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Freebird Airlines

Freebird Airlines

Charter airline of Turkey

Freebird Airlines (Turkish: Hürkuş Havayolu Taşımacılık ve Ticaret A.Ş.) is a Turkish charter airline based in Florya, Bakirköy, Istanbul.[1] Its main base is Antalya Airport.[2]

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History

The airline was established in June 2000 and started operations on 5 April 2001 with a service between Istanbul and Lyon using a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft.[3] In November 2003 the airline received its first Airbus A320-200 aircraft, and today the fleet is made up entirely of this type.

A subsidiary company, Freebird Airlines Europe, was established in Malta in 2018. Operations started with a single Airbus A320 on 20 February 2019.[4]

Destinations

As of March 2023, Freebird Airlines operates regularly to the following destinations:[citation needed]

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Fleet

Freebird Airlines Airbus A320-200

As of April 2024, the Freebird Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5]

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Controversies

Since September 2023, Freebird Airlines has been contracted by the German government for monthly mass-deportation charterflights from Germany to Iraq. Therefor the airline is regularly critisized by anti-racist activists in Germany[6].

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Contact Us Archived 2014-07-16 at the Wayback Machine." Freebird Airlines. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 84.
  3. [3]
    "About Us". Freebird Airlines. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Freebird Europe Started Operations within EU". FreebirdAirlines. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Freebird Airlines Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  6. [6]
    "Freebird Airlines commonly deports from Germany to Iraq". Retrieved 21 April 2024.

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