Onur Air
Onur Air is a low-cost airline with its headquarters in the Technical Hangar B at Istanbul Atatürk Airport in Yeşilköy, Istanbul, Turkey. It operates mostly domestic scheduled services, as well as a wide range of charter flights out of its base at Istanbul Airport. Its aircraft and crews also operate for its partly owned leisure subsidiary Holiday Europe.
History
Onur Air was established on 14 April 1992 and started revenue operations using a wet-leased Airbus A320 with a flight to Ercan in North Cyprus on 14 May of that year. "Onur" means proud, self-esteem in Turkish. Over the next years, the Onurair fleet grew, so that by the end of 1995, it included nine aircraft. Previously its head office was in Florya, Bakırköy, Istanbul.In 1996, Ten Tour acquired ownership of the airline. By 1997 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 twin-jet airliners had been added to the fleet. Due to a recession, Onur Air had to reduce the size of its fleet to 13 in 1998, and then to nine in 1999. Since then the airline has expanded again.
As of 6 April 2019 all of Onur Air's flights from their former base at Atatürk Airport had been relocated to the new Istanbul Airport.
In August 2019, Onur Air established a new, partly-owned subsidiary named Holiday Europe for leisure flights between Europe and destinations around the Mediterranean. Onur Air provides aircraft and crews for the new brand.
Destinations
Onur Air offers scheduled flights to the following destinations.| Country | City | Airport | Notes | Refs |
| Germany | Berlin | Berlin Tegel Airport | ||
| Germany | Cologne/Bonn | Cologne Bonn Airport | ||
| Germany | Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf Airport | ||
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | Kuwait International Airport | ||
| North Macedonia | Ohrid | Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport | ||
| Russia | Anapa | Anapa Airport | ||
| Turkey | Antalya | Antalya Airport | ||
| Turkey | Bodrum | Milas–Bodrum Airport | ||
| Turkey | Istanbul | Istanbul Airport | ||
| Turkey | Trabzon | Trabzon Airport | ||
| Ukraine | Odessa | Odesa International Airport |
Fleet
Current
As of August 2019, the Onur Air fleet consists of an all Airbus fleet of the following aircraft:- Airbus A330: TC-OCI, TC-OCJ, TC-OCK, TC-OCM, TC-OCN, TC-OCO leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines
- Airbus A321neo: TC-OEE leased to Holiday Europe
Retired fleet
| Aircraft | Introduced | Retired |
| Airbus A300 | 1996 | 2013 |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 2007 | 2009 |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 2005 | 2009 |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-88 | 1997 | 2011 |
Incidents and accidents
- On 17 June 2003, Onur Air Flight 2263, a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 overshot the runway at Groningen Airport Eelde following an aborted take-off. There were no injuries, but the airline was accused of security breaches.
- On 12 May 2005, Onur Air was denied access to Dutch airspace for a month. Several incidents were the cause of the suspension of the airline. Negotiations took place between the Dutch authorities and Onur Air and on 24 May 2005 Onur Air had permission to fly from and to the Netherlands again.
- On 1 January 2007, the cargo hold of a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 aircraft burst open upon landing at Atatürk International Airport, spilling luggage onto the runway.
- On 7 September 2007, an Airbus A321 aircraft lost cabin pressure on a charter flight from Dalaman Airport to Birmingham Airport, resulting in an emergency landing at Atatürk International Airport. Passenger reports included a smoking engine and broken down oxygen masks.
- On 20 August 2011, an Onur Air pilot forgot to contact Munich Air Traffic Control and caused the quick reaction air defence of both Germany and Austria to send four Eurofighter Typhoons to intercept the company's A321.