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| Founded | February 1996 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | November 1997 | ||||||
| Hubs | Istanbul Airport | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Solinair | ||||||
| Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
| Destinations | 19 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||
| Key people | Mehmet Nazif Günal, founder | ||||||
| Website | mngairlines.com | ||||||
MNG Airlines is a Turkish cargo and passenger charter airline headquartered in Istanbul based at Istanbul Airport. [1]
The airline was established by Mehmet Nazif Günal in 1997 and started operations on 30 November 1997. Transatlantic services began in 1998 with a flight from Frankfurt to Toronto, followed by scheduled services to the United States on 8 November 1998. In mid-2002, passenger operations were added. In 2005, MNG won an award from Airbus for 100% reliability on the 30-year-old Airbus A300. In 2006, MNG ceased all passenger flights with cargo only flights are being continued. [2] In 2008, MNG Airlines acquired the Slovenian cargo company Solinair. [3]
In 2020, MNG began the operation of its twice-weekly freighter service linking Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) in Germany and John F. Kennedy International (JFK) in New York. The new flight is an expansion of the carrier's routes flown from CGN, which include flights to Istanbul Atatürk Airport (ISL) on behalf of Air France, and Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) for its own operations. [4]
On Aug 09 2023, MNG Airlines (MNGA) Cancels New York Stock Exchange Listing. [5]
Ghita Holding (member of Abu Dhabi's IHC mega-group) acquired a 44 percent stake in MNG Havayollari ve Tasimacilik A.S. (commonly known as ‘MNG Airlines’) for $211.2 million. [6]
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MNG Airlines operates scheduled and charter services within Europe, and to the Far East, the Middle East and the United States destinations. It operated scheduled freighter services to the following destinations as of July 2013: [7]
Algeria 
Libya 
Tunisia 
Bahrain 
Iraq 
Israel 
Pakistan 
Qatar 
United Arab Emirates 
China 
Croatia 
France 
Germany 
Netherlands 
Turkey 
United Kingdom 
United States As of May 2024, the MNG Airlines fleet comprises the following aircraft: [10]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A300-600RF | 1 | — | Cargo |
| Airbus A321-200/P2F | 2 | — | Cargo |
| Airbus A330-200F | 2 | — | Cargo |
| Airbus A330-300F | 3 | — | Cargo |
| Total | 8 | — |
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