IZair explained
IZair (İzmir Hava Yolları) was[1] an airline headquartered on the grounds of Adnan Menderes Airport in İzmir, Turkey.[2]
History
The airline was established in 2005 as İzmir Hava Yolları by a group of businessmen from İzmir. It started operations on 14 June 2006.
Starting in 2012, all IZair flights were marketed under the Air Berlin Turkey brand,[3] [4] a cooperation between Air Berlin and Pegasus Airlines. The cooperation was discontinued in 2013, with the brand itself being abandoned.
On 29 February 2012 the last remaining Airbus A319-100 was returned to the lessor.
In November 2018, it was announced that IZair would be dissolved and merged into Pegasus Airlines by the end of 2018.[5]
Fleet
The IZair fleet consisted of the following aircraft, all of which were operated for Pegasus Airlines (as of February 2020):[6]
Incidents and accidents
- On 10 March 2010, Pegasus Airlines Flight 361, an Airbus A319-100 operated by IZair on a ferry flight made an emergency landing at Frankfurt Airport in Germany after a malfunction in the nose gear. The flight landed safely but blew both front nose gear tires. The airport closed runway 07R/25L for 3 hours to allow recovery.[7]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: IZair Airlines profile . Centre for Aviation . 16 November 2019.
- "Contact ." IZair. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
- http://www.izair.com.tr/En/Tariff.asp IZair timetable
- News: Directory: World Airlines. Flight International. 95. 3 April 2007.
- https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/72882-turkeys-izair-to-merge-with-parent-pegasus-by-ye18 ch-aviation.com - Turkey's Izair to merge with parent Pegasus by YE18
- Web site: IZair Fleet . 2006-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070312193121/http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=IZM&al_op=1 . 2007-03-12 . dead .
- http://www.avherald.com/h?article=42875f53&opt=0 Pegasus Airlines Flight 361 – 10 March 2010
