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Turkish Airlines with its Istanbul hub, plus Pegasus and leisure airlines such as SunExpress.
12 airlines
Scheduled airlines with a hub and connecting flights – usually on short-, medium- and long-haul routes.
Cheap point-to-point flights, often with a single-type fleet, many bases and short turnaround times.
AJet
VF / TKJ
The low-cost subsidiary of Turkish Airlines: launched as the AnadoluJet brand in 2008, operating as AJet with its own flight operations since 2024, main base Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen and a mixed Airbus-Boeing fleet.
Pegasus Airlines
PC / PGT
The Turkish low-cost carrier from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen: an almost pure Airbus A320neo family fleet, a dense network to Germany and, since October 2026, the Smartwings group under its roof.
Airlines focused on vacation destinations – in scheduled service and for tour operators.
Atlasglobal
KK / KKK
Historic Turkish airline from Istanbul: launched in 2001 as an offshoot of the Öger group, grew big as Atlasjet with Boeing 757s and Airbus jets, renamed Atlasglobal in 2015 and grounded in February 2020.
Corendon Airlines
XC / CAI
Turkish leisure airline from Antalya with a small Boeing 737 fleet, a red star on the tail and two sister airlines in Malta and the Netherlands – at home at many German airports in summer.
Freebird Airlines
FH / FHY
Turkish leisure and charter airline based in Antalya: a small all-Airbus A320 fleet, tails in different colors and a Maltese sister airline that flies under an EU license.
Onur Air
8Q / OHY
Historic Turkish charter and scheduled airline from Istanbul: started with an A320 in 1992, grew big on vacation flights to Germany, later flew A330s on wet lease – and was finally grounded after the pandemic.
Southwind Airlines
2S / STW
Young charter airline from Antalya with a mixed Airbus and Boeing fleet: founded in 2022, banned from the EU in 2024, and flying to Germany again since early March 2026.
SunExpress
XQ / SXS
The Turkish leisure airline from Antalya is owned half by Lufthansa and half by Turkish Airlines, flies only Boeing 737s and links Germany with Turkey more densely than almost any other airline.
All-cargo airlines, cargo subsidiaries and express services with their own freighters.
MNG Airlines
MB / MNB
The cargo airline from Istanbul has flown Airbus freighters to Europe, the Middle East and Africa since 1997 – from the classic A300-600 to the A330, with two A350Fs on order.
ULS Airlines Cargo
GO / KZU
The cargo airline from Istanbul has flown Airbus freighters since 2004 – formerly the A300B4, today some of the last A310-300Fs in scheduled service and converted A330-300P2Fs.
Companies that fly aircraft with crew for other airlines, tour operators or sports teams.
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