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Balkh Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
- BHI SHARIF
Founded1996
Ceased operations1997
Operating bases Mazari Sharif Airport
Fleet size1
Headquarters Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan

Balkh Airlines was a short-lived airline headquartered in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. From 1996 to 1997, it operated passenger flights out of Mazari Sharif Airport using a single Boeing 727-100, [1] competing with Ariana Afghan Airlines. The company had been founded to serve the needs of General Dostum, the Uzbek warlord ruling the north of Afghanistan at that time. [2]

References

  1. ^ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
  2. ^ Vogelsang, Willem. (2002). The Afghans. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford. ISBN  0-631-19841-5. Page 220.