Inter Airlines was a

charter airline Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a airline ticket, ticket through a traditional airline). Regulation Charter – also called air taxi or ad h ...

based in

Antalya Antalya () is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, fifth-most populous city in Turkey as well as the capital of Antalya Province. Located on Anatolia's southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish cit ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. It operated holiday charter flights from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands to Turkish resorts, as well as

wet lease Aircraft leases are leases used by airlines and other aircraft operators. Airlines lease aircraft from other airlines or leasing companies for two main reasons: to operate aircraft without the financial burden of buying them, and to provide tempora ...

services for other airlines. Its main base was

Antalya Airport Antalya Airport ( tr, Antalya Havalimanı) is an international airport located northeast of the city center of Antalya, Turkey. It is a major destination during the European summer leisure season due to its location at the country's Mediterran ...

. Inter Airlines hold Jar-Ops 1 Air Operator Certificate and Jar-145 Maintenance Certificate issued by Republic Of Turkey Directorate General Of Civil Aviation, a member of the

Joint Aviation Authorities The Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) was an associated body of the European Civil Aviation Conference representing the civil aviation regulatory authorities of a number of European States who had agreed to co-operate in developing and implementin ...

(JAA).

History

The airline was established in December 1999 and operations started on 4 April 2002. It was wholly owned by Birce Tours and had 200 employees (at March 2007). On 13 November 2008, the airline announced it stopped all flights, citing the

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and increasing

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as the two main reasons. All 3 aircraft were returned to their lessors. The company may possibly resurface as a

tour operator A tour operator is a business that typically combines and organizes accommodations, meals, sightseeing and transportation components, in order to create a package tour. They advertise and produce brochures to promote their products, holidays and ...

Destinations

Inter Airlines operated full charters throughout

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. Most of their flights were to the

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and

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. Since the company's inception in April 2002, Inter Airlines was used by the biggest tour operators such as

TUI AG TUI Group is a German leisure, travel and tourism company. TUI is an acronym for ''Touristik Union International'' ("Tourism Union International"). TUI AG was known as Preussag AG until 1997 when the company changed its activities from mining to ...

and

Thomas Cook AG Thomas Cook AG was an Anglo-German, global travel group. The group had its headquarters in Rochdale, and sold products such as package holidays and flights through its 3 in-house airlines. On 19 June 2007, the group merged with MyTravel Group p ...

as well as their branches KRAS (Netherlands) & Jetairfly (Belgium) (both part of the TUI group) and Neckermann (Thomas Cook Group).

Retired Fleet

The Inter Airlines fleet included the following aircraft (as of 11 September 2008):CH-Aviation �
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Airbus A321-231 The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin engine jet airliners; it carries 185 to 236 passengers. It has a stretched fuselage which was the first derivative of the ba ...

As of 2 April 2009, the average age of the Inter Airlines rented fleet was 8.1 years

.

Before Bankruptcy

The airline also operated these aircraft before going bankrupt: * 3

Fokker 100 The Fokker 100 is a regional jet produced by Fokker in the Netherlands. The Fokker 100 is based on the Fokker F28 with a fuselage stretched by to seat up to 109 passengers, up from 85. It is powered by two newer Rolls-Royce Tay turbofans, an ...

* 2

Boeing 737-800 The Boeing 737 Next Generation, commonly abbreviated as 737NG, or 737 Next Gen, is a narrow-body aircraft powered by two jet engines and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Launched in 1993 as the third generation derivative of the Boein ...

References

External links

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Defunct airlines of Turkey Airlines established in 1999 Airlines disestablished in 2008 Defunct charter airlines of Turkey 1999 establishments in Turkey {{Turkey-transport-stub