Tailwind Airlines

Tailwind Airlines

IATA ICAO Callsign TI TWI TAILWIND
Founded	2006
Hubs	Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Antalya Airport
Fleet size	7
Destinations	40+
Parent company	Tailwind Havayolları
Headquarters	Istanbul, Turkey
Key people	Kadri Muhiddin Safi Ergin Mehmet Demir Uz
Website	tailwind.com.tr

A Tailwind Airlines Boeing 737-400

Tailwind Airlines is an airline based in Istanbul, Turkey, whichs operates wet-lease charter flights into Sabiha Gökçen International Airport and Antalya Airport. The airline was founded as a joint Turkish-British project, with the first commercial flight taking place in May 2009.

History

Tailwind Airlines is a Turkish airline based at Antalya Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport. Founded by Kadri Muhiddin, Safi Ergin and Mehmet Demir Uz in 2006, the low-cost airline operated five Boeing 737-400 as of August 2013.

Destinations

As of August 2013, Tailwind Airlines flies to various destinations in Europe and Asia:^[1]

• Belgium
  • Brussels – Brussels Airport
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Sarajevo – Sarajevo International Airport
• Czech Republic
  • Prague – Ruzyne Airport
• France
  • Paris – Orly Airport
  • Lille – Lesquin Airport
• Germany
  • Berlin – Schönefeld Airport
  • Bremen – Bremen Airport
  • Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport
  • Dortmund – Dortmund Airport
  • Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport
  • Dresden – Dresden Airport
  • Erfurt/Weimar – Erfurt-Weimar Airport
  • Hahn – Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
  • Hamburg – Hamburg Airport
  • Hannover – Hannover Airport
  • Kassel – Kassel Airport
  • Leipzig – Leipzig/Halle Airport
  • Munich – Munich Airport
  • Nuremberg – Nuremberg Airport
  • Stuttgart – Stuttgart Airport
• Hungary
  • Budapest – Ferihegy Airport
  • Debrecen – Debrecen Airport
• Iran
  • Tehran - Imam Khomeini International Airport
• Israel
  • Tel-Aviv - Ben Gurion Airport
• Italy
  • Bergamo – Orio al Serio Airport
  • Catania – Fontanarossa Airport
  • Milan – Malpensa Airport
  • Rome – Fiumicino Airport
  • Verona – Villafranca Airport
• Norway
  • Bergen – Flesland Airport
  • Kristiansand – Kristiansand Airport
  • Oslo – Gardermoen Airport
  • Stavanger – Sola Airport
  • Ålesund – Vigra Airport
• Slovakia
  • Bratislava – M. R. Štefánik Airport
• Spain
  • Bilbao – Bilbao Airport
  • Madrid – Barajas Airport
  • Valencia – Manises Airport
• Sweden
  • Kristianstad - Kristianstad Airport
• Switzerland
  • Basel – EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg
  • Geneva – Cointrin Airport
  • Zürich – Kloten Airport
• Turkey
  • Adana – Adana Airport
  • Ankara – Esenboğa Airport
  • Alanya – Antalya Gazipasa Airport
  • Antalya – Antalya Airport (Hub)
  • Bodrum – Milas-Bodrum Airport
  • Dalaman – Dalaman Airport
  • Ercan – Ercan Airport
  • Eskişehir - Hasan Polatkan Airport
  • Istanbul – Sabiha Gökçen Airport (Hub)
  • Isparta – Süleyman Demirel Airport
  • Izmir – Adnan Menderes Airport
  • Kayseri – Erkilet Airport
  • Nevşehir – Kapadokya Airport
  • Samsun – Samsun-Çarşamba Airport

Fleet

The Tailwind Airlines fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2016):^[2]

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers
Boeing 737-400	5	—	168
Boeing 737-800	2	—	189
Total	7

References

1. Tailwind Airlines Destinations
2. "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 35.

External links

Media related to Tailwind Airlines at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website