Pegasus Airlines

Istanbul- Sabiha Gökçen

Pegasus Airlines is a Turkish airline based in Istanbul and base at the airport Sabiha Gokcen.

History

Founding and first years

Pegasus Airlines was established in December 1989 by the Irish Aer Lingus together with the Turkish company Silkar Holding A.Ş. and Net Holding A.Ş. founded. The flight operations began in May of the following year with only two aircraft and in April was the first flight to Berlin -Tegel with a Boeing 737-400. However, due to the Gulf War, remained from the bulk of the estimated Turkey tourists.

As of 1992, the number of tourists who traveled back to the country, increased, and Pegasus Airlines was able to expand. At that time, the fleet consisted of three Boeing 737-400 and two Airbus A320. In the advent weak winter months individual aircraft were used in the wet lease for North American airlines and tour operators.

After two very successful years, Aer Lingus and Net Holding A.Ş., Pegasus Airlines decided to Yapi Kredi Bankası for sale. Thus Pegasus Airlines became a full Turkish companies.

From the start, Pegasus Airlines flew by, inter alia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland to different destination airports in Turkey. In November 2005, the first scheduled flights within Turkey have been included - successively a national route network has been established. Since the winter timetable 2006/2007 are also numerous flights abroad, particularly to Dusseldorf, offered throughout the year and in regular service. The Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport acts as a hub, offered by the numerous passengers from the terminal connections. Pegasus Airlines now offers about 90 flights per day to a total of 28 goals.

The opening of the new technology for building maintenance and storage on the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul in November 1999.

1997 Pegasus Airlines ordered an additional 737-400 and a Boeing 737-800, and so they also became the first Turkish airline that owned the 737 Next Generation. Shortly thereafter, followed by a purchase contract for the next ten 737-800, which were also equipped from 2002 with winglets for fuel savings.

Development since 2000

Three Boeing 737-500 came in 2005 to the fleet and will be used primarily for domestic routes with low traffic.

In January 2005, took over the ESAS Holding Pegasus Airlines and sat Ali Sabancı as CEO of the airline one. Just two months later, that changed the concept of Pegasus Airlines and from a charter airline, was an airline that offers scheduled and charter flights at reasonable prices. In November 2005, Pegasus Airlines ordered twelve new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which were supplemented in 2008 by a further twelve machines of the same type.

In 2007, Pegasus Airlines carried more passengers than any other private Turkish airline. 2008, there were 4.4 million passengers and thus remained Pegasus is the largest private airline in Turkey.

Pegasus Airlines is a member of IATA and operates with Pegasus Airlines Flight Academy a licensed educational institution for the training of pilots, flight attendants / inside and aircraft technicians. Are also trained persons and staff from other airlines. In addition, the company owns its own technology for building maintenance and storage at the three international airports in Istanbul- Sabiha Gökçen, airport Antalya and Izmir airport. The technique buildings are equipped with the latest instruments and possess all international licenses for aircraft maintenance.

In December 2012, Pegasus Airlines placed a large order for 75 machines of the Airbus A320neo family.

In March 2013, the dissolution of the joint venture Air Berlin Turkey was announced, Pegasus will cooperate in future directly with Air Berlin.

Destinations

Pegasus Airlines offers charter and scheduled flights to more than 70 locations in Europe and Asia. In Germany Pegasus Airlines flies to the following airports: Erfurt, Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf, Dortmund, Dresden, Zweibrücken, Berlin, Cologne, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Rostock -Laage, Leipzig, Bremen, Hannover, Nuremberg, Paderborn and Münster. Outside Germany, Pegasus Airlines flies to the following European airports: Amsterdam, Paris, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Zurich, Basel, Vienna, Brussels, Ercan, Copenhagen, Tbilisi. Within Turkey, the following airports are served: Istanbul, Izmir, Bodrum, Dalaman, North Cyprus, Konya, Antalya, Ankara, Kayseri, Adana, Hatay, Samsun, Trabzon, Elazig, Malatya, Van, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep and Mardin.

On 28 September 2009, Air Berlin and Pegasus Airlines started their cooperation. Both airlines also the websites were combined, and the Air Berlin Internet portal additional connections from Germany to Turkey, as well as routes within Turkey are now available for booking.

Fleet

As of January 2014, the Pegasus Airlines fleet consists of 49 planes with an average age of 3.6 years:

Pegasus Airlines offers on their planes only one class of travel. An on-board catering, the so-called Flying Cafe is available for a fee for all travelers and includes both cold and hot meals. The Boeing 737-800 equipped with ceiling monitors, but so far only the flight route and commercials of the airline and other companies show.