MNG Airlines

MNG Airlines
IATA
MB		 ICAO
MNB		 Callsign
BLACK SEA
Founded February 1996
Commenced operations November 1997
Hubs Atatürk International Airport
Fleet size 12 (+4 on order)
Destinations
Headquarters Istanbul, Turkey
Key people Sedat Özkazanç (Managing Director)
Website http://www.mngairlines.com/

MNG Airlines is a cargo airline based in Istanbul, Turkey. It operates scheduled and charter services within the Middle East and to the Far East, United States and European destinations. Its main bases are Atatürk International Airport, Istanbul, Antalya Airport and Brussels Airport.[1]

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History

The airline was established in 1997 and started operations on 30 November 1997. Transatlantic services began in 1998 with a flight from Frankfurt to Toronto, followed by scheduled services to the USA on 8 November 1998. In mid-2002 passenger operations were added.[1] In 2005 MNG won an award from Airbus for 100% reliability on the 30 year old Airbus A300. On February 6, 2006 MNG ceased all passenger flights (reported in Turkish press). Only cargo flights are being continued.

Destinations

MNG operate scheduled freighter services to the following at December 2011: [2]

China
Germany
Kazakhstan
Turkey
United Kingdom

Fleet

The MNG Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at July 2011)[3]:

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 51. 2007-04-10. 
  2. ^ MNG schedule
  3. ^ MNG Fleet at planespotters.net
  4. ^ "Directory: World Airlines Part 3 (2009)". Flight International: 29–90. 2009-04-14. 

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