Albatros Airlines (Turkey)

Albatros Airlines turkey

IATA ICAO Call sign 8Z ABK Air Albatros
Founded	May 1992
Ceased operations	March 1996
Fleet size	5

Albatros Airlines was a charter airline from Turkey that operated from 1992 to 1996 (do not confuse with Albatros Airways from Albania).

Albatros Airlines Yakovlev Yak-42 (1995)

History

This airline began operations in May 1992 with B727-200 to transport German tourists to holiday resorts in Turkey. The airline suspended operations temporarily in 1993 and the B727-200s were leased to Macedonian Airlines. During the summer season of 1995, Albatros Airlines was back in the air using B737-200 and Yakovlev Yak-42 aircraft.

Following the Birgenair disaster, German operators stopped booking flights on Turkish charter airlines and Albatros Airlines ceased operations in March 1996. German tour operators were scared by the flight ALW301 and avoided after the crash. ^[1]

Fleet

• Boeing 737-200
• Boeing 727-200
• Yakovlev Yak-42

External links

• Albatros Airlines information

References

1. Hengi, ^{[ page needed ]}

• Hengi, B.I. (2000). Airlines Remembered: Over 200 Airlines of the Past, Described and Illustrated in Colour. Midland. ISBN   9781857800913.