AtlasGlobal

Not to be confused with Atlas Air.
AtlasGlobal
IATA ICAO Callsign
KK KKK ATLASGLOBAL
Founded 2001
Operating bases Istanbul Atatürk Airport
Subsidiaries
Fleet size 18
Destinations 22
Company slogan A World Beyond Dreams
Parent company ETS
Headquarters Istanbul, Turkey
Key people Orhan Coskun, CEO
Website atlasglb.com
Airbus A321-231

AtlasGlobal (until 31 March 2015 Atlasjet)[1] is an airline headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey,[2] which operates scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights, mostly out of its base at Istanbul Atatürk Airport.[3]

History

The airline was established on 14 March 2001 and started operations on 1 June 2001. Formerly known as Atlasjet International Airlines, it was set up as a subsidiary of Öger Holdings. In 2004 ETS Group acquired a 45% stake, which was increased to 90% in February 2006 following the taking over of Öger's 45% holding. The company is led by its CEO Orhan Coşkun had 730 employees (as of 2007).[3]

In August 2012, AtlasGlobal Airlines contracted Ryan International Airlines, a US airline, to operate religious pilgrimage flights to cities such as Medina and Tel Aviv. In January 2013 AtlasGlobal failed to fulfill the payments to Ryan International, which prompted the termination of the co-operation without advance notice. Ryan International Airlines, already in a bankruptcy reorganization process, was not able to recover from the loss and therefore faced impending financial difficulties, which led to its liquidation.[4][5]

Atlasjet announced to be renamed into AtlasGlobal by 1 April 2015.[1]

Destinations

As of May 2016, Atlasjet offers scheduled flights to the following destinations.[6] Note: This list does not include charter flights.

City Country IATA ICAO Airport
AdanaTurkeyADALTAFAdana Şakirpaşa Airport
AmsterdamNetherlandsAMSEHAMAmsterdam Airport Schiphol
AntalyaTurkeyAYTLTAIAntalya Airport
Beirut[7]LebanonBEYOLBABeirut International Airport
BodrumTurkeyBJVLTFEMilas-Bodrum Airport
Bishkek[8]KyrgyzstanFRUUCFMManas International Airport
ChisinauMoldovaKIVLUKKChisinau International Airport
Doha[9]QatarDOHOTHHHamad International Airport (begins 1 July 2016)
DalamanTurkeyDLMLTBSDalaman Airport
ErbilIraqEBLORERErbil International Airport
GaziantepTurkeyGZTLTAJOğuzeli Airport
IsfahanIranIFNOIFMIsfahan International Airport
IstanbulTurkeyISTLTBAAtatürk International Airport (base)
IstanbulTurkeySAWLTFJSabiha Gökçen International Airport
İzmirTurkeyADBLTBJAdnan Menderes Airport
JeddahSaudi ArabiaJEDOEJNKing Abdulaziz International Airport
Kaliningrad[10]RussiaKGDUMKKKhrabrovo Airport
KarsTurkeyKSYLTCFKars Airport
KayseriTurkeyASRLTAUErkilet International Airport
LondonUKLTNEGGWLuton Airport[11]
MashhadIranMHDOIMMShahid Hashemi Nejad International Airport
MedinaSaudi ArabiaMEDOEMAPrince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Airport
Nizhnekamsk / Naberezhnye ChelnyRussiaNBCUWKEBegishevo Airport[12]
North NicosiaNorthern CyprusECNLCENErcan International Airport
ParisFranceCDGLFPGCharles de Gaulle Airport[13]
ShirazIranSYZOISSShiraz International Airport
Shymkent[14]KazakhstanCITUAIIShymkent International Airport (begins 2 June 2016)
StockholmSwedenARNESSAStockholm Arlanda Airport
SulaymaniahIraqISUORSUSulaimaniyah International Airport
TabrizIranTBZOITTTabriz International Airport
TehranIranIKAOIIEImam Khomeini International Airport
Tbilisi[15]GeorgiaTBSUGTBTbilisi International Airport
TiranaAlbaniaTIALATITirana International Airport
UrmiaIranOMHOITRUrmia International Airport
VanTurkeyVANLTCIVan Ferit Melen Airport
YerevanArmeniaEVNUDYZZvartnots International Airport
ZürichSwitzerlandZRHLSZHZürich Airport (begins 1 July 2016)

Fleet

Current

An AtlasGlobal Airbus A320-200 approaching Dubai International Airport (2008).

As of February 2014, the AtlasGlobal fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[16][17]

Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A319-100 1 4 134
Airbus A320-200 6 1 158
Airbus A321-200 14 2 200
210
Bombardier CS300 15[18] TBA Still a commitment not a firm order
Total 21 22

Historic fleet

An Atlasjet Bombardier CRJ900 on approach at Istanbul Atatürk Airport (2008).

Over the years, the following aircraft types were operated:[19]

Aircraft Introduced Retired
Airbus A330-200
2009
2012
Boeing 737-400
2004
2010
2005
2011
Boeing 757-200
2001
2012
Bombardier CRJ700
2005
2007
Bombardier CRJ900
2006
2010
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
2007
2007

Incidents and accidents

TC-AKM, the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 destroyed in the accident of Atlasjet Flight 4203, at Warsaw Chopin Airport (2007).

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.aerotelegraph.com/tuerkische-atlasjet-bennent-sich-um-atlas-global-globale-ambitionen
  2. "Headquarters and Call Center." Atlasjet. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 80.
  4. Rockford's Ryan International Airlines liquidating WREX. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  5. Charter Carrier Ryan International Airlines Grounds All Flights, Seeks Liquidation NYC Aviation. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  6. Atlasjet timetable. Atlasjet. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  7. "AtlasGlobal Continues Middle East Expansion in S16". airlineroute. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  8. L, J (14 April 2015). "AtlasGlobal to Begin Bishkek Service from mid-June 2015". Airline Route. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  9. "AtlasGlobal Re-schedules Doha Launch to July 2016". Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  10. Костоглодов, Денис (3 July 2015). "С сентября открываются регулярные авиарейсы из Калининграда в Стамбул". Калининград.Ru. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  11. L, J (28 January 2014). "Atlasjet Adds Istanbul Ataturk – London Luton Service from May 2014". Airline Route. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  12. "В АЭРОПОРТУ "БЕГИШЕВО" ОТКРЫЛСЯ НОВЫЙ АВИАМАРШРУТ ДО СТАМБУЛА И ОБРАТНО". ТАТМЕДИА. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  13. http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/passagers/les-vols/actualites-vols/nouvelles-destinations-ete-2015
  14. "AtlasGlobal Adds Shymkent Route from June 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  15. "Atlasjet to Start Istanbul – Tbilisi Service from October 2013". Routesonline. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  16. "Atlasjet Airlines". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  17. "Welcome". Atlasjet. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  18. Turkey's Atlasjet Signs for up to 15 Bombardier CS300 Airliners Bombardier.
  19. Atlasjet fleet list at airfleets.net
  20. Atlasjet Flight 1011 Aviation Safety Network.
  21. Atlasjet Flight 4203 Aviation Safety Network.

External links

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