Fly Air (Turkish: Fly Havayolu Taşımacılık A.Ş.) was a private airline based in Istanbul, Turkey. Originally a charter airline, it also operated scheduled services.

The airline ceased operations in January 2007.^[1]

History

Fly Air was established in 2002 out of the defunct carrier Air Anatolia and operated holiday charter flights. In October 2003, the airline started offering scheduled services.^[1] Fly Air was the first charter airline in Turkey with domestic flights. The first domestic flight gained a lot of media coverage as the monopoly of Turkish Airlines was broken. Fly Air ceased operations after financial problems in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Destinations

Fly Air operated the following services until it ceased operations:

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul, İzmir, Northern Cyprus, Bodrum, Trabzon, Urfa and Mardin
• International scheduled destinations: Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Poland), Tel Aviv, Yerevan, Khartoum, Tunis and Egypt.