List of defunct airlines of Turkey

This is a list of now defunct airlines from Turkey.^[1]

Defunct airlines

AIRLINE	AIRLINE (in Turkish)	IMAGE	IATA	ICAO	CALLSIGN	Operation dates	Remarks
ACT Airlines			9T	RUN	CARGO TURK	2004 - 2011	Rebranded as myCargo Airlines
Active Air	Active Air Havayolları					1995 - 1996
Air Alfa	Air Alfa Havayolları		H7	LFA	Air Alfa	1992 - 2002
Air Anatolia	Anadolu Havaçılık		TD	NTL	Air Anatolia	1998 - 2003
Air Berlin Turkey						2011 - 2013
Air Rose	Air Rose Havayolları					1999 - 2000	merged with Euro Sun
Akdeniz Airlines	Akdeniz Havayolları			AKD		1995 - 1995
Albatros Airlines	Albatros Havayolları		8Z	ABK	Air Albatros	1992 - 1996
Anadolu (airline)	Anadolu Havayolları			AJA		1989 - 1989
Anadolu Express	Anadolu Havayolları				2000	2001
Anex Airlines	Anex Havayolları					2000-2001
Ankair	Ankair Havayolları		VVF		WORLDFOCUS	2008 - 2008
Antalya Airways	Antalya Havayolları
Avia Cargo System	Avia Kargo Havayolları
BAL	BAL Havayolları		FB		1977	1981
Baron Air Cargo	Baron Havayolları Kargo			BGK		2004 - 2004	Rebranded as Kuzu Airlines Cargo
Bestair	Best Air Havayollari					2008	Bankrupt
Birgenair	Birgenair Havayolları		KT	BHY	Birgenair	1988 - 1996
Boğaziçi Hava Taşımacılığı	Boğaziçi Hava Taşımacılığı		PQ	BHT	Basfir	1987 - 1989
Borajet	Borajet Havayolları		BRJ	YB	BORA JET	2010 - 2017
Bosphorus Airways	Bosphorus Havayolları		6Z	BSP	Bosphorus	1991 - 1994
Bosphorus European Airways				BHY		2001 - 2004
Bursa Airlines	Bursa Havayolları		WL			1977 - 1979
Cargo Air Transport						2003 - 2004
Dardanel Air	Dardanel Havayolları			DRD		1999 - 1999
Devlet Hava Yolları	Devlet Hava Yolları					1938 - 1954	merged to Turkish Airlines
Dogus Air	Dogus Havayollari					1998 - 2000
Ekspress Airlines	Ekspress Havayolları					1999-1999
Euro Sun	Euro Sun					2000 - 2001
Express Airlines					2001 - 2001
Fly Air	Fly Air Havayolları		F2	FLM	Fly World	2002 - 2007	ceased operations
Global Air Cargo	Global Havayolları Kargo					1996 - 1999
Golden International Airlines	Altın Havayolu Taşımacılığı Turizm ve Ticaret			GTC	Golden Wings	2007 - 2007
Greenair	Greenair Havayolları		WK	GRN		1990 - 1994	merged to Active Air
GTI Airlines	GTI Havayollari					1996 - 1999	merged to Air Anatolia
Han Air	Han Air Havayolları					1997 - 1997
Devlet Hava Yolları İşletmesi İdaresi	Devlet Hava Yollari Isletmesi Idaresi					1933 - 1938	merged to Turkish Airlines
Holiday Airlines	Holiday Havayollari					1994 - 1996	ceased operations
Holland Air	Holland Air Havayollari						not sure if or not defunct
Imsik	Imsik Havayollari					1988 - 1988
Inter Airlines	Inter Havayolları		INX	6K	INTER-EURO	1999 - 2008
Istair	Istair Havayollari					1986 - 1988
Istanbul Airlines	Istanbul Havayollari					1986 - 2000
Karadeniz Airlines	Karadeniz Havayollari						not sure if actual or defunct airline
Marin Air	Marin Air Havayollari					2004 - 2004
Marmara Air	Marmara Air Havayollari						not sure if actual or defunct airline
Mas Air	Mas Air Havayollari					1995 - 1995
Nesu Air	Nesu Air Havayollari					1986 - 1989
Noble Air	Noble Air Havayollari					1989 - 1991
Orbit Express Airlines	Orbit Ekspress Havayollari		XW	ORE	OREX	2003 - 2004	merged to ACT Airlines
Pan Havacilik	Pan Havacilik					2004 - 2006
Park Express	Park Ekspress					1999 - 2001
Rose Air	Rose Air Havayollari					1998 - 1998
Saga Airlines	Saga Hava Taşımacılık		H3	SGX	SAGA	2004 - 2013
Sönmez Airlines	Sönmez Havayollari					1984 - 2005
Sultan Air	Sultan Air Havayollari					1989 - 1997
Sunways	Sunways Intersun Havacilik		IS	SWY/SWW	Intersun	1995 - 1997
Talia Airways	Talia Havayollari					1987 - 1988
Tarhan Air	Tarhan Tower Havayolları		TTH			2006 - 2007
Tayfunair						1996 - 1996
Tepe Hava Cilik	Tepe Hava Cilik					2002 - 2002	status unknown
Turk Hava Tasimaciligi	Turk Hava Tasimaciligi					1989 - 1993	merged to Turkish Airlines
Top Air	Top Air Havayollari					1990 - 2002
Torosair	Torosair Havayollari					1987 - 1989
Trans Anatolian Airlines							actual status unknown
Trans-Asia Airlines						1998 - 1998
TRUVA	TRUVA					1996 - 1996
TUR European Airways						1988 - 1996
Turkish Express	Turkish Ekspress					2007 - 2007	not sure if defunct or not
TurkJet	TurkJet					2003 - 2003	not sure if defunct or not
Turkol	Turkol						actual status unknown
Turkuaz Airlines	Turkuaz Havayolları					2006 - 2010	Bankrupt
United European Airways							actual status unknown
UPS Turkey	Uensped Paket Servisi			UNS		2004 - 2006
VIP-Air	VIP-Air Havayollari					1991 - 1991
World Focus Airlines	Dünyaya Bakış Hava Taşımacılığı			VVF	WorldFocus	2005 - 2008	changed name to Ankair
Yesilkus Airlines	Yesilkus Havayollari					2005 - 2005	actual status unknown

Note: 2008 - 2008 means that the airline was established / started operations in the year 2008, but ceased operations in the same year.

See also

• List of airlines of Turkey
• List of airports in Turkey

References