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Sky Airlines was an airline which operated chartered flights. It was based in Antalya, Turkey,[1] operating on behalf of tour operators on short and medium haul routes into Turkey.
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| Founded | 2000 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 2001 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 2013 | ||||||
| Hubs | Antalya Airport | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Miles&Sky | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | German Sky Airlines | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | 50 | ||||||
| Parent company | Kayi Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Antalya, Turkey | ||||||
| Key people | Tahir Gorgulu (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
History
editThe company was established in 2000 and started operations in 2001. It was wholly owned by Kayi Group. In 2010, the airline started scheduled domestic operations in Turkey making it the 9th airline to enter the domestic market. It downsized operations for winter 2012–13, returning three Boeing 737-800s to their lessors.[2]
A subsidiary, German Sky Airlines, based in Düsseldorf, was launched in 2010. On 1 December 2012 it announced a suspension of services (due to the economic downturn) and returned two Boeing 737-800s to their lessors. The airline hoped to resume services in Spring 2013.[2]
On 4 June 2013, the airline filed for bankruptcy, and ceased all flight operations with immediate effect.[3]
Destinations
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The airline also operated scheduled services to the following (as of December 2012)
- Albania
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Czech
- Denmark
- Estonia
- France
- Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport
- Marseille Provence Airport
- Mulhouse – EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg
- Germany
- Berlin – Schönefeld Airport
- Cologne/Bonn – Cologne Bonn Airport
- Dortmund Airport
- Düsseldorf Airport
- Erfurt-Weimar Airport
- Frankfurt Airport
- Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
- Hamburg Airport
- Hannover-Langenhagen Airport
- Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden – Baden Airpark
- Leipzig/Halle – Leipzig/Halle Airport
- Munich Airport
- Münster/Osnabrück – Münster Osnabrück Airport
- Nuremberg Airport
- Paderborn Lippstadt Airport
- Saarbrücken Airport
- Stuttgart Airport
- Zweibrücken Airport
- Iran
- Kazakhstan
- Republic of Macedonia
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport
- Katowice International Airport
- Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Wrocław Airport
- Norway
- Romania
- Bucharest – Henri Coandă International Airport
- Cluj-Napoca International Airport
- Timișoara – Traian Vuia International Airport
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Adana Şakirpaşa Airport
- Antalya Airport Hub
- Bodrum – Milas–Bodrum Airport Secondary hub
- Dalaman Airport Secondary hub
- Diyarbakır Airport
- Erzincan Airport
- Erzurum Airport
- Gaziantep – Oğuzeli Airport
- Istanbul – Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- İzmir – Adnan Menderes Airport
- Kayseri – Erkilet International Airport
- Malatya Erhaç Airport
- Samsun-Çarşamba Airport
- Trabzon Airport
- Van – Van Ferit Melen Airport
Fleet
editAs of February 2013, the Sky Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft, which are all equipped with an all-economy class cabin layout:[4][5]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Order | Passengers | Notes |
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| Boeing 737-400 | 1(stored) | - | 170/150Y+12C | |
| Boeing 737-900ER | 0 | 215 | leased from ALAFCO | |
| Total | 1 |
References
edit- ^ "Contact Archived 2012-07-30 at archive.today." Sky Airlines. Retrieved on 21 February 2012. "Güzeloba mah. Ay – 1 Sok. No:1 07230 Lara – Antalya / Türkiye"
- ^ a b "German Sky Suspends Operations", Airliner World: 7, February 2013
- ^ "Sky Airlines hat den Betrieb eingestellt". Radio Bremen. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Sky Airlines – ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation.
- ^ Sky Airlines fleet Archived 2012-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
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