Sunways Airlines
| Sunways Airlines | |
|---|---|
| IATA code : | (without) |
| ICAO code : | SWY |
| Call sign : | SUNWAYS |
| Founding: | 1994 |
| Operation stopped: | 1997 |
| Seat: |
Stockholm , Sweden
|
| Home airport : | Stockholm / Arlanda Airport |
| Number of employees: | 330 |
| Fleet size: | 4th |
| Aims: | international |
| Sunways Airlines ceased operations in 1997. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Sunways Airlines AB was a Swedish charter airline that ceased operations in 1997.
history
The airline Sunways Airlines was founded on October 30, 1994 as a Swedish subsidiary of the Turkish tourism group Tursem Group . The company operated touristic charter flights from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean and Great Britain on behalf of the Swedish tour operator Express Resor , which also belonged to the Tursem Group . The Tursem Group already operated an airline with the Turkish Sunways Intersun , but due to the applicable aviation law, it was not allowed to operate flights between states within the European Union , so that the Swedish subsidiary had to be founded. Flight operations began on May 22, 1995 with two leased Boeing 757s from Stockholm / Arlanda Airport and then expanded to other airports in Sweden , Denmark , Finland and Norway . In March and October 1996 the company received another Boeing 757, which were also used on long-haul flights to Africa and Asia.
In September 1997 the Turkish parent company Tursem Group and its Swedish subsidiary Express Resor filed for bankruptcy . The Sunways then ceased its flight operations in the same month.
Departure airports and destinations
Sunways Airlines operated charter flights from Bergen , Billund , Gothenburg , Helsinki , Jönköping , Kalmar , Copenhagen , Kristiansand , Kuopio , Luleå , Örebro , Östersund , Oulu , Stavanger , Stockholm , Tampere , Trondheim , Umeå and Västerås .
Destinations included: Agadir , Cardiff , Dubai , Fuerteventura , Goa , Gran Canaria , Hurghada , London-Gatwick , Luton , Manchester , Mombasa , Newcastle and Phuket .
fleet
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Leisure Airlines of Europe, K. Vomhof, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2001
- ↑ jp airline-fleets international, Edition 97/98
- ^ Flight International, March 24, 1998
- ^ Flight International, April 1, 1997
