Air Anka

Air Anka
Founded	2021; 3 years ago
Hubs	İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport
Fleet size	3
Headquarters	İzmir, Turkey
Website	www.airanka.com.tr

Air Anka is a Turkish airline founded in 2021. Based out of İzmir, it started operations as a cargo airline in mid-2022, but switched to passenger flights in early 2023.

History

Based in İzmir, Turkey, Air Anka was founded in 2021. Plans in 2022 indicated that it would be a cargo airline.^[1] It started hiring crew in March 2022.^[2] The airline received its air operator's certificate from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in August 2022. Two of its aircraft were stored at Atatürk Airport at the time.^[3] A test flight was carried out from Istanbul to Ankara on 15 August.^[4] In January 2023, the carrier also received permits to fly passengers.^[5] Later that month, it sponsored Survivor Turkey and made its first revenue passenger flight by flying contestants of the show to the Dominican Republic.^[6] It was sold to Odin Aviation in October 2023.^{[citation needed]}

Fleet

As of January 2023^[update], Air Anka operates the following aircraft:^[6]

2 A330-200
1 A330-300

References

^ "Air Anka gün sayıyor". AirportHaber (in Turkish). 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Yeni kurulan havayolu şirketi Air Anka ilk anlaşmaları yaptı". Millî Gazete (in Turkish). 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Air Anka AOC Belgesini Aldı". AirportHaber (in Turkish). 4 August 2022. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Air Anka ilk uçuşunu Atatürk'e adadı". Marketing Türkiye (in Turkish). 15 August 2022. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Air Anka deprem bölgesi için harekete geçti; Uçaklarını Valiliğe tahsis etti". AirportHaber (in Turkish). 6 February 2023. Archived from the original on 16 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Air Anka ilk yolcu uçuşunu Survivor için Dominik'e yaptı". Tolga Özbek (in Turkish). 8 January 2023. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.