IZair

İzmir Airlines
Founded	2005
Commenced operations	14 June 2006
Ceased operations	30 December 2018; (re-integrated into Pegasus Airlines)
Operating bases	Antalya; Izmir;
Parent company	Air Berlin (2011–2013); Pegasus Airlines;
Headquarters	İzmir, Turkey
Key people	Ali Sabancı (President)
Website	www.izair.com.tr

IZair (İzmir Hava Yolları) was^[1] an airline headquartered on the grounds of Adnan Menderes Airport in İzmir, Turkey.^[2]

History

The airline was established in 2005 as İzmir Hava Yolları by a group of businessmen from İzmir. It started operations on 14 June 2006.

Starting in 2012, all IZair flights were marketed under the Air Berlin Turkey brand,^[3]^[4] a cooperation between Air Berlin and Pegasus Airlines. The cooperation was discontinued in 2013, with the brand itself being abandoned.

On 29 February 2012 the last remaining Airbus A319-100 was returned to the lessor.

In November 2018, it was announced that IZair would be dissolved and merged into Pegasus Airlines by the end of 2018.^[5]

Fleet

The IZair fleet consisted of the following aircraft, all of which were operated for Pegasus Airlines (as of February 2020):^[6]

Aircraft	Total	Passengers	Notes
Boeing 737-800	2	189
Total	2

Incidents and accidents

On 10 March 2010, Pegasus Airlines Flight 361, an Airbus A319-100 operated by IZair on a ferry flight made an emergency landing at Frankfurt Airport in Germany after a malfunction in the nose gear. The flight landed safely but blew both front nose gear tires. The airport closed runway 07R/25L for 3 hours to allow recovery.^[7]