Greenair

Greenair was a Turkish charter airline. In 1994 the company was renamed to Active Air. The adjustment of flight operations took place in 1996.

History

Greenair was founded in 1990 as a joint venture of Turkish investors and the Russian state airline Aeroflot. Main shareholders were the Turkish businessman Ali Şen, who also worked as president of the football club Fenerbahçe Istanbul and took over the management of greenair, as well as the resident at the airport Vnukovo corporate department of Aeroflot, which held a 49 percent stake. The operation was launched on April 19, 1990 with a charter flight from Istanbul to Nuremberg. Initially, put the company a three machines of the Tupolev Tu -154, which had been taken over by the Aeroflot. Two aircraft of the Tupolev Tu-134 supplemented as of October 1990, the fleet. For the duration of the summer season 1991 in addition a widebody aircraft Ilyushin Il -86 was leased.

Greenair resulted mainly from Ankara, Antalya and Izmir outgoing by charter flights to the UK and Germany. In the first two years of existence, the company transported 576 412 passengers. As a result of restructuring in the Russian aviation sector Aeroflot joined their stakes in 1993 from the Vnukovo Airlines. On April 1, 1994, the company was renamed to Active Air. After the crash of flight 301 Birgenair - sat a security discussion in the media, making the already low acceptance of the Russian used equipment declined further. Due to the low utilization of the aircraft, the Company closed its operations in 1996.

Used aircraft

• Ilyushin Il -86
• Tupolev Tu- 134A -3
• Tupolev Tu- 154M

At the time of cessation of the fleet of the company consisted of three Tupolev Tu- 154.