Bakhtar Afghan Airlines
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| Founded | 1967 (as Bakhtar Afghan Airlines) | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1988 (merged into Ariana Afghan Airlines) Relaunched in 2020, operating by Ariana Afghan Airlines | ||||||
| Operating bases | Kabul International Airport | ||||||
| Headquarters | Afghanistan | ||||||
| Website | https://bakhtarairline.com/ | ||||||
Bakhtar Afghan Airlines is 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. In 1988 the Ariana and Bakhtar brands merged. However, the airline relaunched in 2020.