru/main/company/pr/news/informaciya_dlya_passazhirov_i_partnerov_ak_bars_aero/|archive-date=3 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=New Carrier for Tatarstan|journal=Airliner World|date=July 2015|page=8}}</ref>

==Destinations==
As of February 2014, AK Bars Aero operated to the following destinations:<ref>[http://www.akbarsaero.ru/en/main/flight_info/timetable/ AK Bars Official timetable Updated 04.02.2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515025222/http://akbarsaero.ru/en/main/flight_info/timetable/ |date=15 May 2011 }}</ref>

===International destinations===
;{{AZE}}
* [[Baku]] – [[Heydar Aliyev International Airport]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Авиакомпания "Ак Барс Аэро" начинает реализацию рейса Казань – Баку|url=http://www.trend.az/capital/business/2083338.html|access-date=2 November 2012|newspaper=Trend News Agency|date=2 November 2012}}</ref>
;{{UKR}}
*[[Simferopol]] – [[Simferopol International Airport]]

===Domestic destinations===
;{{flagicon|Astrakhan Oblast}} [[Astrakhan Oblast]]
* [[Astrakhan]] – [[Narimanovo Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Bashkortostan}} [[Bashkortostan]]
* [[Ufa]] – [[Ufa International Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Belgorod Oblast}} [[Belgorod Oblast]]
* [[Belgorod]] – [[Belgorod International Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Chuvashia}} [[Chuvashia]]
* [[Cheboksary]] – [[Cheboksary Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Chelyabinsk Oblast}} [[Chelyabinsk Oblast]]
* [[Chelyabinsk]] – [[Balandino Airport]]
* [[Magnitogorsk]] – [[Magnitogorsk Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Krasnodar Krai}} [[Krasnodar Krai]]
* [[Sochi]] – [[Adler-Sochi International Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Kaliningrad Oblast}} [[Kaliningrad Oblast]]
* [[Kaliningrad]] – [[Khrabrovo Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Kirov Oblast}} [[Kirov Oblast]]
* [[Kirov, Kirov Oblast|Kirov]] – [[Pobedilovo Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Kursk Oblast}} [[Kursk Oblast]]
* [[Kursk]] – [[Kursk Vostochny Airport]]<ref>{{cite news|title=В аэропорту "Казань" открыли новый авиарейс в Курск|url=http://rt.rbc.ru/tatarstan_freenews/22/10/2014/953809.shtml|access-date=22 October 2014|agency=РосБизнесКонсалтинг|date=22 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103005136/http://rt.rbc.ru/tatarstan_freenews/22/10/2014/953809.shtml|archive-date=3 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
;{{flagicon|Mari El}} [[Mari El]]
* [[Yoshkar-Ola]] – [[Yoshkar-Ola Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Mordovia}} [[Mordovia]]
* [[Saransk]] – [[Saransk Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Moscow}} [[Moscow]] / {{flagicon|Moscow Oblast}} [[Moscow Oblast]]
* [[Moscow]] – [[Domodedovo International Airport]] ('''secondary hub''')
;{{flagicon|Nizhny Novgorod Oblast}} [[Nizhny Novgorod Oblast]]
* [[Nizhny Novgorod]] – [[Strigino Airport]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Магасумова|first=Роза|title=Аэропорт "Нижний Новгород" открывает прямые рейсы на Ростов-на-Дону|url=http://www.biztass.ru/news/id/83398|access-date=3 September 2013|newspaper=БИЗНЕС-ТАСС|date=3 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130903075048/http://www.biztass.ru/news/id/83398|archive-date=3 September 2013}}</ref>
;{{flagicon|Novosibirsk Oblast}} [[Novosibirsk Oblast]]
* [[Novosibirsk]] – [[Tolmachevo Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Penza Oblast}} [[Penza Oblast]]
* [[Penza]] – [[Penza Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Perm Krai}} [[Perm Krai]]
* [[Perm, Russia|Perm]] – [[Bolshoye Savino Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Rostov Oblast}} [[Rostov Oblast]]
* [[Rostov-on-Don]] – [[Rostov-on-Don Airport]]<ref name=AkB_ADR-ROV-GOJ>{{cite news|last=Плохотниченко|first=Юрий|title="Ак Барс Аэро" хочет открыть рейс Сочи – Ростов – Нижний Новгород|url=http://www.travel.ru/news/2012/10/23/207321.html|access-date=24 October 2012|newspaper=TRAVEL.RU|date=23 October 2012}}</ref>
;{{flagicon|Samara Oblast}} [[Samara Oblast]]
* [[Samara, Russia|Samara]] – [[Kurumoch International Airport]]<ref name=KUF-ADR,KZN>{{cite news|title=НОВЫЕ РЕЙСЫ ИЗ САМАРЫ|url=http://www.aviaport.ru/digest/2012/10/31/243291.html|access-date=31 October 2012|newspaper=АвиаПорт.Ru|date=31 October 2012}}</ref>
;{{flagicon|Saratov Oblast}} [[Saratov Oblast]]
* [[Saratov]] – [[Saratov Tsentralny Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Saint Petersburg}} [[St Petersburg]] / {{flagicon|Leningrad Oblast}} [[Leningrad Oblast]]
* [[St Petersburg]] – [[Pulkovo International Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Stavropol Krai}} [[Stavropol Krai]]
*[[Mineralnye Vody]] – [[Mineralnye Vody Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Sverdlovsk Oblast}} [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]]
*[[Yekaterinburg]] – [[Koltsovo Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Tatarstan}} [[Tatarstan]]
* [[Bugulma]] – [[Bugulma Airport]] ('''hub''')
* [[Kazan]] – [[Kazan International Airport]] ('''hub''')
* [[Nizhnekamsk]] / [[Naberezhnye Chelny]] – [[Begishevo Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Tyumen Oblast}} [[Tyumen Oblast]]
*;{{flagicon|Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug}} [[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug]]
** [[Nizhnevartovsk]] – [[Nizhnevartovsk Airport]]
*;{{flagicon|Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug}} [[Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug]]
** [[Novy Urengoy]] – [[Novy Urengoy Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Ulyanovsk Oblast}} [[Ulyanovsk Oblast]]
*[[Ulyanovsk]] – [[Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport]]

==Fleet==
[[File:Ak Bars Aero CRJ.jpg|thumb|Ak Bars Aero [[Bombardier CRJ200]]]]
The Bugulma Air Enterprise fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2012)

===Fixed-wing aircraft fleet===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Aircraft!! In fleet!! Orders!! Passengers!! Role!! Notes
|-
| [[Bombardier CRJ200]]||  16|| || 50|| Scheduled/<br>charter||
|-
| [[Bombardier Challenger 600]]|| 1|| —|| 11||VIP charter|| 
|-
| [[Yakovlev Yak-40]]|| 10|| —||11–14||VIP charter||3 more stored.
|}

===Helicopter fleet===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Aircraft!! In fleet!! Orders!! Passengers!! Notes
|-
| [[Bell 407]]|| unknown|| 1<ref name="Aviaport digest">[http://www.aviaport.ru/news/2011/10/03/222616.html Aviaport digest]</ref>|| 6||
|-
| [[Eurocopter EC135]]||  —|| 1<ref name="Aviaport digest"/>|| TBA||
|-
| [[Mil Mi-8]]||  unknown|| —|| 24||
|-
| [[Robinson R44]]||  unknown|| 2<ref name="Aviaport digest"/>|| 3<ref>[http://akbarsaero.ru/glavnaya/o_kompanii/flot/robinson_r44/ AK Bars Aero official website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105144326/http://akbarsaero.ru/glavnaya/o_kompanii/flot/robinson_r44/ |date=5 January 2012 }}</ref>||
|}

==See also==
* [[UVT Aero]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131127040059/http://www.akbarsaero.ru/ Ak Bars Aero official website] {{in lang|ru}}

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