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| Founded | 2006; 19 years ago (2006) | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
| Destinations | 40+ | ||||||
| Parent company | Tailwind Havayolları | ||||||
| Headquarters | Istanbul,Turkey | ||||||
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| Website | tailwind.com.tr | ||||||
Tailwind Airlines is a Turkishcharter airline based inIstanbul which operates flights from its bases atAntalya Airport.
The airline was founded as a joint Turkish-British project, with the first commercial flight taking place in May 2009. Founded by Kadri Muhiddin, Safi Ergin and Mehmet Demir Uz in 2006, the low-cost airline operated fiveBoeing 737-400 as of August 2013. In early September 2016, a Boeing 737-800 with aircraft registration TC-TLH was banned from Lebanon for landing at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. After a technical check, Tailwind Airlines briefly operated the aircraft, which had previously been leased toWings of Lebanon and painted in its colors, on its own routes.[1]
As of August 2013, Tailwind Airlines flies to various destinations in Europe and Asia:[2]
As of August 2025[update], Tailwind Airlines operates the following aircraft:[3]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers |
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| Boeing 737-400 | 5 | — | 168 |
| Boeing 737-800 | 2 | — | 189 |
| Total | 7 | — |
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