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SWY/SWW
  
Sunways/Intersun

Founded
  
March 1995

Fleet size
  
8

Headquarters
  
Istanbul, Turkey

Ceased operations
  
October 1997

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Hubs
  
Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Antalya Airport

Sunways was a charter airline consisting of sister companies Sunways Airlines A.B. (SWY), based in Stockholm, Sweden, and SUNWAY Intersun Havacilik Anonim Sirketi (SWW), based at Istanbul-Atatürk and Antalya, Turkey. The airline was in operation from March 1995 to October 1997.

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History

Sunways was owned by Tursem A.S., a now defunct travel group based in Istanbul, Turkey. The group was founded in 1985 by Haluk Semiz and Nedim Gürbüz but went bankrupt on 4 October 1997, prompting Sunways to cease operation.

Destinations

Sunways operated destinations including the following:

  • Sweden
  • Stockholm
  • Göteborg
  • Örebro
  • Umeå
  • Luleå
  • Sundsvall
  • Malmö
  • Jönköping
  • Visby
  • Västerås
  • Nyköping
  • Thailand
  • Phuket
  • Turkey
  • Istanbul
  • Antalya
  • Izmir
  • Dalaman
  • U.A.E.
  • Dubai
  • India
  • Goa
  • Finland
  • Helsinki
  • Oulo
  • Kokkola
  • Turku
  • Tampere
  • Jyväskylä
  • Norway
  • Oslo
  • Bergen
  • Tromsö
  • Trondheim
  • Stavanger
  • Kirkenes
  • Denmark
  • Copenhagen
  • Aalborg
  • Billund
  • Esbjerg
  • Karup
  • Greece
  • Corfu
  • Rhodes
  • Heraklion
  • Samos
  • Spain
  • Las Palmas
  • Tenerife
  • Fuerteventura
  • Arrecife
  • Palma
  • Kenya
  • Mombasa
  • Tunisia
  • Monastir
  • Egypt
  • Sharm el-Sheikh

    • Fleet

    The Sunway Intersun Havacilik Turkey-based fleet included 4 MD-83 aircraft.

    The Sunways Sweden-based fleet included 4 Boeing 757-200 aircraft.

    References

    Sunways Wikipedia
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