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Tailwind Airlines

Logo: Tailwind Airlines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Airline of Turkey

Tailwind Airlines is a Turkish charter airline based in Istanbul which operates flights from its bases at Antalya Airport.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Tailwind Airlines is a Turkish charter airline based in Istanbul which operates flights from its bases at Antalya Airport.2

The story

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 five Boeing 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 to Wings of Lebanon and painted in its colors, on its own routes.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tailwind Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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Destinations

As of August 2013, Tailwind Airlines flies to various destinations in Europe and Asia:

Belgium

Brussels – Brussels Airport

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Sarajevo – Sarajevo International Airport

Tuzla

- Tuzla International Airport

Croatia

Zagreb – Zagreb Airport

Czech Republic

Prague – Ruzyne Airport

Brno - Brno–Tuřany Airport

Germany

Berlin – Schönefeld Airport

Bremen – Bremen Airport

Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport

Dortmund – Dortmund Airport

Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport

Dresden – Dresden Airport

Erfurt/Weimar – Erfurt-Weimar Airport

Hahn – Frankfurt-Hahn Airport

Hamburg – Hamburg Airport

Hanover – Hannover Airport

Kassel – Kassel Airport

Leipzig – Leipzig/Halle Airport

Munich – Munich Airport

Nuremberg – Nuremberg Airport

Stuttgart – Stuttgart Airport

Hungary

Budapest – Ferihegy Airport

Debrecen – Debrecen Airport

Iraq

Erbil - Erbil International Airport

Israel

Tel Aviv - Ben Gurion Airport

Iran

Tehran – IKA Airport

Italy

Bologna – Guglielmo Marconi Airport

Milan – Malpensa Airport

Rome – Fiumicino Airport

Verona – Villafranca Airport

Jordan

Amman – Queen Alia International Airport

Moldova

Chișinău – Chișinău Eugen Doga International Airport

North Cyprus

North Nicosia – Ercan Airport

Norway

Oslo – Gardermoen Airport

Stavanger – Sola Airport

Ålesund – Ålesund Airport, Vigra

Russia

Astrakhan - Narimanovo Airport Seasonal charter

Grozny - Grozny Airport Seasonal charter

Krasnodar - Krasnodar Airport Seasonal charter

Saratov - Saratov Gagarin Airport Seasonal charter

Slovakia

Bratislava – M. R. Štefánik Airport

Piešťany - Piešťany Airport

Sweden

Kristianstad - Kristianstad Airport

Switzerland

Zürich – Kloten Airport

Turkey

Adana – Adana Airport

Ankara – Esenboğa Airport

Alanya – Antalya Gazipasa Airport

Antalya – Antalya Airport (hub)

Bodrum – Milas–Bodrum Airport

Dalaman – Dalaman Airport

Eskişehir - Anadolu Airport

Istanbul – Istanbul Airport (hub)

İzmir – Adnan Menderes Airport

Fleet

As of August 2025, Tailwind Airlines operates the following aircraft:

From Wikipedia’s article on Tailwind Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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