Fly Air

Fly Air (Turkish: Fly Havayolu Taşımacılık A.Ş.) was a private airline based in Istanbul, Turkey. It was originally a charter airline, but also operated scheduled services.

The airline ceased operations in January 2007.^[1]

Aircraft with nazar at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport

History

The airline was established and started operations in 2002 with holiday charter flights and added scheduled services in October 2003.^[1] It was launched on the back of charter carrier Air Anatolia. Fly Air was the first charter airline in Turkey with domestic flights. The first domestic flight gained a lot of media coverage as the monopoly of Turkish Airlines was broken. Other charter airlines entered the domestic flights which lowered the prices of the tickets, leading to many Turkish residents flying for the first time instead of long bus travels between cities. Fly Air ceased operations after financial problems in 2007.

Destinations

Fly Air operated the following services until it ceased operations: Given by the company

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul, İzmir, Northern Cyprus, Bodrum, Trabzon, Urfa and Mardin

• International scheduled destinations: Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Poland), Tel Aviv, Yerevan, Khartoum, Tunis and Egypt.

Fleet

The Fly Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at May 2007):

• 2 Airbus A300B2
• 2 Airbus A300B4
• 4 Boeing 737-500
• 3 Embraer 145
• 4 McDonnell Douglas MD-83

References

External links

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