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Bakhtar Afghan Airlines

Bakhtar Afghan Airlines
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Founded 1967 (as Bakhtar Alwatana)
Ceased operations 1988 (merged into Ariana Afghan Airlines)
Operating bases Kabul International Airport
Headquarters Afghanistan

Bakhtar Afghan Airlines was an airline from Afghanistan, which offered domestic flights. The company was founded in 1967 as Bakhtar Alwatana, a name it kept until 1985, when it was renamed Bakhtar Afghan Airlines. In 1985 the company absorbed Ariana Afghan Airlines and became Afghanistan's sole airline company. In 1988 the Ariana and Bakhtar brands merged.

Bakhtar Afghan Airlines operated 1 Boeing 727 and 2 McDonnell-Douglas DHC-6.

In 1975, Bakhtar Afghan Airlines offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:

Flights were operated using Yakovlev Yak-40 or de Havilland Twin Otter aircraft.



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