MB MNB Commenced operations November 1997 Destinations 13 Founded February 1996 Hub Istanbul Atatürk Airport | MNB BLACK SEA Subsidiaries Solinair Headquarters Istanbul, Turkey Fleet size 8 | |
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MNG Airlines is a Turkish cargo airline headquartered in Istanbul with bases at Atatürk International Airport and Cologne Bonn Airport.
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History
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. On February 6, 2006 MNG ceased all passenger flights. Only cargo flights are being continued. In 2008, MNG Airlines acquired Slovenian cargo company Solinair.
Destinations
MNG Airlines operates scheduled and charter services within the Middle East and to the Far East, United States and European destinations. It operates scheduled freighter services to the following destinations (as of July 2014):
Fleet
The MNG Airlines fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2016):