Borajet () was a privately owned Turkish airline based in Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul[" Contact Us ." Borajet. Retrieved on 16 February 2011. "ADDRESS İDTM Blokları A-3 Blok Kat:5 Yeşilköy 34149 / İstanbul-TURKEY"] operating domestic and international services. It suspended operations on 24 April 2017.
History
Early years
The airline was founded in 2008 by
Yalcin Ayasli,
a Turkish businessman living in the US. Fatih Akol is chairman of the board. The company rented a hangar at Atatürk International Airport, Istanbul and then purchased three second-hand ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft, which were delivered at the beginning of 2010.
Borajet received its "Regional Airline Operations License" on 22 April 2010
In 2014, Borajet agreed a deal to lease five Embraer 190 aircraft (with options on a further three) from GE Capital Aviation Services.
Suspension of operations
On 24 April 2017, Borajet announced that they will temporarily suspend their operations and 30,000 existing flight reservations would be transferred to
Turkish Airlines.
The airline stated maintenance issues as a reason for this move and plans to resume operations sometime during 2018 when
Istanbul Airport becomes operational.
[ atwonline.com - Turkish regional BoraJet suspends operations 25 April 2017] In June 2017, a Turkish court ordered that seven aircraft of the company are to be seized.
As of January 2021, the airline did not resume its operations.
Destinations
Prior to the suspension of operations in April 2017, Borajet served the following scheduled destinations.
[ borajet.com.tr - Route map retrieved 25 April 2017] Several more airports in Europe and the Middle East were served as charters while more domestic destinations were operated on a wet-lease basis.
- Germany
- Greece
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Mykonos – Mykonos Island National Airport
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Rhodes - Rhodes International Airport
- Iraq
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Erbil - Erbil International Airport
- Lebanon
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Beirut - Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport
- Northern Cyprus
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Nicosia - Ercan International Airport
- Spain
- Turkey
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Adana - Adana Şakirpaşa Airport
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Alanya – Gazipaşa Airport
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Ankara – Esenboğa International Airport
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Antalya – Antalya Airport
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Bodrum - Milas–Bodrum Airport
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Çanakkale – Çanakkale Airport
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Diyarbakır – Diyarbakır Airport
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Edremit – Balikesir Koca Seyit Airport
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Istanbul – Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Base
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İzmir - Adnan Menderes Airport
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Siirt – Siirt Airport
Codeshare agreements
Borajet also maintained
codeshare with the following airlines:
Fleet
As of April 2017 - prior to the suspension of operations - the Borajet fleet included the following aircraft:
[ borajet.com.tr - Fleet retrieved 26 April 2017]
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