IZair
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| Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
| Company slogan | The beauty of İzmir is in the air with IZair | ||||||
| Parent company | Pegasus Airlines | ||||||
| Headquarters | İzmir, Turkey | ||||||
| Key people | Ali Sabancı (President) | ||||||
| Website | Izair | ||||||
IZair (İzmir Hava Yolları) is an airline headquartered on the grounds of Adnan Menderes Airport in İzmir, Turkey.[1]
History
The airline was established in 2005 as İzmir Hava Yolları by a group of businessmen from İzmir. It started operations on 14 June 2006.
All IZair flights were marketed under the Air Berlin Turkey brand,[2][3] a cooperation between Air Berlin and Pegasus Airlines, between 2012 and 2013. The brand was abandoned in 2013.
On 29 February 2012 the last remaining Airbus A319-100 was returned to the lessor.
Destinations
As of January 2014 IZair doesn't operate under its own name. Instead all flights are operated for Pegasus Airlines.
Fleet
The IZair fleet consists of the following aircraft, all of which are operated for Pegasus Airlines (as of March 2016):[4]
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-800 | 7 | 189 | operated for Pegasus Airlines |
| Total | 7 | ||
Incidents and accidents
- On 10 March 2010, Pegasus Airlines Flight 361, an Airbus A319-100 operated by IZair on a ferry flight made an emergency landing at Frankfurt Airport in Germany after a malfunction in the nose gear. The flight landed safely but blew both front nose gear tires. The airport closed runway 07R/25L for 3 hours to allow recovery.[5] The nose gear suffered the same problem as JetBlue Flight 292.
References
- ↑ "Contact." IZair. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
- ↑ IZair timetable IZair. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
- ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 95.
- ↑ IZair Fleet
- ↑ Pegasus Airlines Flight 361 – 10 March 2010
External links
- official website
- official website (Turkish)
Media related to IZair at Wikimedia Commons
