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

  1. ^ "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  2. ^ "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.