AtlasGlobal


AtlasGlobal, named Atlasjet until 31 March 2015, was a Turkish airline headquartered in Istanbul, which operated scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights, mostly out of its base at Istanbul Airport. The airline filed for bankruptcy on February 12, 2020, and ceased operations permanently after that date.

History

Early years

The airline was established on 14 March 2001 and started operations on 1 June 2001. Formerly known as Atlasjet International Airlines, it was set up as a subsidiary of Öger Holdings. As of February 1, 2006, Öger's 45% share at Atlasglobal was taken over and Ali Murat Ersoy became the President of Board of Directors at Atlasglobal. The company is led by its CEO Sermed Temizkanhad 730 employees.
In August 2012, AtlasGlobal Airlines contracted Ryan International Airlines, a US airline, to operate religious pilgrimage flights to cities such as Medina and Tel Aviv. In January 2013 AtlasGlobal failed to fulfill the payments to Ryan International, which prompted the termination of the co-operation without advance notice. Ryan International Airlines, already in a bankruptcy reorganization process, was not able to recover from the loss and therefore faced impending financial difficulties, which led to its liquidation.

Operational issues and end of operations

On 26 November 2019, AtlasGlobal announced a temporary suspension of all flights due to a restructuring of the airline. It was further announced that all ticket sales would be suspended until 16 December 2019 with flights planned to resume by 21 December.
On 16 December 2019, Atlasglobal resumed scheduled flight operations, five days ahead of its previously announced return. Throughout the suspension it had maintained charter services, with two A321s serving domestic Turkish destinations as well Tehran and Baghdad. In a statement to the Sabah news agency, Atlasglobal said its revised business plan will see it focus more on charters as opposed to scheduled flights. It did not disclose which routes would be dropped as part of the adjustment.
On 7 January 2020, the airline announced it would be suspending operations again, until 9 February 2020. On 29 January 2020, it has been announced that AtlasGlobal returned their sole two Airbus A330-200s to their lessors. On 12 February 2020, Atlasglobal filed for bankruptcy and halted its operations immediately.

Destinations

, before suspending all flights, AtlasGlobal offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:
CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
FranceParisCharles de Gaulle Airport
GeorgiaTbilisiTbilisi International Airport
IranTehranTehran Imam Khomeini International Airport
IraqBaghdadBaghdad International Airport
IraqSulaimaniyahSulaimaniyah International Airport
IsraelTel AvivBen Gurion Airport
LebanonBeirutBeirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
NetherlandsAmsterdamAmsterdam Airport Schiphol
Northern CyprusNorth NicosiaErcan International Airport
TurkeyAntalyaAntalya Airport
TurkeyIstanbulIstanbul Airport
United KingdomLondonLondon Stansted Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

, the AtlasGlobal all Airbus fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

Historic fleet

Over the years, the following aircraft types were operated:

AircraftIntroducedRetired
Airbus A319-100
2005
2019
Airbus A320-200
2004
2019
Airbus A330-200
2018
2019
Boeing 737-400
2004
2010
2005
2011
Boeing 757-200
2001
2012
Bombardier CRJ700
2005
2007
Bombardier CRJ900
2006
2010
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
2007
2007

Accidents and incidents