İzmir Airlines

İzmir Airlines
IATA code :	4I
ICAO code :	IZM
Call sign :	IZMIR
Founding:	2005
Operation stopped:	2018
Seat:	Izmir , Turkey
Home airport :	Izmir Airport
Company form:	A.Ş.
IATA prefix code :	597
Frequent Flyer Program :	Pegasus Plus (from Pegasus Airlines)
Fleet size:	0
Aims:	national
Website:	izair.com.tr
İzmir Airlines ceased operations in 2018. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

İzmir Airlines ( Turkish İzmir Hava Yolları , outside IZair ) was a Turkish airline based in Izmir and based at Izmir Airport .

history

İzmir Airlines was founded by an association of 114 business people from Izmir in April 2005. The board consisted of the three members Metin Akdurak, Necmi Çalışkan and Jak Eskinazi. The CEO was Ekrem Demirtaş.

The reasons for the decision to introduce the new airline were both the approved project to expand the İzmir airport and the discontinuation of Turkish Airlines' direct flights between Izmir and various European cities. The company's goal is to transport one million passengers and 2000 tons of cargo per year on 8500 flights.

On March 20, 2007, ESAS Holding , to whose group of companies Pegasus Airlines belongs, meanwhile acquired 100% of the company shares. In the period that followed, a cooperation between the two airlines developed.

Since autumn 2011, İzmir Airlines has been operating several of its aircraft for the Air Berlin Turkey brand , a cooperation between Air Berlin and Pegasus Airlines. In April 2012 it was announced that Air Berlin wanted to buy shares in İzmir Airlines, but this was not implemented.

In winter 2012, the operation of Air Berlin Turkey including three Boeing 737-800s was taken over by Pegasus Airlines, İzmir Airlines then stopped operating aircraft until summer 2013. Air Berlin Turkey was dissolved in March 2013.

At the end of 2018, IZair was merged with the mother Pegasus.

Destinations

İzmir Airlines most recently operated domestic flights for Pegasus Airlines. Even European destinations such as Munich , Basel and Amsterdam were served.

fleet

As of August 2018, İzmir Airlines no longer had its own aircraft.

In the past, Airbus A319-100 and A320-200 were operated, as well as five Boeing 737-800s specially for Pegasus Airlines .

See also

• Former Airlines List (Asia)

Web links

Commons : IZair  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• İzmir Airlines website (Turkish, English)
• Photos of İzmir Airlines on airliners.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ airberlin.com - charter partnership: airberlin Turkey starts on November 1, 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 27, 2011  
2. ↑ airliners.de - Air Berlin wants to buy again, accessed on April 30, 2012
3. ↑ ch-aviation - Pegasus takes over Air Berlin Turkey operations from Izair , accessed on November 5, 2012
4. ↑ https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/IZM
5. ↑ Pegasus: Our Network | Pegasus Airlines. Retrieved March 18, 2018 . 
6. ^ IZair - Izmir Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 15, 2019 .