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{{Short description|Defunct airline based in Ulan-Ude, Russia}}{{Infobox airline
| airline        = Bural
| logo           = 
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| fleet_size     = 13
| destinations   = 6
| IATA           = BU
| ICAO           = BUN
| callsign       = BURAL
| parent         = Buryat Airlines Aircompany
| company_slogan =
| founded        = 1993 
| ceased         = 2016 (flights ceased)<br>2017 (certificate cancelled) 
| headquarters   = [[Ulan-Ude]], [[Russia]]
| key_people     = 
| hubs           = [[Ulan-Ude Airport]]
| secondary_hubs =
| focus_cities   = 
| frequent_flyer = 
| lounge         =
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'''Bural''' was an [[airline]] based in [[Ulan-Ude]], [[Russia]]. It operated trunk and regional passenger services. Its main base was [[Ulan-Ude Airport]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 90 | date= 2007-04-03}}</ref>
[[File:Buryat Airlines Antonov An-24RV Osokin.jpg|thumb|Bural Antonov An-24RV]]

== History ==
The airline was established in 1933 as Buryatia Air Enterprise. It became independent from state control in 1993 and was formerly known as Buryatia Airlines.<ref name="FI"/> Since 2002, the airline has curtailed its operations including services to [[Domodedovo International Airport|Moscow-Domodedovo]]; and retiring many of its aircraft including Tu-154M, Il-62M, L-410 and An-26, due to large financial losses.
The airline went defunct in 2017, due to failure to follow the laws in the technical service of the aircraft. The regional flights across Buryatia to Taksimo and Nizhneangarsk were served by [[Angara Airlines]] instead.

== Fleet ==

The Bural fleet included the following aircraft in August 2015:<ref name="FI"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Aircraft type !! Active !! Orders !! Notes 
|-
| [[Antonov An-24]] || 1 || 0 || 
|-
| [[Mil Mi-8T]] || 5 || 0 ||
|-
| [[Sukhoi Superjet 100]] || 2 || 15 || 8 aircraft had been leased from [[Centre-South]] and [[RusAir|Atlas Jet]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Лучший день для SSJ 100|url=http://www.ato.ru/content/luchshiy-den-dlya-ssj-100|access-date=26 August 2015|website=ato.ru|date=26 August 2015}}</ref>   
|- 
|}

== Destinations==
[[File:East Line Tupolev Tu-154M Aragao.jpg|thumb|right|One of the previously operated [[Tupolev Tu-154M]] in Bural (colours of Buryat flag are still there), which went to [[East Line Airlines]] and then to [[S7 Airlines]].]]
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*[[Bagdarin]] — [[Bagdarin Airport]]
*[[Irkutsk]] - [[Irkutsk Airport]]
*[[Kyzyl]] - [[Kyzyl Airport]] (operated for [[Center-South]] to Moscow)
*[[Nizhneangarsk]] — [[Nizhneangarsk Airport]]
*[[Taksimo]] — [[Taksimo Airport]]
*[[Ulan-Ude]] — [[Ulan-Ude Airport]] '''Hub'''

==Codeshares==
The airlines has codeshares with:
*[[Centre-South]] (suspended)
*[[PANH]] (as affiliate)
*[[Yakutia Airlines]]

==Incidents==

1 October 2010 - AN-2 Uakit - Bagdarin - In flight at an altitude of 2,300 meters with very poor weather conditions and too little fuel left, the pilot decided to carry out an emergency landing. Passengers and copilot received injuries of varying severity when leaving the aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rus.ruvr.ru/2010/10/21/27507595.html|title=Радио Sputnik - события в Москве, России и мире: темы дня, фото, видео, инфографика, радио|access-date=2012-07-09|archive-date=2010-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116082215/http://rus.ruvr.ru/2010/10/21/27507595.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Airlines of Russia}}

[[Category:Defunct airlines of Russia]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 1993]]
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2017]]
[[Category:Companies based in Ulan-Ude]]
[[Category:Former Aeroflot divisions]]
[[Category:Russian companies established in 1993]]


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