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Founded | 2021 | ||||||
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Hubs | İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
Headquarters | İzmir, Turkey | ||||||
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Air Anka is a Turkish airline founded in 2021. Based out of İzmir, it started operations as a cargo airline in mid-2022, but switched to passenger flights in early 2023.
Based in İzmir, Turkey, Air Anka was founded in 2021. Plans in 2022 indicated that it would be a cargo airline. [1] It started hiring crew in March 2022. [2] The airline received its air operator's certificate from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in August 2022. Two of its aircraft were stored at Atatürk Airport at the time. [3] A test flight was carried out from Istanbul to Ankara on 15 August. [4] In January 2023, the carrier also received permits to fly passengers. [5] Later that month, it sponsored Survivor Turkey and made its first revenue passenger flight by flying contestants of the show to the Dominican Republic. [6] It was sold to Odin Aviation in October 2023.[ citation needed]
As of January 2023 [update], Air Anka operates the following aircraft: [6]