Sunways Explained

Airline:	Sunways
Fleet Size:	8
Iata:	IS
Icao:	SWY/SWW
Callsign:	Sunways/Intersun
Founded:	March 1995
Ceased:	October 1997
Headquarters:	Istanbul, Turkey
Hubs:	Antalya Airport Atatürk Airport Stockholm-Arlanda Airport

Sunways was a charter airline consisting of sister companies Sunways Airlines A.B. (SWY), based in Stockholm, Sweden, and SUNWAY Intersun Havacilik Anonim Sirketi (SWW), based at Atatürk Airport and Antalya, Turkey. The airline was in operation from March 1995 to October 1997.^[1]

History

Sunways was owned by Tursem A.S.,^[2] a now defunct travel group based in Istanbul, Turkey. The group was founded in 1985 by Haluk Semiz and Nedim Gürbüz but went bankrupt on 4 October 1997,^[3] prompting Sunways to cease operation.

Fleet

The Sunway Intersun Havacilik Turkey-based fleet included 4 MD-83 aircraft.^[1]

The Sunways Sweden-based fleet included 4 Boeing 757-200 aircraft.^[4]

Destinations

Sunways operated destinations including the following:

Sweden
- Stockholm
- Gothenburg
- Örebro
- Umeå
- Luleå
- Sundsvall
- Malmö
- Jönköping
- Visby
- Västerås
- Nyköping
Thailand
- Phuket
Turkey
- Istanbul
- Antalya
- İzmir
- Dalaman
U.A.E.
- Dubai
India
- Goa
Finland
- Helsinki
- Oulu
- Kokkola
- Turku
- Tampere
- Jyväskylä
Norway
- Oslo
- Bergen
- Tromsø
- Trondheim
- Stavanger
- Kirkenes
Denmark
- Copenhagen
- Aalborg
- Billund
- Esbjerg
- Karup
Greece
- Corfu
- Rhodes
- Heraklion
- Samos
Spain
Kenya
- Mombasa
Tunisia
- Monastir
Egypt
- Sharm el-Sheikh

External links

Notes and References

http://dusinfo.net/downloads/KTCACAF.pdf Kalles’ Turkish charter and cargo airline-fleets
http://www.european-travel-market.com/content.asp?action=wowdirekt&search=1514 WOW Data Entry: Sunways Airlines
http://www.european-travel-market.com/content.asp?action=wowdirekt&search=423 WOW Data Entry: Tursem A.S.
http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Sunways%20Airlines.htm Sunways Airlines' Fleet at airfleets.net