Onur Air

Onur Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
8Q OHY ONUR AIR
Founded 1992 (1992)
Operating bases Istanbul Atatürk Airport
Frequent-flyer program OnAir
Fleet size 30
Destinations 30
Company slogan English: Fly Turkey, fly!
Turkish: Uç Türkiye, uç!
Headquarters Istanbul, Turkey
Key people
  • Şahabettin Bolukçu, CEO
  • Ahmet Ibrahim, Owner
Website onurair.com

Onur[1] Air (Turkish: Onur Air Taşımacılık AŞ, often styled OnurAir or Onurair) is a low-cost airline with its headquarters in the Technical Hangar B at Atatürk International Airport in Yeşilköy, Istanbul, Turkey.[2] It operates mostly domestic scheduled services, as well as a wide range of charter flights out of its base at Atatürk Airport.[3]

History

Onur Air was established on 14 April 1992 and started revenue operations using a wet-leased Airbus A320 with a flight to Ercan in North Cyprus on 14 May of that year.[4] Over the next years, the Onurair fleet grew, so that by the end of 1995, it included nine aircraft.[4] Previously its head office was in Florya, Bakırköy, Istanbul.[5]

In 1996, Ten Tour acquired ownership of the airline. By 1997 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 twin-jet airliners had been added to the fleet. Due to a recession, Onur Air had to reduce the size of its fleet to 13 in 1998, and then to 9 in 1999. Since then the airline has expanded again.[4]

Destinations

A former Onur Air McDonnell Douglas MD-88 in 2001
An Onur Air Airbus A320 at Istanbul Atatürk Airport (2011).
An Onur Air Airbus A300 at Istanbul Atatürk Airport (2008).

Onur Air offered scheduled flights to the following destinations.[6] Note: This list does not include charter flights.

Asia

Iran
Azerbaijan
Iraq
Russia

Europe

Austria
France
Germany
Netherlands
Turkey
Ukraine

Fleet

Current

As of March 2016, the Onur Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[9]

Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A320-200 10 180
Airbus A321-100 10 220 One leased to Zagrosjet
Airbus A330-200 7 1 250 7 operated for Saudia
Airbus A330-300 3 360 3 operated for Saudia
Total 30 1

Retired fleet

An Onur Air Airbus A300 shortly after take-off from Düsseldorf Airport in 2002, featuring the former livery.

Onur Air has also operated the following aircraft types:[9][10]

Aircraft Introduced Retired
Airbus A300 1996 2013
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 2007 2009
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 2005 2009
McDonnell Douglas MD-88 1997 2011

Incidents and accidents

References

  1. «Onur» means proud, self-esteem in Turkish.
  2. "Communication." Onur Air. Retrieved 8 June 2014. Map. "Head Office Atatürk Havalimanı B Kapısı Teknik Hangar Yanı 34149 Yeşilköy/İSTANBUL/TÜRKİYE"
  3. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 10 April 2007. p. 59.
  4. 1 2 3 "OnurAir". Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  5. "Communication" (Archive) Onur Air. Retrieved on 17 February 2011. "Head Office Şenlikköy Mah. Çatal Sokak No. 3 34153 Florya – İstanbul/TÜRKİYE." Map.
  6. Onur Air timetable Retrieved 2 October 2013
  7. http://www.aviationiran.com/2016/03/27/isfahan-sees-increased-international-flights/
  8. "Onur Air Plans Izmir – Nuremberg Service in S16". airlineroute. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Onur Air Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  10. "ATDB – Major events collected during September 2007". Air Transport Data Bank. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  11. Onur Air runway overshot at Groningen
  12. News Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. "Terror as pilot tells passengers: this plane's a deathtrap". Mail Online. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  14. Reed Business Information Limited. "Accidents/incidents for 2007". Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  15. BabyGirl08x. "aviation-safety.net". Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  16. "The Aviation Herald". Retrieved 10 July 2015.

External links

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