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Balkh Airlines

Airline in Afghanistan (1996–1997)

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, 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 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1996Founded1
  • HeadquartersMazar-i-Sharif1

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YA-GAA B727 Balkh Airlines CVT 1997 (23831449235)
Photo: Rob Hodgkins, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

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, competing with Ariana Afghan Airlines.2

Timeline

  1. 1997Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1996Founded Founded1

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