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Defunct, privately owned Turkish airline From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Borajet (Turkish: Borajet Havayolları) was a privately owned Turkish airline based in Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul[6] operating domestic and international services. It suspended operations on 24 April 2017.[3]

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Early years

The airline was founded in 2008 by Yalcin Ayasli,[2] 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.[5]

Borajet received its "Regional Airline Operations License" on 22 April 2010[7] and started operations on 7 May 2010 with its first flight from Istanbul to Tokat.[8]

In 2014, Borajet agreed a deal to lease five Embraer 190 aircraft (with options on a further three) from GE Capital Aviation Services.[9] In October 2016 Borajet announced long-term lease deals with AerCap for three Embraer 190-E2 and two Embraer 195-E2 aircraft, with deliveries to begin in 2018.[10] In January 2017 the airline was sold to Sezgin Baran Korkmaz for 260 Million Dollars.[11]

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.[12] The airline stated maintenance issues as a reason for this move and plans to resume operations sometime during 2018 when Istanbul's new international airport becomes operational.[3] In June 2017, a Turkish court ordered that seven aircraft of the company are to be seized.[13]

As of January 2021, the airline did not resume its operations.

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Destinations

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Former Borajet ATR 72-500 in 2012
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Borajet Embraer 190

Prior to the suspension of operations in April 2017, Borajet served the following scheduled destinations.[4] Several more airports in Europe and the Middle East were served as charters while more domestic destinations were operated on a wet-lease basis.[4]

Germany
Greece
Iraq
Lebanon
Northern Cyprus
Spain
Turkey

Codeshare agreements

Borajet also maintained codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

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Fleet

As of April 2017 - prior to the suspension of operations - the Borajet fleet included the following aircraft:[15]

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