List of defunct airlines of Turkey
This is a list of defunct airlines of Turkey.[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT Airlines | ![]() |
9T | RUN | CARGO TURK | 2004 | 2011 | Rebranded as MyCargo Airlines |
| Active Air | ![]() |
AKT;AKV | 1995 | 1996 | |||
| Air Alfa | ![]() |
H7 | LFA | Air Alfa | 1992 | 1997 | Renamed/merged to Alfa Airlines |
| Air Anatolia | ![]() |
TD | NTL | Air Anatolia | 1998 | 2003 | |
| Air Berlin Turkey | ![]() |
AB | BER | 2011 | 2013 | Absorbed into Pegasus Airlines | |
| Airgroup Havacilik | AGH | 1993 | 2004 | ||||
| Akdeniz Airlines | ![]() |
AKD | AKDENIZ AIRLINES | 1995 | 1995 | ||
| Albatros Airlines | ![]() |
8Z | ABK | Air Albatros | 1992 | 1996 | |
| Alfa Airlines | ![]() |
H7 | LFA | 1997 | 2002 | ||
| Anadolu | AJA | 1989 | 1989 | ||||
| Anadolu Express | 2000 | 2001 | |||||
| Anex Airlines | 2000 | 2001 | |||||
| Ankair | ![]() |
VVF | WORLDFOCUS | 2008 | 2008 | ||
| AtlasGlobal | ![]() |
KK | KKK | ATLASGLOBAL | 2001 | 2020 | |
| Baron Air Cargo | ![]() |
BGK | 2004 | 2004 | Rebranded as Kuzu Airlines Cargo | ||
| Bestair | ![]() |
5F | BST | BARBIE | 2006 | 2009 | |
| Birgenair | ![]() |
KT | BHY | BIRGENAIR | 1988 | 1996 | |
| Boğaziçi Hava Taşımacılığı | ![]() |
PQ | BHT | Basfir | 1987 | 1989 | |
| Borajet | ![]() |
YB | BRJ | BORA JET | 2010 | 2017 | |
| Bosphorus Airways | ![]() |
6Z | BSP | Bosphorus | 1991 | 1994 | |
| Bosphorus European Airways | ![]() |
BHY | 2001 | 2004 | |||
| BAL | WL;FB | 1977 | 1981 | ||||
| Cargo Air Transport | 2003 | 2004 | |||||
| Dardanel Air | DRD | 1999 | 1999 | ||||
| Devlet Hava Yolları | 1938 | 1954 | Merged to Turkish Airlines | ||||
| Dogus Air | 1998 | 2000 | |||||
| Ekspress Airlines | 1999 | 1999 | |||||
| Euro Sun | ![]() |
ESN | 2000 | 2001 | |||
| Express Airlines | 2001 | 2001 | |||||
| Fly Air | ![]() |
F2 | FLM | FLY AIR | 2002 | 2007 | Ceased operations |
| Global Air Cargo | GLH | 1995 | 1996 | ||||
| Golden International Airlines | GTC | Golden Wings | 2007 | 2007 | |||
| Greenair | ![]() |
WK | GRN | 1990 | 1994 | Merged to Active Air | |
| GTI Airlines | ![]() |
1996 | 1999 | Merged to Air Anatolia | |||
| Han Air | 1995 | 1998 | |||||
| Holiday Airlines | ![]() |
HW | HLD | 1994 | 1996 | Ceased operations | |
| Imsik | 1988 | 1988 | |||||
| Inter Airlines | ![]() |
6K | INX | INTER-EURO | 1999 | 2008 | |
| Istair | 1986 | 1988 | |||||
| Istanbul Airlines | ![]() |
1986 | 2000 | ||||
| IZair | ![]() |
4I | IZM | IZMIR | 2006 | 2018 | Absorbed into Pegasus Airlines |
| Karadeniz Airlines | AZG | 1980 | 1996 | ||||
| Marin Air | 2004 | 2004 | |||||
| Marmara Air | 1986 | 1986 | |||||
| MyCargo Airlines | ![]() |
9T | RUN | CARGO TURK | 2011 | 2017 | Rebranded as Air ACT |
| Nesu Air | ![]() |
1984 | 1990 | ||||
| Noble Air | ![]() |
HK | NAD | NOBLEAIR | 1989 | 1991 | |
| Orbit Express Airlines | OA | ORX | OREX | 2003 | 2004 | Merged to ACT Airlines | |
| Onur Air | ![]() |
8Q | OHY | ONUR AIR | 1992 | 2021 | It was forced to suspend all operations until further notice in 2021 and was declared bankrupt in April 2022 |
| Pan Havacilik | PHT | 1998 | 2006 | ||||
| Rose Air | ![]() |
ROZ | Air Rose | 1999 | 2000 | Grounded by Turkish CAA since three aircraft are minimal fleet size. To be relaunched as Euro Sun. | |
| Saga Airlines | ![]() |
H3 | SGX | SAGA | 2004 | 2013 | |
| Sky Airlines | ![]() |
ZY | SHY | SKY POWER | 2001 | 2013 | |
| Sönmez Airlines | 1984 | 2005 | |||||
| Sultan Air | ![]() |
KJ | SUT | SULTAN | 1989 | 1993 | |
| SUNWAY Intersun Havacilik Anonim Sirketi | ![]() |
IS | SWW | Intersun | 1995 | 1997 | |
| Talia Airways | ![]() |
XW | 1987 | 1988 | |||
| Tarhan Tower Airlines | ![]() |
TTH | 2006 | 2007 | |||
| Tayfunair | ![]() |
Z4 | TAY | 1995 | 1998 | ||
| THT Hava Yollari | ZH | THT | 1989 | 1993 | Merged to Turkish Airlines | ||
| Top Air | B6 | TOP | 1990 | 1998 | |||
| Toros Air | ![]() |
CN | TAU | 1986 | 1989 | ||
| Trans-Asia Airlines | 1998 | 1998 | |||||
| TRUVA | 1996 | 1996 | |||||
| TUR European Airways | ![]() |
YI | TCT | TurAvrupa | 1987 | 1994 | |
| Turkish Express | 2007 | 2007 | Rebranded as AnadoluJet | ||||
| Turkol | ![]() |
1981 | 1981 | ||||
| Turkuaz Airlines | ![]() |
TRK | TURKU | 2006 | 2010 | Bankrupt | |
| United European Airways | UEL | 1992 | 1993 | ||||
| UPS Turkey | UNS | 2004 | 2006 | ||||
| VIP-Air | ![]() |
1991 | 1992 | Formed by Sultan Air, then reintegrated. | |||
| World Focus Airlines | ![]() |
VVF | WorldFocus | 2005 | 2008 | Changed name to Ankair |
See also
References
- ^ "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ "Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies". aerotransport.org. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
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