Ankair

Anka Air, stylised as Ankair, was a charter airline headquartered in Istanbul,

Ankair
Turkey and based at Atatürk International Airport. Founded in 2005 as World
Focus Airlines, the company changed its corporate image to its current form in
February 2008 as a result of publicity surrounding the crash of Atlasjet Flight
4203 on 30 November 2007.
IATA ICAO Callsign
The airline operated charter flights toEurope and the Middle East. - VVF WORLDFOCUS

Founded 2005
Ceased 2008
Contents operations
History Hubs Atatürk International
Accidents and incidents Airport
Suspend of Operations Fleet size 3
Fleet Parent Dünyaya Bakış Hava
External links company Taşımacılığı A.Ş.
Headquarters Istanbul, Turkey

History Key people Yavuz Cizmeci

Website http://www.ankair.com/
The airline was established as World Focus Airlines on 27 September 2005,
beginning operations with 2Airbus A310 aircraft. Due to negative publicity after the
crash of Atlasjet Flight 4203 on 30 November 2007, which was operated by World
Focus Airlines, the company changed its name to Anka Air and branding to Ankair
in February 2008. Anka is in reference to theTurkish word for phoenix, anka kuşu.
World Focus Airlines logo

Accidents and incidents

An MD-83 which the company leased to and operated for AtlasJet crashed on 30 November 2007 shortly before
landing at Süleyman Demirel Airportin Isparta. The crash of Atlasjet Flight 4203 killed all 57 people on board. The
cause of the accident is still undetermined.

Suspend of Operations
In July 2008, the airline was forced to suspend operations after it lost its operating certificate. Turkish aviation regulations require a
minimum of three aircraft per carrier to retain an air operator certificate and Ankair only operated two
MD-83s.

Fleet
Ankair's fleet consisted of:

2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83

1 Boeing 747-200 (Leased from Iran Air Cargo)

External links
 Ankair official website

Ankair McDonnell Douglas MD-83

tail-striking/taking off at Atatürk
International Airport (February 2008)

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