Rundai is set up at Alma-Ata in 1995 to offer domestic charter services. Commander Valeri A. Mastenko begins flights with a fleet comprising 5 Antonov An-24s, 1 An-30, 5 Mil Mi-2 and 12 Mi-8/17s.
In 1999, the company is renamed Burundaiavia.
BURUNDAIAVIA: Burundi Airport, Durundai Village, 483162, Kazakhstan; Phone 7 (3272) 357939; Fax 7 (3272) 357878; Code IVR; Year Founded 1999. Commander Valeri A. Mastenko’s Burundai Aviation Company is renamed in 1999. Domestic and regional cargo charters and helicopter support operations continue with a fleet of 2 Antonov An-26s, 3 An-26Bs, 9 An-30s, 5 Mil Mi-2s, and 12 Mi-8/17s.
BURYAT AVIA: Russia (1996-1999). Having suffered traffic and associated financial problems since its founding in 1994, Ulan Ude Aviation Enterprise is reformed and renamed in 1996. A. P. Abasheev remains director general and he continues to provide domestic and regional scheduled passenger services with a fleet of 10 Antonov An-24s, 3 An-26s, 2 Let L-410UVPs, 24 An-2s, and 1 Tupolev Tu-154B. Helicopter sipport operations are provided with a large rotary-wing fleet that includes 15 Mil Mi-8/17s and 15 Mi-2s.
The company is renamed Buryatia Airlines in 1999.
BURYATIAAIRLINES: Ulan Ude Airport, Irkutsk Region, Eastern Siberian Zone, 670018, Russia; Phone 7 (20122) 33559; Code UUD1; Year Founded 1999. Buryat Avia is renamed in 1999. A. P. Abasheev remains director general and his fleet is rationalized to include just 2 aircraft types: An-24s (7 An-24Bs and 2 An-24Vs) and An-26s (2 An-26s and 1 An-26B).
Scheduled trunk and regional passenger services are maintained as before. Early in 2000, Buryat, which has been unable to maintain its economic viability, enters receivership. It is sold to ZAO Media Gray on June 1.
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