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Founded | 1996 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 1997 | ||||||
Operating bases | Mazari Sharif Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
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]