Freebird Airlines
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| Free Bird Airlines | ||
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| IATA XD |
ICAO FHY |
Callsign FREE BIRD |
| Founded | 2000 | |
| Hubs | Atatürk International Airport | |
| Fleet size | 5 | |
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| Parent company | Gozen Air Services | |
| Headquarters |  Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Website: http://www.freebirdairlines.com/ | ||
Free Bird Airlines (Turkish: Hürkuş Havayolu Taşımacılık ve Ticaret A.Ş.) is an airline based in Istanbul, Turkey. It operates holiday charter flights in Europe to and from Turkish holiday resorts. Its main base is Atatürk International Airport, Istanbul, with hubs at Antalya Airport and Dalaman Airport.[1]
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[edit] History
The airline was established in June 2000 and started operations on April 5, 2001 with a service between Istanbul and Lyon using a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft. [2]
In November 2003 the airline received it's first Airbus A320 aircraft, and today the fleet is made up entirely of this aircraft family.
Freebird Airlines is wholly owned by Gozen Air Services and has 242 employees (at March 2007).[1]
[edit] Fleet
The Free Bird Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007) [1] :
Free Bird Airlines average fleet age is 13.2 years (July 2006).
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 84.
- ^ Freebird Airlines History / Milestone. Freebird Airlines. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
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