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 ticket through a traditional airline).
Regulation
Charter – also called air taxi or ad hoc – flights ...
Susi Air
PT ASI Pudjiastuti Aviation, operating as Susi Air, is a scheduled and charter airline based in Pangandaran, West Java, Indonesia. Sixty percent of the airline's operation serves commercial regular routes and pioneer routes while the rest is ch ...
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Air Japan
is a charter airline based in Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba in Japan. It operates scheduled services under the ANA brand. It was announced on 2 April 2010 that Air Japan and ANA & JP Express will merge, with Air Japan being ...
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Arab Wings
Arab Wings is an airline based in Amman, Jordan. It operates charter passenger services throughout the Middle East, Persian Gulf and parts of Europe. Its main base is Amman Civil Airport
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Jordan Aviation
Jordan Aviation (PSC) is an airline based in Amman, Jordan. It operates worldwide charter flights, provides wet lease services to major airlines seeking additional capacity and is also an important provider of air transportation for UN peacek ...
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Sunday Airlines
Sunday Airlines is a charter airline in Kazakhstan and a subsidiary of SCAT Airlines. Its main base is Almaty International Airport.
History
The airline was established and started operations in 2013.
Destinations
Fleet
As of December 2022, t ...
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Union Express Charter Airline Union Express is a charter airline based in Myanmar.
History
In May 2014, Union Express Charter Airline was announced as a start-up airline to offer charter flights from Myeik, Myanmar ( Myeik Airport) to Bangkok ( Suvarnabhumi Airport) using a Bo ...
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Qatar Amiri Flight
Qatar Amiri Flight is a VIP airline owned and operated by the government of Qatar. It operates worldwide charters on demand and caters exclusively to the royal family of Qatar and other VIP government staff. The vast majority of its fleet is paint ...
Africa
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AMC Airlines
AMC Airlines is a charter airline based in Cairo, Egypt. It operates charter flights from Egypt's tourist destinations to Europe, regular charters to the Middle East as well as domestic flights. The airline also operates ''ad hoc'' VIP flights an ...
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FlyEgypt
flyEgypt is an Egyptian low-cost and charter airline headquartered in Cairo.
History
The airline was founded in 2014 as a single class charter operator and started operations on 12 February 2015 with a flight between Cairo and Jeddah
Jedd ...
Comair Flight Services
Comair Flight Services (often referred to as CFS) is a South African business aviation company established in 2007 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its head office is based at Lanseria International Airport.
History
Originally estab ...
King Air Charter
King Air Charter is a charter airline, based in Lanseria, South Africa.
Fleet
The King Air Charter fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2008):
*3 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
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Phoebus Apollo Aviation
Phoebus Apollo Aviation is a passenger, charter and cargo carrier and a flightschool based out of Johannesburg, Germiston
Germiston, also known as kwaDukathole, is a small city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa, administrative ...
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Safair
Safair is an airline based at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, South Africa. It operates one of the world's largest fleets of civil Lockheed L-100 Hercules cargo aircraft.
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Solenta Aviation
Solenta Aviation is an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa, with its maintenance base at OR Tambo International Airport. The company was founded in 2000 and operates cargo flights on regional routes throughout the Sub-Saharan Africa on be ...
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Blue Bird Aviation
Blue Bird Aviation is a charter airline based in Khartoum, Sudan. It operates fixed-wing charter services as well as VIP, corporate shuttle, ground handling and aircraft maintenance services. Its main base is Khartoum International Airport
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Safari Plus
Safari Plus Limited is an air charter company based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes ...
The Americas
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Air Canada Jetz
Air Canada Jetz is a charter airline headquartered in Montreal, Quebec and a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Canada. Established and starting operations on October 31, 2001, it operates a premium business service for corporate clients and profess ...
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Air Transat
Air Transat is a Canadian airline based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1986, it is the country's third-largest airline behind Air Canada and WestJet, operating scheduled and charter flights serving 60 destinations in 25 countries. Air Transa ...
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Chrono Aviation
Chrono Aviation Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary Chrono Jet Inc., is a charter airline headquartered at Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport. It operates aircraft in passenger (9 to 120), cargo and combi roles. It has bases at Mon ...
Atlas Air
Atlas Air, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, is a major American cargo airline, passenger charter airline, and aircraft lessor based in Purchase, New York. Atlas Air is the world's largest operator of the Boei ...
Elite Airways
Elite Airways is an airline based in the United States operating charter and scheduled passenger flights. The airline adjusts destinations as demand increases or decreases. The airline is headquartered in Portland, Maine.
History
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NetJets
NetJets Inc. is an American company that sells fractional ownership shares in private business jets.
Founded as Executive Jet Airways in 1964, it was later renamed Executive Jet Aviation. NetJets became the first private business jet chart ...
Swift Air
iAero Airways, previously Swift Air, is an American airline based in Miami, Florida, United States. It operates charter flights for nationally known fractional aircraft operators, financial institutions, construction, transportation, many colle ...
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World Atlantic Airlines
Caribbean Sun Airlines Inc., trading as World Atlantic Airlines is an American airline operating on-demand and scheduled charter services. Its corporate headquarters are located in Virginia Gardens, Florida.
History
The airline was founded in S ...
TUI fly Belgium
TUI fly Belgium, legally incorporated as ''TUI Airlines Belgium S.A./N.V.'' and formerly branded ''Jetairfly'', is a Belgian scheduled and charter airline with its registered office at Brussels Airport.
The airline is a subsidiary of the TUI G ...
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Air Belgium
Air Belgium S.A. is a Belgian scheduled and charter airline headquartered in Mont-Saint-Guibert and based at Brussels Airport.
History Foundation and early years
In the summer of 2016, the company was started with CEO Niky Terzakis, who worke ...
BH Air
BH Air Ltd. ( bg, Би Ейч Еър) is a Bulgarian registered airline based in Sofia. Part owned by Balkan Holidays Services based in Sofia, not Balkan Holidays Ltd the Tour Operator based in London. BH Air provides charter flights to tour oper ...
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Electra Airways
Electra Airways ( bg, Електра Еъруейс) is a Bulgarian charter and ACMI airline.
History
The airline was founded in 2016 and commenced flight operations one year later in August 2017 with a single Airbus
Airbus SE (; ; ; ) is ...
Trade Air
Trade Air d.o.o. is a Croatian passenger and cargo charter airline headquartered in Zagreb and based at Zagreb Airport. The company is registered as an airline whose main activities are passenger charter flights and cargo operations, organised e ...
Jet Time
Jettime A/S is a Danish charter airline with its head office in Kastrup, Tårnby Municipality, and its main base at Copenhagen Airport.
On 21 July 2020, Jet Time announced it had filed for bankruptcy, after having discharged most of its employ ...
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Sunclass Airlines
Sunclass Airlines A/S (formerly Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia) is a Danish charter airline that operates charter services from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The company is affiliated with Ving Group, a Nordic tour operator. It and Vin ...
Smartwings
Smartwings, a.s. (formerly ''Travel Service, a.s.'') is a low-cost leisure Czech airline, with its head office on the property of Václav Havel Airport Prague in Ruzyně, 6th district, Prague. It is the biggest airline in the Czech Republic an ...
Smartlynx Airlines Estonia
SmartLynx Airlines Estonia is an Estonian charter airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Latvian SmartLynx Airlines.
History
The airline commenced operations in 2012 with aircraft from its parent company and since gradually acquired its o ...
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Condor
Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua ''kuntur''. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere.
They are:
* The Andean condor (''Vu ...
TUI fly Deutschland
TUI fly Deutschland, formerly ''TUIfly'', is a German leisure airline owned by the travel and tourism company TUI Group. It is headquartered at Hannover Airport with bases at several other German airports. TUI fly Deutschland is part of TUI Gro ...
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Sundair
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Olympus Airways
Olympus Airways is a Greek charter airline offering ACMI-leasing, charter and ad-hoc flights headquartered in Agia Paraskevi.
History
Olympus Airways secured its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA ...
Air Atlanta Icelandic
Air Atlanta Icelandic is a charter and ACMI airline based in Kópavogur, Iceland. It specialises in leasing aircraft on an ACMI (Aircraft, Crews, Maintenance, Insurance) and wet lease basis to airlines worldwide needing extra passenger and c ...
Corendon Airlines Europe
Corendon Airlines Europe, legally incorporated as ''Touristic Aviation Services Ltd.'', is a European charter airline headquartered in Luqa and based at Malta International Airport. It carries a Maltese air operators certificate and is a sister c ...
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Freebird Airlines Europe
Freebird Airlines Europe is a charter airline based in Malta. It is a subsidiary of the Turkish Freebird Airlines.
History
The airline was established in August 2018 after Freebird Airlines set up a new Air operator's certificate
An air o ...
Corendon Dutch Airlines
Corendon Dutch Airlines is a Dutch charter and scheduled airline headquartered in Lijnden, Haarlemmermeer. It is a sister company of Corendon Airlines and Corendon Airlines Europe.
History
Corendon Dutch Airlines is the Dutch branch of the ' ...
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TUI fly Netherlands
TUI fly Netherlands, legally incorporated as ''TUI Airlines Netherlands'' (formerly branded as ''Arkefly'' and ''Arke''), is a Dutch charter airline headquartered in Schiphol-Rijk on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, ...
Enter Air
Enter Air Sp. z o.o. is a Polish charter airline with its head office in Warsaw, Poland, and main base at Warsaw Chopin Airport and Katowice Airport. It operates holiday and charter flights out of its hubs in Poznań, Warsaw and Wrocław.
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Smartwings Poland
Smartwings Poland Sp. z o.o., formerly ''Travel Service Polska Sp. z o.o.'', is a Polish charter airline based in Warsaw. The airline commenced operations in May 2012 from Warsaw Chopin Airport, and is a subsidiary airline of Czech airline Smart ...
EuroAtlantic Airways
EuroAtlantic Airways, legally ''EuroAtlantic Airways – Transportes Aéreos S.A.'', is a Portuguese airline specialized in leasing and air charter headquartered in Sintra and based at Lisbon Airport.
History
Founded as Air Zarco on 23 August ...
Air Bucharest
Air Bucharest is an charter airline with its head office in Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania. The airline operates charter flights to various destinations in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East out of Henri Coandă International Airport, Iași Int ...
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Star East Airline
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Azur Air
Azur Air (russian: Азур Эйр), formerly ''Katekavia'' and stylised as azurair, is a charter airline and former regional airline in Russia. Initially it was based out of Krasnoyarsk Cheremshanka Airport, the domestic airport serving Krasn ...
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I-Fly
I-Fly is a Russian charter airline based in Moscow operating mainly out of Vnukovo International Airport
Vnukovo, formally Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport (named after Andrei Tupolev) ( rus, links=no, Внуково, p=ˈvnukəv ...
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Nordwind Airlines
Nordwind Airlines, LLC (russian: ООО «Северный ветер», translit=Severný veter) is a Russian leisure airline. The company is headquartered in Moscow, and its hub is at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Nordwind Airlines prim ...
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Pegas Fly
Ikar Airlines LLC, operating as Pegas Fly, is a Russian charter airline headquartered in Krasnoyarsk and based at Yemelyanovo International Airport but operates most flights from Zhukovsky International Airport.
History
Initially the company, t ...
World2Fly
World2Fly is a passenger airline that operates out of Adolfo Suarez-Madrid Barajas Airport in Madrid, Spain.
History
The airline was established during 2021, after receiving the first of two leased Airbus A350-900. Based out of Palma de Mallor ...
Aviolet
Aviolet is a Serbian regional airline headquartered in Belgrade. It is a fully owned subsidiary of Air Serbia and mostly operates international charter flights from Serbia.
History
The airline was founded on 24 May 2014 as a subsidiary of Air S ...
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TUI fly Nordic
TUI fly Nordic is a charter airline headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and is a part of the TUI Group. It operates short, medium and long-haul flights to leisure destinations from several airports in the Nordic countries, on behalf of the tour ...
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Novair
Nova Airlines AB, operating as Novair, is a Swedish airline headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden that operates on behalf of one of Sweden's largest travel agenciesApollo which is also the parent company. It operates charter flights mainly to the Me ...
Corendon Airlines
Corendon Airlines (incorporated as ''Turistik Hava Taşımacılık A.Ş.'') is a Turkish leisure airline headquartered in Antalya and based at Antalya Airport.
Corendon Airlines is a part of Corendon Tourism Group.
History
Corendon Airlines, fo ...
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Freebird Airlines
Freebird Airlines ( tr, Hürkuş Havayolu Taşımacılık ve Ticaret A.Ş.) is a Turkish charter airline based in Florya, Bakirköy, Istanbul. Its main base is Antalya Airport.
History
The airline was established in June 2000 and started ope ...
Azur Air Ukraine
Azur Air Ukraine, until October 2015 UTair-Ukraine, ( ua, ЮТейр-Україна, russian: ЮТэйр-Украина) is a Ukrainian charter airline based at Boryspil International Airport. It used to be a subsidiary of Russian UTair Aviatio ...
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Windrose Airlines
Windrose Airlines, legally Wind Rose Aviation Company, is a Ukrainian charter airline based at Boryspil International Airport. Founded on 28 October 2003, the airline's headquarters is in Kyiv; it operates charter flights to destinations in Euro ...
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Jet2
Jet2.com Limited is a British low-cost leisure airline offering scheduled and charter flights from the United Kingdom. As of 2022, it is the third-largest scheduled airline in the UK, behind EasyJet and British Airways. Jet2 is also officia ...
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Titan Airways
Titan Airways is a British charter airline founded in 1988 and based at London Stansted Airport. The carrier specialises in short-notice ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance) and wet lease operations as well as ad-hoc passenger and ...
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TUI Airways
TUI Airways Limited (formerly Thomsonfly and Thomson Airways) is a British charter airline, offering scheduled and charter flights from the United Kingdom and Ireland to destinations in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.
The airline is t ...
Exceptions
Several more scheduled airlines offer or offered additional charter services as well; among them are:
* Air Inuit
* Air Tindi
* Alliance Airlines
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Champion Air
Champion Air was an airline based in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. It operated general charter services to sports teams, vacation wholesalers, and government agencies. It also offered limited scheduled service. Its main base was Minneapolis-Sain ...
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Cinnamon Air
Saffron Aviation, DBA Cinnamon Air is a Sri Lankan domestic airline, operating from a dedicated terminal at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo to destinations around Sri Lanka. It commenced its daily scheduled operation in July 2013. ...
Frontier Flying Service
Frontier Flying Service (d/b/a Ravn Connect) was an American airline headquartered in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It operated an extensive network of year-round scheduled commuter services and postal services to Alaska bush communities, ...
Magnicharters
Grupo Aereo Monterrey S.A. de C.V., known under the commercial name Magnicharters, is an airline with its headquarters in Colonia Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, operating domestic holiday flights out of Mexico City International Airport.
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Palmair
Palmair European was a British tour operator with its head office in the Space House in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. Palmair offered charter and scheduled flights on behalf of Bath Travel. Its main base was Bournemouth Airport. Palmair have ...
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
Kabo Air
Kabo Air was a Nigerian charter airline headquartered in Kano, Kano State and based at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport.
History
Kabo Air was established in February 1980 by Dr. Alhaji Muhammadu Adamu Dankabo and started operations i ...
Arrow Air
Arrow Air was a passenger and cargo airline based in Building 712 on the grounds of Miami International Airport (MIA) in an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida. At different times over the years, it operated over 90 weekly schedul ...
TransMeridian Airlines
TransMeridian Airlines was an Atlanta, Georgia based charter airline, operating under U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Regulations Part 121. It ceased all operations on September 29, 2005, after negotiations with creditors to re ...
Thomas Cook Airlines Canada
Thomas Cook Airlines Canada was the Canadian charter brand of Thomas Cook Airlines. It was based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The airline served destinations to the Caribbean, Mexico, and to North America.
History
Operations began on 5 November 2 ...
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...
Oceania
Oceania (, , ) is a geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of and a population of around 44.5 million ...
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OzJet
Ozjet Airlines Pty Ltd was a scheduled and charter airline with its head office in Tullamarine, Melbourne Australia, operating within Australasia from Melbourne Airport, Sydney Airport, and Perth Airport. In 2008 the airline was sold to He ...
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...
Paninternational
Paninternational was a West German leisure airline headquartered in Munich with bases at Munich-Riem Airport and Düsseldorf Airport.
History
The airline was founded by Munich-based tour operator Paneuropa in 1968 as ''Panair'' and started ...
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Small Planet Airlines (Germany)
Small Planet Airlines GmbH was a Germany, German charter airline headquartered in Berlin and a subsidiary of now-defunct Small Planet Airlines from Lithuania.
History
The airline was founded in 2015 and operated its first charter services out o ...
Thomas Cook Aviation
Thomas Cook Aviation GmbH was a German leisure airline launched in 2017 and a technical subsidiary of Condor. It operated scheduled flights exclusively on behalf of Condor to destinations throughout Europe, from its bases in Düsseldorf and Lei ...
TransAer International Airlines
TransAer International Airlines was an Irish charter airline headquartered in the TransAer House, Dublin Airport, Dublin, Ireland.
History
The airline was previously known as Translift Airways. It was established in October 1991 and started ...
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Small Planet Airlines
Small Planet Airlines was a Lithuanian leisure airline based at Vilnius Airport with further bases throughout Europe. It was the subsidiary of the Small Planet Group which also owned sister companies in Cambodia, Germany, Italy, and Poland, all ...
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Chernomor-Avia
Chernomor Avia was a charter airline based in Sochi, Russia. It was established in 1994 and operated passenger charter services. Its main base was Sochi International Airport.
Code data
*ICAO Code: CMK (not currentICAO 8585 Edition 140)
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Kogalymavia
Kogalymavia (russian: ООО «Авиакомпания Когалымавиа»), DBA Metrojet , was a Russian airline based in Kogalym, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Its home base was at Kogalym International Airport, with the main hub at ...
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Transeuropean Airlines
TransEuropean Airlines (russian: Трансевропейские авиалинии) was a charter airline based in Russia. It operated charter flights between Moscow and popular holiday destinations, mostly Barcelona and Antalya
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Air Anatolia
Air Anatolia ( Turkish: Anadolu Havacılık A.Ş.) was a charter airline from Turkey
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Akdeniz Airlines
Akdeniz Airlines was a charter airline from Turkey that operated for a very small period of time during 1995.
History
Akdeniz Hava Yollari, which was the official name for Akdeniz Airlines, was founded in 1995. The airline planned to operate usin ...
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Albatros Airlines (Turkey)
Albatros Airlines was a Air Charter, charter airline from Turkey that operated from 1992 to 1996 (do not confuse with Albatros Airways from Albania).
History
This airline began operations in May 1992 with Boeing 727, B727-200 to transport Germa ...
Birgenair
Birgenair was a Turkish charter airline company established in 1988 with headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey.
History
Birgenair was founded in 1988 and began flight operations in August 1989 with a Douglas DC-8-61. The aircraft initially came on s ...
Bosphorus Airways
Bosphorus Airways was a Air Charter, Charter Airline from Turkey that operated for a brief period of time from 1992 to 1993.
History
Bosphorus Airways began services in April 1992 with two Boeing 737, Boeing 737-3H9 for charter flights to and f ...
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Golden International Airlines
Golden International Airlines was a short-lived charter airline based in Istanbul, Turkey, operating flights on behalf of tour operators using Boeing 757 aircraft to destinations in Europe.
History
The airline was established in August 2005 and w ...
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Holiday Airlines
Holiday Airlines was a Turkish charter company that operated between 1994 and 1996.
History
Holiday Airlines in Turkey began operations in the summer of 1994 using Airbus A320 aircraft serving mostly the German tourist market. Holiday Airli ...
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Inter Airlines
Inter Airlines was a charter airline based in Antalya, Turkey. It operated holiday charter flights from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands to Turkish resorts, as well as wet lease services for other airlines. Its main base was Antalya Airport ...
Capital Airlines (UK)
Capital Airlines was an airline based in the United Kingdom and self-proclaimed "Yorkshire International Airlines". It operated a fleet of BAe 146's and Shorts 360's between 1987 and 1990.
History
Capital Airlines, the self-styled "Yorkshire ...
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First Choice Airways
First Choice Airways Limited was a British charter airline of European tour operator TUI Travel PLC, based in Crawley, England until its merger with Thomsonfly to form Thomson Airways (now TUI Airways) in 2008. It flew to more than 60 destinat ...
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JMC Air
JMC Airlines Limited (also known as JMC Air, JMC Airlines or simply JMC and stylised as jmc) was a UK charter airline formed by the merger of Caledonian Airways and Flying Colours Airlines, following the purchase of Thomas Cook & Son by the C ...
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Thomas Cook Airlines
Thomas Cook Airlines Limited was a British charter and scheduled airline headquartered in Manchester, England. It was founded in 2007 from the merger of Thomas Cook Group and MyTravel Group, and was part of the Thomas Cook Group Airlines. It ...
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Thomsonfly
Thomsonfly was a British charter and scheduled airline. Thomsonfly was the first stage of TUI AG's plans to expand its business within TUI UK prior to September 2007. After TUI UK merged with First Choice Holidays in September 2007, it beca ...
List of low-cost airlines
The following is a list of low-cost carriers organised by home country. A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills, discount or budget carrier or airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for elimi ...
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Flag carrier
A flag carrier is a transport company, such as an airline or shipping company, that, being locally registered in a given sovereign state, enjoys preferential rights or privileges accorded by the government for international operations.
Hi ...