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Seabird Airlines

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Destinations
  
10

Founded
  
11 February 2010

Fleet size
  
4

Headquarters
  
Istanbul

Ceased operations
  
2015

Hubs
  
Istanbul, Alaçatı

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Company slogan
  
Wherever you wanna fly!

Key people
  
Kürşad Arusan (Founder and Chairman of the Board)

Seabird Airlines was an airline operating scheduled seaplane services in Istanbul, Turkey and the surrounding area. Its main base was at Haliç on the Golden Horn. It was the only floatplane operator in Turkey. It also operated sightseeing flights over Istanbul.

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Seabird airlines


History

The airline was established in Istanbul in 2010 by Kürşad Arusan (Chairman of the Board), although it took a further two years to get all the required certification from the Turkish aviation authorities. It is part of the Burulas Havacilik Group. It ceased operations in June 2015, citing financial difficulties, most likely driven by a drop in wealthy Russian tourists (source: http://www.todayszaman.com/business_seabird-airlines-sputters-to-a-halt_387464.html)

Destinations

Its main route is between its base in Haliç to Gemlik. Other destinations are:

  • Alaçatı
  • Ayvalık
  • Bodrum
  • Bozcaada
  • İzmit
  • Fleet

    The Seabird Airlines fleet is made up of the following aircraft (at February 2015):

  • 4 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
  • All aircraft are leased from Kenn Borek Air in Canada. Two were returned to the lessor during the winter season 2014/15.

    References

    Seabird Airlines Wikipedia