Pegasus Airlines

Pegasus Airlines
IATA H9	ICAO PGT	Callsign SUNTURK
Founded		1989
Hubs		Sabiha Gokcen Airport
Focus cities		Antalya Airport
Fleet size		16
Destinations		30
Parent company		Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS
Headquarters		Istanbul, Turkey
Key people		Ali Sabancı
Website: http://www.flypgs.com/

Pegasus Airlines (Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS) is an airline based in Istanbul, Turkey. It operates holiday charter flights to Turkish resorts from around 100 destinations in 17 countries, scheduled services to 17 domestic destinations and 13 destinations in Europe and on demand charters and ACMI leases. Its main base is Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Istanbul, with a hub at Antalya Airport.^[1]

History

The airline was established on 1 December 1989 and started operations on 15 April 1990. It was owned by Aer Lingus, but was sold in 1994 to Yapi Kredi Bank. It is now owned by Esas Holdings (85%) and Silkar (15%).

Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 lands at Bristol International Airport, England

Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737

Pegasus Airlines is one of the biggest charter companies in Turkey with a passenger capacity of more than 4 million passengers per year.

Destinations

As of June 2007^[2] :

Austria

• Vienna (Schwechat International Airport)

Denmark

• Copenhagen (Kastrup International Airport)

England

• Bournemouth (Bournemouth International Airport)
• London (London Stansted Airport)
• Manchester (Manchester Airport)
• Lincolnshire (Humberside Airport)

Germany

• Berlin
  • (Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport
  • Berlin-Tegel International Airport)
• Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf International Airport)
• Frankfurt (Frankfurt International Airport)
• Hamburg (Hamburg Airport)
• Hannover (Hanover/Langenhagen International Airport)
• Leipzig (Leipzig/Halle Airport)
• Münster (Münster Osnabrück International Airport)
• Munich (Munich International Airport)
• Nuremberg (Nuremberg Airport)
• Stuttgart (Stuttgart Airport)

Iran

• Tehran (Imam Khomeini International Airport)

Netherlands

• Amsterdam (Amsterdam Schiphol Airport)
• Eindhoven (Eindhoven Airport)

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

• Lefkoşa (Ercan International Airport)

Turkey

• Adana (Adana Şakirpaşa Airport)
• Ankara (Esenboğa International Airport)
• Antalya (Antalya International Airport)
• Bodrum (Milas-Bodrum Airport)
• Diyarbakır (Diyarbakır Airport)
• Erzurum (Erzurum Airport)
• Gaziantep (Oğuzeli Airport)
• İstanbul
  • Atatürk International Airport)
  • (Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
• İzmir (Adnan Menderes Airport)
• Kayseri (Erkilet International Airport)
• Malatya (Erhaç Airport)
• Mardin (Mardin Airport)
• Samsun (Çarşamba Airport)
• Trabzon (Trabzon Airport)
• Van (Ferit Melen Airport)

Scotland

• Glasgow (Glasgow International Airport) Seasonal

Switzerland

• Zürich (Kloten Airport)

Fleet

The Pegasus Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2007):

• 2 Boeing 737-400
• 3 Boeing 737-500
• 11 Boeing 737-800

The airline has also ordered 12 Boeing 737s (6 firm orders for 737-800, and 6 options for either of 737-700, 800 or 900 ER). Pegasus Airlines average fleet age is 6.9 years (at July 2006).

External links

• Pegasus Airlines
• Pegasus Airlines Fleet

References

1. ^ "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-10, p. 62. 
2. ^ Pegasus Airlines website

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