AtlasGlobal, named Atlasjet until 31 March 2015,[1] was a Turkish airline headquartered in Istanbul,[2] which operated scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights, mostly out of its base at Istanbul Airport.[3] The airline filed for bankruptcy on February 12, 2020, and ceased operations permanently after that date.[4]
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 (as of 2017).[3]
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.[5][6]
Operational issues and end of operationsedit
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.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9] On 12 February 2020, Atlasglobal filed for bankruptcy and halted its operations immediately.[4]
As of 19 January 2020[update], before suspending all flights, AtlasGlobal offered scheduled flights (excluding charter flights) to the following destinations:
On 18 August 2007, Atlasjet Flight 1011 from Ercan, Northern Cyprus to Istanbul, Turkey, which was operated by a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (registered TC-AKN), was hijacked by two passengers shortly after take-off. The perpetrators claimed to be members of Al Qaeda carrying explosives, and demanded the pilots divert the aircraft to Tehran, Iran. Instead, the aircraft landed at Antalya Airport in Turkey at 08:15 local time, officially in order to refuel. Negotiations with the local authorities began, during which all females and children on board were allowed to leave. A ruckus occurred when other passengers and crew tried to flee during which the hijackers surrendered. There were no notable injuries among the 138 other passengers and 5 crew members on board.[15]
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Not to be confused with Atlas Air For the former Russian airline that also used the name AtlasJet see RusAir Atlasjet redirects here For othet jet Atlases see Atlas disambiguation AtlasGlobal named Atlasjet until 31 March 2015 1 was a Turkish airline headquartered in Istanbul 2 which operated scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights mostly out of its base at Istanbul Airport 3 The airline filed for bankruptcy on February 12 2020 and ceased operations permanently after that date 4 AtlasGlobalIATA ICAO Callsign KK KKK ATLASGLOBALFounded2001 23 years ago 2001 Ceased operationsFebruary 12 2020Operating basesIstanbul AirportSecondary hubsAntalya AirportFrequent flyer programAtlasmilesSubsidiariesAtlasholidays AtlasGlobal UkraineFleet size2 time of closure Destinations12 time of closure HeadquartersIstanbul TurkeyKey peopleAli Murat Ersoy Chairman Sermed Temizkan CEO Websitewww wbr atlasglbs wbr com Contents 1 History 1 1 Early years 1 2 Operational issues and end of operations 2 Destinations 3 Historic fleet 4 Accidents and incidents 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editEarly years edit 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 Oger Holdings As of February 1 2006 Oger 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 as of 2017 3 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 5 6 Operational issues and end of operations edit 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 7 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 8 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 9 On 12 February 2020 Atlasglobal filed for bankruptcy and halted its operations immediately 4 Destinations edit nbsp AtlasGlobal Airbus A320 200 wearing an older livery nbsp A former AtlasGlobal Airbus A330 200 at the airline s former home base Istanbul Ataturk Airport nbsp A former Atlasjet Bombardier CRJ900 which has been retired in 2010 nbsp TC AKM the McDonnell Douglas MD 83 destroyed in the accident of Atlasjet Flight 4203 in 2007 As of 19 January 2020 update before suspending all flights AtlasGlobal offered scheduled flights excluding charter flights to the following destinations Country City Airport Notes Refs nbsp France Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport nbsp Georgia Tbilisi Tbilisi International Airport nbsp Iran Tehran Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport nbsp Iraq Baghdad Baghdad International Airport Sulaimaniyah Sulaimaniyah International Airport nbsp Armenia Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport nbsp Israel Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport 10 11 nbsp Lebanon Beirut Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport 12 nbsp Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol nbsp North Cyprus North Nicosia Ercan International Airport nbsp Turkey Antalya Antalya Airport Istanbul Istanbul Airport Hub nbsp United Kingdom London London Stansted Airport 13 Historic fleet editOver the years the following aircraft types were operated 14 Aircraft Introduced Retired Airbus A319 100 2005 2019 Airbus A320 200 2004 2019 Airbus A330 200 2018 2019 9 Boeing 737 400 20042010 20052011 Boeing 757 200 2001 2012 Bombardier CRJ700 2005 2007 Bombardier CRJ900 2006 2010 McDonnell Douglas MD 83 2007 2007Accidents and incidents editOn 18 August 2007 Atlasjet Flight 1011 from Ercan Northern Cyprus to Istanbul Turkey which was operated by a McDonnell Douglas MD 83 registered TC AKN was hijacked by two passengers shortly after take off The perpetrators claimed to be members of Al Qaeda carrying explosives and demanded the pilots divert the aircraft to Tehran Iran Instead the aircraft landed at Antalya Airport in Turkey at 08 15 local time officially in order to refuel Negotiations with the local authorities began during which all females and children on board were allowed to leave A ruckus occurred when other passengers and crew tried to flee during which the hijackers surrendered There were no notable injuries among the 138 other passengers and 5 crew members on board 15 On 30 November 2007 Atlasjet Flight 4203 from Istanbul to Isparta crashed upon approaching Isparta Suleyman Demirel Airport killing all 50 passengers and 7 crew members on board The aircraft that operated this flight was wet leased from World Focus Airlines 16 See also editList of defunct airlines of TurkeyReferences edit Neue Marke Atlas Global Atlasjet zeigt globale Ambitionen aeroTELEGRAPH 21 March 2015 Retrieved 13 May 2017 Headquarters and Call Center Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Atlasjet Retrieved 16 February 2011 a b Directory World Airlines Flight International 27 March 2007 p 80 a b AtlasGlobal to declare bankruptcy after moving to Istanbul s new airport Ahval Archived from the original on 16 February 2020 Rockford s Ryan International Airlines liquidating Archived 15 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine WREX 12 January 2013 Retrieved 28 January 2014 Charter Carrier Ryan International Airlines Grounds All Flights Seeks Liquidation NYC Aviation 11 January 2013 Retrieved 28 January 2014 Turkish airline AtlasGlobal temporarily suspends all operations 26 November 2019 Turkey s AtlasGlobal resumes scheduled passenger operations ch aviation com 16 December 2019 a b ch aviation com Turkey s AtlasGlobal suspends A330 operations 29 January 2020 Liu Jim 1 November 2017 AtlasGlobal adds Istanbul Tel Aviv service in W17 Routesonline Retrieved 1 November 2017 Liu Jim 6 May 2019 AtlasGlobal adds Antalya Tel Aviv from May 2019 Routesonline Retrieved 6 May 2019 AtlasGlobal Continues Middle East Expansion in S16 airlineroute Retrieved 3 February 2016 AtlasGlobal resumes London Stansted flights from Oct 2016 routesonline Retrieved 7 September 2016 Atlas Jet Fleet Airfleets aviation airfleets net Retrieved 13 May 2017 Atlasjet Flight 1011 Aviation Safety Network Atlasjet Flight 4203 Aviation Safety Network External links edit nbsp Media related to AtlasGlobal at Wikimedia Commons Official website Portals nbsp Turkey nbsp Companies nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title AtlasGlobal amp oldid 1218911750, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
