Holiday Airlines

Holiday Airlines
IATA code :	HW
ICAO code :	HLD
Call sign :	HOLIDAY EXPRESS
Founding:	1992
Operation stopped:	1996
Seat:	Istanbul , Turkey
Home airport :	Istanbul Ataturk Airport
Fleet size:	7th
Aims:	international
Holiday Airlines ceased operations in 1996. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Holiday Airlines (sometimes just Holiday ) was a Turkish charter airline .

history

1994

Holiday Airlines began flight operations in the 1994 summer season with two leased Airbus A320s . However, this had to be suspended for a month after bureaucratic obstacles arose for Holiday Airlines. In mid-July 1994 flight operations were resumed with additionally leased Airbus A300 and Airbus A310 . At the end of November 1994, flight operations were stopped again because the leasing company had suspended the two Airbus A320s due to outstanding payments at Düsseldorf and Hanover airports . As a result, Holiday Airlines returned the two aircraft.

1995-1996

Holiday Airlines Tupolev Tu-154

Holiday Airlines Yakovlev Yak-42

For the 1995 summer season, Holiday Airlines started with a leased Airbus A300. As in the previous year, other types of aircraft were temporarily rented in the event of capacity bottlenecks. These were mainly Russian machines that were the undoing of society. After the crash of a Birgenair flight in the Caribbean , the German media basically classified all Russian aircraft as unsafe. Even the short-term rental of a TriStar and another Airbus A300 could not prevent the company from being temporarily banned from entering Germany on September 10, 1996. The aircraft that were still waiting in Germany for their departure were promptly examined by a task force from the Federal Aviation Office , accompanied by a television team. In the process, some deficiencies were discovered which ensured that the company was finally banned from entering Germany by a court decision in November 1996. As a result, the company ceased operations.

Destinations

There were mainly flights from German airports to tourist destinations in Turkey .

fleet

Holiday Airlines Boeing 737-200

As of summer 1996, Holiday Airlines' fixed fleet consisted of seven aircraft:

• 4 Airbus A300
• 1 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
• 1 Boeing 727
• 2 Boeing 737

In addition, there were various aircraft that were rented for a short period if necessary.

See also

• Former Airlines List (Asia)

Web links

Commons : Holiday Airlines  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ch-aviation: Holiday Air (Turkey) , accessed on May 26, 2015
2. ↑ ^{a b c} B.I. Hengi: Gone, Forgotten, Gone - Former Airlines Worldwide Bankruptcies, Mergers and Sales from 1970 . NARA-Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-925671-27-7 .
3. ↑ ^{a b} Klaus Vomhof: Leisure Airlines of Europe . SCOVAL Publishing Ltd, 2001, ISBN 1-902236-09-2 .