Turan Air

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Turan Air
Turan Air logo.jpg
IATA ICAO Call sign
3TURNTURAN
Founded1994
Ceased operations2013
Hubs Heydar Aliyev International Airport
Fleet size5
Destinations6
Headquarters Baku, Azerbaijan
Website turan-air.com

Turan Air was an airline based in Baku, Azerbaijan. [1]

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History

Turan Air Tupolev Tu-154M Turan Air Tu-154.jpg
Turan Air Tupolev Tu-154M

Turan Air was founded in 1994 as an Azerbaijani-British joint venture, and began operating its first flights on 30 June 30 1995. As well as operating domestically, the airline offered services to several cities in Russia. [2] Turan Air ceased operations in 2013. [1]

Destinations

Turan Air served the following scheduled destinations:[ citation needed ]

Azerbaijan
Russia

Fleet

As of February 2013, in its last year of operation, the Turan Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft: [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Азербайджанская авиакомпания "IMAIR" будет закрыта" aze.az Archived 2013-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Первая частная азербайджанская авиакомпания объявила о ликвидации". interfax.az. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  3. "1". Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2013-02-17.