Bakhtar Afghan Airlines was an airline from Afghanistan, which offers domestic flights. The company was founded in 1967 as Bakhtar Airlines, a name it kept until 1985, when it was renamed Bakhtar Afghan Airlines by Pashtun governments. In 1985 the company absorbed Ariana Afghan Airlines and became Afghanistan's sole airline company.Flight International. 23 May 1987. 5. In 1988 the Ariana and Bakhtar brands merged.
Destinations
Bakhtar Afghan Airlines offer scheduled flights to the following destinations:Bakhtar 1975 timetable Bamyan – Bamyan Airport Chaghcharan – Chaghcharan Airport Darwaz – Darwaz Airport Fayzabad – Fayzabad Airport Herat – Herat Airfield Jeddah - King Abdulaziz International Airport Kabul – Kabul International Airport (base) Kunduz – Kunduz Airport Khwahan – Khwahan Airport Maymana – Maymana Airport Mazar-i-Sharif – Mazar-i-Sharif Airport Shegnan – Sheghnan Airport Flights were operated using Yakovlev Yak-40 or de Havilland Twin Otter aircraft.
Accidents and incidents On 25 January 1972, a Bakhtar Yakovlev Yak-40 (registered YA-KAD) was damaged beyond repair when its hit trees during approach of Khost Airfield near the Afghan town of Khost.Bakhtar 1972 incident at the Aviation Safety Network On 18 April 1973, a Bakhtar Twin Otter (registered YA-GAT) carrying 16 passengers (most of whom were American or Canadian citizens) crashed upon take-off at Bamyan Airport, killing two passengers and two of the three crew members on board.Bakhtar 1973 crash at the Aviation Safety Network On 10 March 1983, a Bakhtar Twin Otter (registered YA-GAZ) operating a domestic flight from Kabul to Uruzgan crashed during a thunderstorm near the town of Ghazni, killing all 17 passengers and 2 crew members on board.Bakhtar 1983 accident at the Aviation Safety Network On 8 January 1985, another Bakhtar Twin Otter (registered YA-GAY) was damaged beyond repair in a landing incident at Bamyan Airport. There were no fatalities among the 17 passengers and 3 crew members.1985 Bakhtar incident at the Aviation Safety Network On 4 September 1985 (during the Soviet–Afghan War), a Bakhtar Antonov An-26 (registered YA-BAM) was shot down by a surface-to-air missile near Kandahar. The aircraft was carrying 47 passengers and 5 crew members on a scheduled flight from Kandahar to Farah. There were no survivors.1985 Bakhtar shoot-down incident at the Aviation Safety Network On 11 June 1987, another Bakhtar An-26 (registered YA-BAL) was shot down by a missile near Khost, killing 53 out of the 55 people on board. The aircraft had been on a flight from Kandahar to Kabul. Rebels had downed the aircraft, thinking that it was a military Ilyushin Il-14.Bakhtar 1987 shoot-down incident at the Aviation Safety Network
2020-2021 relaunch Bakhtar Airlines was relaunched in 2020 for domestic flights. The new company operates a single Boeing 737-500 leased from Ariana Afghan Airlines.
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