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Onur Air
File:Onurairlogo.png
IATA ICAO Call sign
8Q OHY ONUR AIR
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Operating basesIstanbul Atatürk Airport
Frequent-flyer programOnAir
Fleet size30
Destinations30
HeadquartersIstanbul, Turkey
Key people
  • Şahabettin Bolukçu, CEO
  • Ahmet Ibrahim, Owner
Websiteonurair.com

Onur Air (Template:Lang-tr, often styled OnurAir or Onurair) is a low-cost airline with its headquarters in the Technical Hangar B at Istanbul Atatürk Airport in Yeşilköy, Istanbul, Turkey.[1] It operates mostly domestic scheduled services, as well as a wide range of charter flights out of its base at Atatürk Airport.[2]

History

Onur Air was established on 14 April 1992 and started revenue operations using a wet-leased Airbus A320 with a flight to Ercan in North Cyprus on 14 May of that year.[3] «Onur» means proud, self-esteem in Turkish. Over the next years, the Onurair fleet grew, so that by the end of 1995, it included nine aircraft.[3] Previously its head office was in Florya, Bakırköy, Istanbul.[4]

In 1996, Ten Tour acquired ownership of the airline. By 1997 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 twin-jet airliners had been added to the fleet. Due to a recession,[specify] Onur Air had to reduce the size of its fleet to 13 in 1998, and then to 9 in 1999. Since then the airline has expanded again.[3]

Destinations

A former Onur Air McDonnell Douglas MD-88 in 2001
An Onur Air Airbus A320 at Istanbul Atatürk Airport (2011).
An Onur Air Airbus A300 at Istanbul Atatürk Airport (2008).

Onur Air offers scheduled flights (excluding charter services) to the following destinations.[5]

Asia

Iran
Azerbaijan
Iraq

Europe

Austria
France
Germany
Netherlands
Russia
Turkey
Ukraine

Fleet

Current

Onur Air Airbus A320-200

As of July 2016, the Onur Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[8]

Onur Air fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
Y Total
Airbus A320-200 9 — 180 180
Airbus A321-100 2 — 210 210
Airbus A321-200 7 — 220 220 1 leased to Zagrosjet
Airbus A330-200 8 — 250 250 6 operated for Saudia; 1 stored
Airbus A330-300 3 — 358 358 1 operated for Saudia
Total 30 —

Retired fleet

An Onur Air Airbus A300 shortly after take-off from Düsseldorf Airport in 2002, featuring the former livery.

Onur Air has also operated the following aircraft types:[8][9]

Aircraft Introduced Retired
Airbus A300 1996 2013
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 2007 2009
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 2005 2009
McDonnell Douglas MD-88 1997 2011

Incidents and accidents

  • On 17 June 2003, Onur Air Flight 2263, an McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (registration TC-ONP) overshot the runway at Groningen Airport Eelde following an aborted take-off. There were no injuries, but the airline was accused of security breaches.[10]
  • On 12 May 2005, Onur Air was denied access to Dutch airspace for a month. Several incidents were the cause of the suspension of the airline. Negotiations took place between the Dutch authorities and Onur Air and on 24 May 2005 Onur Air had permission to fly from and to the Netherlands again.[11]
  • On 15 September 2006, the pilot of an Onur Air charter flight from Antalya Airport to Bristol Airport scared his passengers prior to take-off when he refused to fly the aircraft, claiming it was unsafe.[12]
  • On 1 January 2007, the cargo hold of a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 aircraft burst open upon landing at Atatürk International Airport, spilling luggage onto the runway.[13]
  • On 7 September 2007, an Airbus A321 aircraft lost cabin pressure on a charter flight from Dalaman Airport to Birmingham Airport, resulting in an emergency landing at Atatürk International Airport. Passenger reports included a smoking engine and broken down oxygen masks.[14]
  • On 20 August 2011, an Onur Air pilot forgot to contact Munich Air Traffic Control and engaged the quick reaction air defence of both Germany and Austria to send four Eurofighter Typhoons to intercept the company's A321.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Communication." Onur Air. Retrieved 8 June 2014. Map. "Head Office Atatürk Havalimanı B Kapısı Teknik Hangar Yanı 34149 Yeşilköy/İSTANBUL/TÜRKİYE"
  2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 10 April 2007. p. 59.
  3. ^ a b c "OnurAir". Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Communication" (Archive) Onur Air. Retrieved on 17 February 2011. "Head Office Şenlikköy Mah. Çatal Sokak No. 3 34153 Florya – İstanbul/TÜRKİYE." Map.
  5. ^ Onur Air timetable Retrieved 2 October 2013
  6. ^ http://www.aviationiran.com/2016/03/27/isfahan-sees-increased-international-flights/
  7. ^ "Onur Air Plans Izmir – Nuremberg Service in S16". airlineroute. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Onur Air Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  9. ^ "ATDB – Major events collected during September 2007". Air Transport Data Bank. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  10. ^ Onur Air runway overshot at Groningen
  11. ^ News Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "Terror as pilot tells passengers: this plane's a deathtrap". Mail Online. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  13. ^ Reed Business Information Limited. "Accidents/incidents for 2007". Retrieved 10 July 2015. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  14. ^ BabyGirl08x. "aviation-safety.net". Retrieved 10 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ "The Aviation Herald". Retrieved 10 July 2015.

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