(Onur Air Taşımacılık AŞ) is an
Airline based in
İstanbul ,
Turkey . It operates charter services throughout
Europe , as well as scheduled domestic services since deregulation of the local airline market. Its main base is
Atatürk International Airport , İstanbul.
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The airline was established in
1992 and started operations in
May 1992 . It began with two leased
Airbus A320 aircraft. In
2003 it launched its low-fare domestic services. It is owned by Cankut Bagona (33.3%), Chairman and Chief Executive, Hayri Içli (33.3%) and Unsal Tulbentci (33.3%). It carries some 1.4 million passengers a year.
- Onur Air has been suspended from taking off or landing in France, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany for alleged safety breaches and the alleged need to tighten security standards. The airline denies all allegations, but 40,000 passengers have been left grounded as a result. Talks have been held with the Dutch aviation authoritiesBBC News, 16 May 2005. After the airline and the Dutch aviation authorities reached an agreement, the ban was lifted and the airline was allowed to fly to the Netherlands again. Onur Air has threatened to sue the Dutch government because of alleged losses after its banishment, estimating their loss is at least 60 million euro of which they will claim €15 million. The Dutch government refused to reimburse them and questioned whether Onur Air has taken the banishment seriously and reviewed the safety of their aircraft.
- On July 18 2006 there was an incident where the tail of an Airbus A 321 aircraft hit the runway during landing, damaging the pressurized passenger cabin.
- On August 10 2006 there was an incident on the flight from Paris to Bodrum, reportedly a window in the cockpit suffered a malfunction. As a result the plane flew at reduced altitude for over 2 hours and was re-routed to Istanbul.
- On 15 September 2006 , a pilot refused to fly a Onur Air flight, telling passengers that the plane was unsafe. This led to a reported 'mini-riot' on the plane[http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=15434133&folderPk=83726&pNodeId=144922 This is Bristol].
- On January 01 2007 an incident occurred whereby the cargo hold door of a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 aircraft burst open during flight. This was caused by a rapid depressurisation in the cabin. Luggage spilled onto the Runway when it touched down at Istanbul. 2007 Incident
- On June 11 2007 an incident occurred at Manchester international airport UK, on departure the crew of a MD-83 TC-OAU reported an engine failure, the aircraft managed returned to Manchester without further incident. TC-OAV later arrived to complete the journey to Dalaman as OHY380.
- On July 31 2007 220 passengers had a 26 hour delay in Cardiff International Airport because an Airbus A 321 aircraft had developed a serious technical fault with one of its engines on arrival to the airport.
- On September 7 2007 An Airbus A 321 aircraft lost cabin pressure on Dalaman-Birmingham flight and the plane had to make an emergency landing to Istanbul airport. (The Cabin crew did not let any of the passengers know what was going on as the plane plumpted 3 or 4 times towards the ground.) Passengers also reported smoke coming from the left engine as it landed at Istanbul. When the Emergency air maks came down, none of them worked.
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The Onur Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at March
2007 ) :
Onur Air average fleet age is 11.8 years old in July 2006.
Onur Air Fleet Age
In mid-2007 Onur Air is reported to be in talks to acquire up to three
Airbus A330 aircraft for delivery in
2007 and
2008 to replace some of its
Airbus A300-600 aircraft, which would be retired from service.
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