Tailwind Airlines

Tailwind Airlines

IATA - ICAO TWI Callsign TAILWIND
Founded	2006 (2006)
Hubs	Sabiha Gökçen Int'l Airport Antalya Airport
Fleet size	5
Destinations	40+
Parent company	Tailwind Havayolları
Headquarters	Istanbul, Turkey
Key people	Kadri Muhiddin Safi Ergin Mehmet Demir Uz
Website	tailwind.com.tr

A Tailwind Airlines Boeing 737-400

Tailwind Airlines is an airline based in Istanbul, Turkey, whichs operates wet-lease charter flights into Sabiha Gökçen International Airport and Antalya Airport. The airline was founded as a joint Turkish-British project, with the first commercial flight taking place in May 2009.

History

Tailwind Airlines is a Turkish airline based at Antalya Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport. Founded by Kadri Muhiddin, Safi Ergin and Mehmet Demir Uz in 2006, the low-cost airline operated five Boeing 737-400 as of August 2013.

Destinations

As of August 2013, Tailwind Airlines flies to various destinations in Europe and Asia:^[1]

•  Sweden
  • Kristianstad - Kristianstad Airport
•  Belgium
  • Brussels – Brussels Airport
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Sarajevo – Sarajevo International Airport
•  Czech Republic
  • Prague – Ruzyne Airport
•  France
  • Paris – Orly Airport
  • Lille – Lesquin Airport
•  Germany
  • Berlin – Schönefeld Airport
  • Bremen – Bremen Airport
  • Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport
  • Dortmund – Dortmund Airport
  • Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf International Airport
  • Dresden – Dresden Airport
  • Erfurt – Erfurt Airport
  • Frankfurt – Hahn Airport
  • Hamburg – Fuhlsbüttel Airport
  • Hannover – Langenhagen Airport
  • Kassel – Kassel Calden Airport
  • Leipzig – Leipzig/Halle Airport
  • Munich – Munich International Airport
  • Nuremberg – Nuremberg Airport
  • Stuttgart – Echterdingen Airport
•  Hungary
  • Budapest – Ferihegy Airport
  • Debrecen – Debrecen Airport
•  Italy
  • Bergamo – Orio al Serio Airport
  • Catania – Fontanarossa Airport
  • Milan – Malpensa Airport
  • Rome – Fiumicino Airport
  • Verona – Villafranca Airport
•  Iran
  • Rasht – Rasht Airport [Seasonal]^{[citation needed]}
  • Tehran - Imam Khomeini International Airport
•  Norway
  • Bergen – Flesland Airport
  • Kristiansand – Kristiansand Airport
  • Oslo – Gardermoen Airport
  • Stavanger – Sola Airport
  • Ålesund – Vigra Airport
•  Spain
  • Bilbao – Bilbao Airport
  • Madrid – Barajas Airport
  • Valencia – Manises Airport
•   Switzerland
  • Basel – EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg
  • Geneva – Cointrin Airport
  • Zürich – Kloten Airport
•  Turkey
  • Adana – Adana Airport
  • Ankara – Esenboğa Airport
  • Alanya – Antalya Gazipasa Airport
  • Antalya – Antalya Airport (Hub)
  • Bodrum – Milas-Bodrum Airport
  • Dalaman – Dalaman Airport
  • Ercan – Ercan Airport
  • Istanbul – Sabiha Gökçen Airport (Hub)
  • Isparta – Süleyman Demirel Airport
  • Izmir – Adnan Menderes Airport
  • Kayseri – Erkilet Airport
  • Nevşehir – Kapadokya Airport
  • Samsun – Samsun-Çarşamba Airport

Fleet

As of August 2013, Tailwind Airlines operates a fleet of 5 Boeing 737 aircraft with an average age of 18.4 years.^[2][3]

References

External links

• Official website

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