This is a list of defunct airlines of Turkey . [1] [2]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
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ACT Airlines | ![]() | 9T | RUN | CARGO TURK | 2004 | 2011 | Rebranded as MyCargo Airlines |
Active Air | ![]() | AKT;AKV | 1995 | 1996 | |||
Air Alfa | ![]() | H7 | LFA | Air Alfa | 1992 | 1997 | Renamed/merged to Alfa Airlines |
Air Anatolia | ![]() | TD | NTL | Air Anatolia | 1998 | 2003 | |
Air Berlin Turkey | ![]() | AB | BER | 2011 | 2013 | Absorbed into Pegasus Airlines | |
Airgroup Havacilik | AGH | 1993 | 2004 | ||||
Akdeniz Airlines | ![]() | AKD | AKDENIZ AIRLINES | 1995 | 1995 | ||
Albatros Airlines | ![]() | 8Z | ABK | Air Albatros | 1992 | 1996 | |
Alfa Airlines | ![]() | H7 | LFA | 1997 | 2002 | ||
Anadolu | AJA | 1989 | 1989 | ||||
Anadolu Express | 2000 | 2001 | |||||
Anex Airlines | 2000 | 2001 | |||||
Ankair | ![]() | VVF | WORLDFOCUS | 2008 | 2008 | ||
AtlasGlobal | ![]() | KK | KKK | ATLASGLOBAL | 2001 | 2020 | |
Baron Air Cargo | ![]() | BGK | 2004 | 2004 | Rebranded as Kuzu Airlines Cargo | ||
Bestair | ![]() | 5F | BST | BARBIE | 2006 | 2009 | |
Birgenair | ![]() | KT | BHY | BIRGENAIR | 1988 | 1996 | |
Boğaziçi Hava Taşımacılığı | ![]() | PQ | BHT | Basfir | 1987 | 1989 | |
Borajet | ![]() | YB | BRJ | BORA JET | 2010 | 2017 | |
Bosphorus Airways | ![]() | 6Z | BSP | Bosphorus | 1991 | 1994 | |
Bosphorus European Airways | ![]() | BHY | 2001 | 2004 | |||
BAL | WL;FB | 1977 | 1981 | ||||
Cargo Air Transport | 2003 | 2004 | |||||
Dardanel Air | DRD | 1999 | 1999 | ||||
Devlet Hava Yolları | 1938 | 1954 | Merged to Turkish Airlines | ||||
Dogus Air | 1998 | 2000 | |||||
Ekspress Airlines | 1999 | 1999 | |||||
Euro Sun | ![]() | ESN | 2000 | 2001 | |||
Express Airlines | 2001 | 2001 | |||||
Fly Air | ![]() | F2 | FLM | FLY AIR | 2002 | 2007 | Ceased operations |
Global Air Cargo | GLH | 1995 | 1996 | ||||
Golden International Airlines | GTC | Golden Wings | 2007 | 2007 | |||
Greenair | ![]() | WK | GRN | 1990 | 1994 | Merged to Active Air | |
GTI Airlines | ![]() | 1996 | 1999 | Merged to Air Anatolia | |||
Han Air | 1995 | 1998 | |||||
Holiday Airlines | ![]() | HW | HLD | 1994 | 1996 | Ceased operations | |
Imsik | 1988 | 1988 | |||||
Inter Airlines | ![]() | 6K | INX | INTER-EURO | 1999 | 2008 | |
Istair | 1986 | 1988 | |||||
Istanbul Airlines | ![]() | 1986 | 2000 | ||||
IZair | ![]() | 4I | IZM | IZMIR | 2006 | 2018 | Absorbed into Pegasus Airlines |
Karadeniz Airlines | AZG | 1980 | 1996 | ||||
Marin Air | 2004 | 2004 | |||||
Marmara Air | 1986 | 1986 | |||||
MyCargo Airlines | ![]() | 9T | RUN | CARGO TURK | 2011 | 2017 | Rebranded as Air ACT |
Nesu Air | ![]() | 1984 | 1990 | ||||
Noble Air | ![]() | HK | NAD | NOBLEAIR | 1989 | 1991 | |
Orbit Express Airlines | OA | ORX | OREX | 2003 | 2004 | Merged to ACT Airlines | |
Onur Air | ![]() | 8Q | OHY | ONUR AIR | 1992 | 2021 | It was forced to suspend all operations until further notice in 2021 and was declared bankrupt in April 2022 |
Pan Havacilik | PHT | 1998 | 2006 | ||||
Rose Air | ![]() | ROZ | Air Rose | 1999 | 2000 | Grounded by Turkish CAA since three aircraft are minimal fleet size. To be relaunched as Euro Sun. | |
Saga Airlines | ![]() | H3 | SGX | SAGA | 2004 | 2013 | |
Sky Airlines | ![]() | ZY | SHY | SKY POWER | 2001 | 2013 | |
Sönmez Airlines | 1984 | 2005 | |||||
Sultan Air | ![]() | KJ | SUT | SULTAN | 1989 | 1993 | |
SUNWAY Intersun Havacilik Anonim Sirketi | ![]() | IS | SWW | Intersun | 1995 | 1997 | |
Talia Airways | ![]() | XW | 1987 | 1988 | |||
Tarhan Tower Airlines | ![]() | TTH | 2006 | 2007 | |||
Tayfunair | ![]() | Z4 | TAY | 1995 | 1998 | ||
THT Hava Yollari | ZH | THT | 1989 | 1993 | Merged to Turkish Airlines | ||
Top Air | B6 | TOP | 1990 | 1998 | |||
Toros Air | ![]() | CN | TAU | 1986 | 1989 | ||
Trans-Asia Airlines | 1998 | 1998 | |||||
TRUVA | 1996 | 1996 | |||||
TUR European Airways | ![]() | YI | TCT | TurAvrupa | 1987 | 1994 | |
Turkish Express | 2007 | 2007 | Rebranded as AnadoluJet | ||||
Turkol | ![]() | 1981 | 1981 | ||||
Turkuaz Airlines | ![]() | TRK | TURKU | 2006 | 2010 | Bankrupt | |
United European Airways | UEL | 1992 | 1993 | ||||
UPS Turkey | UNS | 2004 | 2006 | ||||
VIP-Air | ![]() | 1991 | 1992 | Formed by Sultan Air, then reintegrated. | |||
World Focus Airlines | ![]() | VVF | WorldFocus | 2005 | 2008 | Changed name to Ankair |
The largest airlines in the world can be defined in several ways. As of 2023, Delta Air Lines was the largest by revenue, assets, fleet size, market capitalization and brand value; American Airlines Group by passengers carried and employees; FedEx Express by freight tonne-kilometers; Southwest Airlines by routes; and Turkish Airlines by countries served.