This is a list of defunct airlines of Turkey.[1] [2]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes | |
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ACT Airlines | 9T | RUN | CARGO TURK | 2004 | 2011 | Rebranded as MyCargo Airlines | ||
Active Air | AKT;AKV | 1995 | 1996 | |||||
Air Alfa | H7 | LFA | Air Alfa | 1992 | 1997 | Renamed/merged to Alfa Airlines | ||
Air Anatolia | TD | NTL | Air Anatolia | 1998 | 2003 | |||
Air Berlin Turkey | AB | BER | 2011 | 2013 | Absorbed into Pegasus Airlines | |||
Airgroup Havacilik | AGH | 1993 | 2004 | |||||
Akdeniz Airlines | AKD | AKDENIZ AIRLINES | 1995 | 1995 | ||||
Albatros Airlines | 8Z | ABK | Air Albatros | 1992 | 1996 | |||
Alfa Airlines | H7 | LFA | 1997 | 2002 | ||||
Anadolu | AJA | 1989 | 1989 | |||||
Anadolu Express | 2000 | 2001 | ||||||
Anex Airlines | 2000 | 2001 | ||||||
Ankair | VVF | WORLDFOCUS | 2008 | 2008 | ||||
KK | KKK | ATLASGLOBAL | 2001 | 2020 | ||||
Baron Air Cargo | BGK | 2004 | 2004 | Rebranded as Kuzu Airlines Cargo | ||||
Bestair | 5F | BST | BARBIE | 2006 | 2009 | |||
Birgenair | KT | BHY | BIRGENAIR | 1988 | 1996 | |||
Boğaziçi Hava Taşımacılığı | PQ | BHT | Basfir | 1987 | 1989 | |||
Borajet | YB | BRJ | BORA JET | 2010 | 2017 | |||
Bosphorus Airways | 6Z | BSP | Bosphorus | 1991 | 1994 | |||
Bosphorus European Airways | BHY | 2001 | 2004 | |||||
BAL | WL;FB | 1977 | 1981 | |||||
Cargo Air Transport | 2003 | 2004 | ||||||
Dardanel Air | DRD | 1999 | 1999 | |||||
Devlet Hava Yolları | 1938 | 1954 | Merged to Turkish Airlines | |||||
Dogus Air | 1998 | 2000 | ||||||
Ekspress Airlines | 1999 | 1999 | ||||||
Euro Sun | ESN | 2000 | 2001 | |||||
Express Airlines | 2001 | 2001 | ||||||
Fly Air | F2 | FLM | FLY AIR | 2002 | 2007 | Ceased operations | ||
Global Air Cargo | GLH | 1995 | 1996 | |||||
Golden International Airlines | GTC | Golden Wings | 2007 | 2007 | ||||
Greenair | WK | GRN | 1990 | 1994 | Merged to Active Air | |||
GTI Airlines | 1996 | 1999 | Merged to Air Anatolia | |||||
Han Air | 1995 | 1998 | ||||||
Holiday Airlines | HW | HLD | 1994 | 1996 | Ceased operations | |||
Imsik | 1988 | 1988 | ||||||
Inter Airlines | 6K | INX | INTER-EURO | 1999 | 2008 | |||
Istair | 1986 | 1988 | ||||||
Istanbul Airlines | 1986 | 2000 | ||||||
4I | IZM | IZMIR | 2006 | 2018 | Absorbed into Pegasus Airlines | |||
Karadeniz Airlines | AZG | 1980 | 1996 | |||||
Marin Air | 2004 | 2004 | ||||||
Marmara Air | 1986 | 1986 | ||||||
MyCargo Airlines | 9T | RUN | CARGO TURK | 2011 | 2017 | Rebranded as Air ACT | ||
Nesu Air | 1984 | 1990 | ||||||
Noble Air | HK | NAD | NOBLEAIR | 1989 | 1991 | |||
Orbit Express Airlines | OA | ORX | OREX | 2003 | 2004 | Merged to ACT Airlines | ||
Onur Air | 8Q | OHY | ONUR AIR | 1992 | 2021 | It was forced to suspend all operations until further notice in 2021 and was declared bankrupt in April 2022 | ||
Pan Havacilik | PHT | 1998 | 2006 | |||||
Rose Air | ROZ | Air Rose | 1999 | 2000 | Grounded by Turkish CAA since three aircraft are minimal fleet size. To be relaunched as Euro Sun. | |||
Saga Airlines | H3 | SGX | SAGA | 2004 | 2013 | |||
Sky Airlines | ZY | SHY | SKY POWER | 2001 | 2013 | |||
Sönmez Airlines | 1984 | 2005 | ||||||
Sultan Air | KJ | SUT | SULTAN | 1989 | 1993 | |||
SUNWAY Intersun Havacilik Anonim Sirketi | IS | SWW | Intersun | 1995 | 1997 | |||
Talia Airways | XW | 1987 | 1988 | |||||
Tarhan Tower Airlines | TTH | 2006 | 2007 | |||||
Tayfunair | Z4 | TAY | 1995 | 1998 | ||||
THT Hava Yollari | ZH | THT | 1989 | 1993 | Merged to Turkish Airlines | |||
Top Air | B6 | TOP | 1990 | 1998 | ||||
Toros Air | CN | TAU | 1986 | 1989 | ||||
Trans-Asia Airlines | 1998 | 1998 | ||||||
TRUVA | 1996 | 1996 | ||||||
TUR European Airways | YI | TCT | TurAvrupa | 1987 | 1994 | |||
Turkish Express | 2007 | 2007 | Rebranded as AnadoluJet | |||||
Turkol | 1981 | 1981 | ||||||
Turkuaz Airlines | TRK | TURKU | 2006 | 2010 | Bankrupt | |||
United European Airways | UEL | 1992 | 1993 | |||||
UPS Turkey | UNS | 2004 | 2006 | |||||
VIP-Air | 1991 | 1992 | Formed by Sultan Air, then reintegrated. | |||||
World Focus Airlines | VVF | WorldFocus | 2005 | 2008 | Changed name to Ankair |