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Onur Air ( tr, Onur Air Taşımacılık AŞ, often styled OnurAir or Onurair) was a
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with its headquarters in the Technical Hangar B at
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in
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,
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,
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. It operated mostly domestic scheduled services, as well as charter flights out of its base at
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. As of December 2021, it was forced to suspend all operations until further notice and was declared bankrupt in April 2022.


History


Early years

Onur Air was established on April 14, 1992 and started revenue operations using a wet-leased
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with a flight to Ercan in
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on 14 May of that year. "Onur" means ''proud, self-esteem'' in Turkish. Over the next years, the Onurair fleet grew, so that by the end of 1995, it included nine aircraft. Previously its head office was in Florya, Bakırköy, Istanbul. In 1996, Ten Tour acquired ownership of the airline. By 1997
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twin-jet airliners had been added to the fleet. Due to a recession, Onur Air had to reduce the size of its fleet to 13 in 1998, and then to nine in 1999. Since then the airline has expanded again. Onur Air also carried out special full charter flights (tourist flights, guest worker flights) for sister tour operators such as Nazar Reisen in Germany and Nazar Travel in Turkey.


Development since the 2000s

In May 2005 the airline was withdrawn from the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt, as serious defects on the Onur Air aircraft had been discovered. As a counter-reaction, Turkey then withdrew the German airlines' landing permits. After protests by the Foreign Office, the entry ban for German aircraft was lifted again. On May 14, the airline's entry permit was withdrawn by the Swiss and French aviation safety authorities. Up until then, Onur Air had been awarded a total of nine certificates by Airbus and Boeing for their maintenance procedures. In the period from July 4 to 6, 2005, the review of the airline was provisionally concluded with a so-called "final meeting" at the home airport of Onur Air in
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, in accordance with the requirements from the re-issue of the entry permit. As of 6 April 2019 all of Onur Air's flights from their former base at Atatürk Airport had been relocated to the new
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. In August 2019, Onur Air established a new, partly-owned subsidiary named
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for leisure flights between Europe and destinations around the Mediterranean. Onur Air provides aircraft and crews for the new brand.touristik-aktuell.de - "Holiday Europe plans fast growth"
(German) 29 August 2019
In October 2021, the operational license of Holiday Europe has been revoked. In December 2021, the Turkish aviation authorities did not renew the airline's operational license, suspending all of Onur Air's operations. Beforehand negotiations to regain financial stability in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic failed.aviation.direct - "Onur Air faces definitive end"
(German) 29 December 2021
In February 2022, Onur Air's last remaining airworthy aircraft had been taken back by its lessor, leaving the airline without a usable fleet.aviation.direct - "Last Onur Air aircraft cashed in by lessor"
(German) 14 February 2022
In April 2022, a Turkish court declared the airline bankrupt after legal proceedings of a former employee.


Destinations

As of September 2021, prior to the suspension of its licence, Onur Air offered scheduled flights (excluding charter services) to the following destinations:


Fleet


Current fleet

As of September 2021, prior to the return of nearly the entire fleet to its lessors, the Onur Air fleet consisted of an all
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fleet of the following aircraft:


Former fleet

Onur Air has also operated the following aircraft types:


Incidents and accidents

*On 17 June 2003, Onur Air Flight 2263, a
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( registration TC-ONP) overshot the runway at
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following an aborted take-off. There were no injuries, but the airline was accused of security breaches. *On 12 May 2005, Onur Air was denied access to Dutch airspace for a month. Several incidents were the cause of the suspension of the airline. Negotiations took place between the Dutch authorities and Onur Air and on 24 May 2005 Onur Air had permission to fly from and to the Netherlands again. *On 1 January 2007, the cargo hold of a
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aircraft burst open upon landing at Atatürk International Airport, spilling luggage onto the runway. *On 7 September 2007, an
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aircraft lost cabin pressure on a charter flight from
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to Birmingham Airport, resulting in an emergency landing at Atatürk International Airport. Passenger reports included a smoking engine and broken down oxygen masks. *On 20 August 2011, an Onur Air pilot forgot to contact Munich Air Traffic Control and caused the quick reaction air defence of both Germany and Austria to send four Eurofighter Typhoons to intercept the company's A321.


References


External links


Official website
{{IATA members, europe Defunct airlines of Turkey Airlines established in 1992 Airlines disestablished in 2022 Turkish companies established in 1992 Companies based in Istanbul Turkish brands Low-cost carriers