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Airline of Turkey
MNG Airlines
is a Turkish
cargo airline
headquartered in
Istanbul
based at
Istanbul Airport
.
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History
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The airline was established by
Mehmet Nazif Gunal
in 1997 and started operations on 30 November 1997. Transatlantic services began in 1998 with a flight from
Frankfurt
to
Toronto
, followed by scheduled services to the USA on 8 November 1998. In mid-2002 passenger operations were added. In 2005 MNG won an award from Airbus for 100% reliability on the 30-year-old Airbus A300. In 2006, MNG ceased all passenger flights with cargo only flights are being continued.
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In 2008, MNG Airlines acquired Slovenian cargo company
Solinair
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In 2020, MNG began the operation of its twice-weekly freighter service linking
Cologne Bonn Airport
(CGN) in Germany and
John F. Kennedy International
(JFK) in New York. The new flight is an expansion of the carrier's routes flown from CGN, which include flights to
Istanbul Ataturk Airport
(ISL) on behalf of
Air France
, and Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) for its own operations.
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Corporate affairs
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Ownership
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Ghita Holding (member of
Abu Dhabi’s
IHC mega-group) acquired a 44 per cent stake in MNG Havayollari ve Tasimacilik A.S. (commonly known as ‘MNG Airlines’) for $211.2 million.
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Destinations
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MNG Airlines operates scheduled and charter services within Europe, and to the Far East, the Middle East and the United States destinations. It operated scheduled freighter services to the following destinations as of July 2013:
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Africa
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Asia
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Europe
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North America
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Fleet
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As of May 2024, the MNG Airlines fleet comprises the following aircraft:
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References
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External links
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Media related to
MNG Airlines
at Wikimedia Commons
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