Sky Airlines

This article covers the Turkish charter airline, for information about the Chilean airline see Sky Airline .

Sky Airlines
IATA code :	ZY
ICAO code :	SHY
Call sign :	SKY POWER
Founding:	2000
Operation stopped:	2013
Seat:	Antalya , Turkey
Home airport :	Antalya Airport
Management:	Tahir Görgülü (CEO)
Number of employees:	about 600
Passenger volume:	0.9 million
Fleet size:	5
Aims:	National and international
Sky Airlines ceased operations in 2013. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Sky Airlines was a Turkish charter airline based in Antalya and based at Antalya Airport .

Companies

Sky Airlines was founded in 2000 and began commercial operations on April 12, 2001. The company was a subsidiary of the Turkish tourism group Kayi Group , which also includes the German company GTI Travel .

In November 2008 Sky Airlines successfully passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit ( IOSA ), which is valid for two years .

In December 2012, the company returned its three Boeing 737-800s to the lessor, followed by their single Airbus A321-200 in February 2013 , and finally their single Airbus A320-200 in April 2013 .

In June 2013, the airline ceased operations due to insolvency.

Destinations

Sky Airlines operated charter flights to around 50 destinations in Europe , the Balkans and the Middle East . In 2011, scheduled flights within Turkey were also offered. In Austria Graz and Linz were served, in Germany Düsseldorf was served by the subsidiary German Sky Airlines .

fleet

A Sky Airlines Airbus A320-200

As of June 2013, the Sky Airlines fleet consisted of five aircraft with an average age of 12.1 years:

• 3 Boeing 737-400
• 2 Boeing 737-900ER

Each aircraft in the fleet had a different colored painting of the vertical tail and the company logo on the fuselage.

Other aircraft models were also used before operations ceased.

• 3 Airbus A320-200
• 2 Airbus A321-200
• 5 more Boeing 737-400s
• 5 Boeing 737-800

Incidents

• On 10 October 2011, a crashed Boeing 737-400 Sky Airlines with the air vehicle registration TC-SKF on the Antalya Airport . On landing, the right main landing gear collapsed and as a result the aircraft hit the runway with the right engine and finally came to a standstill in an inclined position. The reason for this should have been a burst tire. All 156 occupants were uninjured, but the aircraft concerned was taken out of service.

See also

• Former Airlines List (Asia)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ skyairlines.net: IOSA security certificate ( memento of the original from June 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. September 27, 2010 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} ch-aviation.ch - Sky Airlines ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on April 28, 2013 
3. ↑ Sky Airlines returns its only remaining A320-200 (English) from April 27, 2013, accessed on June 4, 2013
4. ↑ FOCUS online: Vacationers are stuck , accessed on June 4, 2013.
5. ↑ airfleets.net - Fleet age Sky Airlines (English) accessed on April 28, 2013
6. ↑ airliners.net: Images of Sky Airlines aircraft in different colors
7. ↑ skyairlines.net: Sky Airlines' fleet ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. September 27, 2010 
8. ↑ Flying - traveling. In: Focus Online . October 14, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 . 

Web links

• Sky Airlines website (Turkish, English)