Bouraq Indonesia Airlines

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Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Infobox airline Bouraq Indonesia Airlines, branded sometimes as Bouraq Airlines or Bouraq, was an airline headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, which operated mostly domestic passenger flights out of its bases at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport.

History

A Bouraq Indonesia Airlines Boeing 707 at Singapore International Airport in 1978.

Bouraq Indonesia Airlines was established in 1970 as a privately owned company by Jarry Albert Sumendap, and it stayed in the possession of his family ever since.<ref>Flight International 27 March 2007</ref> It was named for al-Buraq, a flying horse in Muslim tradition. Bali Air was another airline owned by Sumendap, which was co-operating with Bouraq. Initially the airline operated Douglas DC-3s. From 1973 the turboprop Hawker Siddeley HS 748 was introduced on Bouraq services.

Both airlines were shut down in 2005 after prolonged financial problems. The last scheduled Bouraq flight took place in July 2005. The airline licence was later revoked in 2007.<ref>List of past and present airline of Indonesia at airlineupdate.com Template:Webarchive</ref>

Destinations

During the 1980s

At that time, Bouraq Airlines offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:<ref>Bouraq June 1984 route map at timetableimages.com</ref><ref>Bouraq November 1985 route map at timetableimages.com</ref> Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break

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A British Aerospace 748 during the 1982 Farnborough Airshow in the colors of Bouraq Airlines, to which it would later be delivered.
A Vickers Viscount of Bouraq at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in 1992.

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During the 2000s

Prior to the airline closure, the network had been reduced compared to the 1980s, due to the rising financial problems. In late 2004, Bouraq served the following destinations:<ref>June 2004 archived version of the official Bouraq Indonesia Airlines website</ref> Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break

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A Bouraq McDonnell Douglas MD-82 at Singapore Changi Airport in 2002.

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Fleet

A Boeing 737-200 of Bouraq at Changi Airport in 2004.

Over the years, Bouraq Indonesia Airlines operated the following aircraft types:<ref>Fleet information of Bouraq Indonesia Airlines provided by the Aero Transport Data Bank</ref>

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Accidents and incidents

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  • On 4 January 1989, a Bouraq HS 748 suffered extensive damage when the pilots had to perform a belly landing at Syamsudin Noor Airport, following a failure of the landing gears with 47 passengers and five crew on board.<ref>Bouraq 1989 incident at the Aviation Safety Network</ref>
  • On 28 August 1992, a Bouraq Vickers Viscount (registered PH-IVX) was destroyed in an engine fire at Syamsudin Noor Airport. The fire started during the take-off run, but the pilots noticed it in time to abort take-off and evacuate the 64 passengers (plus six crew), before the aircraft was engulfed by the flames.<ref name=ASN280892>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • On 26 September 1994, a Bouraq Viscount (registered PK-IVU) was damaged in a landing accident at Pontianak Airport during a ferry flight with only two pilots on board. The aircraft could be repaired and returned to service.<ref name=ASN260994>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • On 11 July 1996 at 09:00 local time, Bouraq lost another HS 748 (registered PK-IHN) in a runway overshot at Pattimura Airport. The pilots had to abort the take-off for a scheduled flight to Manado because of an engine failure, but the remaining length of the runway did not suffice to bring the aircraft to a halt, so that it collided with a dyke. There were no serious injuries amongst the 43 passengers and five crew members.<ref>Bouraq 1996 incident at the Aviation Safety Network</ref>

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