Sultan Air was a

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from Turkey that operated from July 1989 until November 1993.

History

Sultan Air began operations using a SE 210 Caravelle 10B. One year later, two

Boeing 737-200 The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retained the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating ...

were added. With the start of the Gulf War, the holiday travel market to Turkey declined and Sultan Air suffered. Flights continued, depending mainly on catering to the Turkish workers abroad. But operations could not be sustained depending solely on such a small market (and also the competition from other Turkish charter operators who catered to the same market) and as a consequence at the beginning of 1991 operations were suspended. The two Boeing 737-200s were used for a subsidiary company called VIP Air which continued to operate

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s. Late in 1991 VIP Air was reintegrated into Sultan Air and charter operations were reinstated. 1992 saw an expansion of operations with two

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and two

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added to the fleet but by the Spring of 1993 the fleet was reduced to two Boeing 737-200s and two

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. Sultan Air troubles got worse when an inspection by the Turkish government resulted in safety shortcoming and the operating license was withdrawn in November 1993 with all operations ceasing and the company was liquidated.Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing

Fleet

*2 SE 210 Caravelle 10B *3 Airbus A300B4 *2

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Antonov AN-24 The Antonov An-24 (Russian/ Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24) (NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by the Kyiv ...

(not all aircraft were used at the same time)

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Defunct airlines of Turkey Airlines established in 1989 Airlines disestablished in 1993 Defunct charter airlines of Turkey {{Turkey-transport-stub