British Gulf International Airlines
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British Gulf International Co. LTD[1] was a cargo airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates and operating from Sharjah and Dubai. Its main base is Sharjah International Airport, with a hub at Dubai International Airport.[2]
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| Founded | 1996 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Sharjah International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Headquarters | São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe | ||||||
| Key people | Andrei Khamkov (General Manager) | ||||||
| Website | http://www.britishgulf.com | ||||||
History
The company was established and started operations in July 1996 in Sharjah, UAE.
British Gulf lost one of its Russian built AN-12 cargo planes on 13 November 2008 in Iraq.
As from November 2009, the company is included in the list of airlines banned within the European Union.[3]
With the temporary 2009 ban on AN-12 operations within the UAE economic area made permanent one year later,[4] the fate of British Gulf was in doubt. As of late 2012 the company's web presence is gone and some of the aircraft fleet are stored at Rivne in Ukraine.[5]
Fleet
The British Gulf International Co. LTD fleet includes the following aircraft:
