Borajet ( tr, Borajet Havayolları) was a privately owned Turkish airline based in

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operating domestic and international services. It suspended operations on 24 April 2017.

History

Early years

The airline was founded in 2008 by Yalcin Ayasli, a Turkish businessman living in the US. Fatih Akol is chairman of the board. The company rented a hangar at Atatürk International Airport, Istanbul and then purchased three second-hand

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turboprop aircraft, which were delivered at the beginning of 2010. Borajet received its "Regional Airline Operations License" on 22 April 2010 and started operations on 7 May 2010 with its first flight from Istanbul to

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. In 2014 Borajet agreed a deal to lease five

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aircraft (with options on a further three) from

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. In October 2016 Borajet announced long-term lease deals with

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for three Embraer 190-E2 and two Embraer 195-E2 aircraft, with deliveries to begin in 2018. In January 2017 the airline was sold to Sezgin Baran Korkmaz for 260 Million

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Suspension of operations

On 24 April 2017, Borajet announced that they will temporarily suspend their operations and 30,000 existing flight reservations would be transferred to

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. The airline stated maintenance issues as a reason for this move and plans to resume operations sometime during 2018 when Istanbul's new international airport becomes operational.atwonline.com - Turkish regional BoraJet suspends operations
25 April 2017 In June 2017, a Turkish court ordered that seven aircraft of the company are to be seized. As of January 2021, the airline did not resume its operations.

Destinations

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Prior to the suspension of operations in April 2017, Borajet served the following scheduled destinations.borajet.com.tr - Route map
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Codeshare agreements

Borajet also maintained

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with the following airlines: *

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Fleet

As of April 2017 - prior to the suspension of operations-, the Borajet fleet included the following aircraft:borajet.com.tr - Fleet
retrieved 26 April 2017

References

External links

Official website
{{Airlines of Turkey Defunct airlines of Turkey Airlines established in 2008 Airlines disestablished in 2017 Turkish companies established in 2008 2017 disestablishments in Turkey