Ankair

Infobox Airline
airline = Ankair

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logo_size = 250
fleet_size = 2
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IATA = -
ICAO = VVF
callsign = WORLDFOCUS
parent = Dünyaya Bakış Hava Taşımacılığı A.Ş.
company_slogan =
founded = 2005
ceased = 2008
headquarters = Istanbul, Turkey
key_people =
hubs = Atatürk International Airport
secondary_hubs =
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer =
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website = http://www.ankair.com/

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

The airline operated charter flights to Europe and the Middle East.

History

The airline was established as World Focus Airlines on 27 September 2005, beginning operations with 2 Airbus 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 the Turkish word for phoenix, "anka kuşu".

Incidents and accidents

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

Branding

The new branding of the airline features an unfortunately positioned phoenix logo shaped like a 'W' just before the "Ankair" wording, causing amusement among many onlookers.

End of Operations

In July 2008, Ankair operations suddenly stopped when their license was revoked by Turkish aviation authority. So far, no new operations have been started yet.

Fleet

As of April 2008, the Ankair fleet consists of:

*2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83

References

External links

* [http://www.ankair.com/ Ankair official website]
* [http://www.worldfocusair.com/ World Focus Airlines website]