Cyprus Turkish Airlines
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| Founded | 1974 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Ercan International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Destinations | 13 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||
| Key people | State | ||||||
| Website | http://www.kthy.net | ||||||
Cyprus Turkish Airlines (Turkish: Kıbrıs Türk Hava Yolları (KTHY)) is the national airline of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, operating scheduled services from Nicosia to several airports in Turkey and also Europe, mainly England. Although is is de jure registered as a Turkish airline in Istanbul, in practice day to day operations are run from Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. All services to Europe are operated via Turkey due to the international dispute (Cyprus-Conflict) with Cyprus. Its main base is Ercan International Airport (ECN).
In December 2006, Cyprus Turkish Airlines made a formal application to the British Civil Aviation Authority for a licence to operate direct non-stop flights between UK airports, and ECN airport in Northern Cyprus. The application was turned down in February 2007 [1]
History
The airline was established in December 1974 and started operations in February 1975. It is also known as Cyprus Turkish Airlines. Its owners include Konsolide Fonu İnkisaf Sandığı (50%) and the government of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (50%).
- 1974- KTHY was established on December 4th 1974 in Nicosia as a Limited Company. Shares were equally divided between THY and the Cash Development of the Consolidated Fund of the Assembly of the Cyprus Turkish Community.
- 1975- First scheduled flight realized on Feb. 3rd, 1975.
- 1976- Aircrafts of types DC-9, Boeing-727-200 and Boeing-707 joined the fleet..
- 1977- KTHY is registered as a Turkish company in Istanbul, Turkey [2]
- 1981- Scheduled London flights commenced.
- 1990- 2 Boeing-727-200 purchased.
- 1991- Ground operations staff and cockpit / cabin crew employed.
- 1992- KTHY introduced its own premises for catering.
- 1993- Third Boeing-727-200 purchased.
- 1995- First Airbus-310-200 purchased.
- 1996- Fourth Boeing-727-200 purchased.
- 1999- Second Airbus-310-200 purchased.
- 2000- 2 Boeing 737-800 were long term leased.
- 2001- Third Boeing 737-800 was long term leased.
- 2002- 4 Boeing-727-200, upon completion of technical flight-hours, grounded and sold.
- 2004- 3 Airbus 321-200 were long terms leased.
Services
Kıbrıs Türk Hava Yolları operates the following services (at January 2007):
- Domestic scheduled destinations: None.
- International scheduled destinations: Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Dalaman, Gaziantep, Istanbul, İzmir, Trabzon and via Turkey: Birmingham, London (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted), and Manchester.
Fleet
The Kıbrıs Türk Hava Yolları fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2006) [3] :
Kıbrıs Türk Hava Yolları average fleet age is 10 years (July 2006).