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| Founded | 2006 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
| Destinations | 40+ | ||||||
| Parent company | Tailwind Havayolları | ||||||
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||
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| Website | tailwind.com.tr | ||||||
Tailwind Airlines is a Turkish charter airline based in Istanbul which operates flights from its bases at Antalya Airport.
The airline was founded as a joint Turkish-British project, with the first commercial flight taking place in May 2009. Founded by Kadri Muhiddin, Safi Ergin and Mehmet Demir Uz in 2006, the low-cost airline operated five Boeing 737-400 as of August 2013. In early September 2016, a Boeing 737-800 with aircraft registration TC-TLH was banned from Lebanon for landing at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. After a technical check, Tailwind Airlines briefly operated the aircraft, which had previously been leased to Wings of Lebanon and painted in its colors, on its own routes. [1]
As of August 2013, Tailwind Airlines flies to various destinations in Europe and Asia: [2]
As of April 2024, the Tailwind Airlines fleet comprises the following aircraft:[ citation needed ]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers |
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| Boeing 737-400 | 5 | — | 168 |
| Boeing 737-800 | 2 | — | 189 |
| Total | 7 | — |
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