Airline: | Balkh Airlines |
Fleet Size: | 1 |
Iata: | - |
Icao: | BHI |
Callsign: | SHARIF |
Founded: | 1996 |
Ceased: | 1997 |
Headquarters: | Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan |
Bases: | Mazari Sharif Airport |
Balkh Airlines was a short-lived airline headquartered in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. From 1996 to 1997, it operated passenger flights out of Mazar-e-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]