Ankair

Anka Air ( outdoor gig Ankair, before World Focus Airlines) was a Turkish charter airline based in Istanbul and base at the airport Ataturk.

History

The Company was incorporated on 27 September 2005 as World Focus Airlines and started operations with two Airbus A310 on. Because of the negative headlines after the crash of Atlasjet flight 4203 on 30 November 2007, which was conducted by World Focus Airlines, the company changed its name to Air Anka and led the Ankair a brand in February 2008. Anka provides a reference to the Turkish word for Phoenix ago ( anka kuşu ).

In July 2008, the Ankair a flight operations, as their operating license from the Turkish aviation authority has been withdrawn. Reason was a prescribed minimal size of the fleet of three aircraft.

Destinations

Anka led Air charter flights in Europe and the Middle East.

Fleet

(April 2008)

• 2 McDonnell Douglas MD -83

Incidents

• On 30 November 2007 crashed a McDonnell Douglas MD -83, which was operated for Atlasjet, just before landing at the Süleyman Demirel Airport in Isparta from. The crash of Flight 4203 Atlasjet all 57 people on board were killed.