{"id":277,"date":"2025-06-23T11:39:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buraq.demo.ly\/?page_id=277"},"modified":"2025-07-09T10:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:36:19","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/buraq.aero\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Our History<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>From First Flight to a National Legacy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>2000<\/h2>\n<p>Company Established<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Operations started with dry-leased B727-200s<br \/>on domestic routes (Tripoli \u2013 Benghazi).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h1>2002<\/h1>\n<p>Airline\u2019s Expands<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Purchased 3 B727-200 and 2 L410s to connect oil fields. 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