MNG Airlines
Airline of Turkey
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MNG Airlines is a Turkish cargo and passenger charter airline headquartered in Istanbul based at Istanbul Airport.[1]
MNG Airlines A300B4-600R(F) in standard livery | |||||||
| |||||||
| Founded | February 1996 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Commenced operations | 30 November 1997 | ||||||
| Hubs | Istanbul Airport | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Solinair | ||||||
| Fleet size | 9 | ||||||
| Destinations | 19 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||
| Key people | Mehmet Nazif Günal, founder | ||||||
| Website | mngairlines.com | ||||||
History
The airline was established by Mehmet Nazif Günal in 1997 and started operations on 30 November 1997. Transatlantic services began in 1998 with a flight from Frankfurt to Toronto, followed by scheduled services to the United States on 8 November 1998. In mid-2002, passenger operations were added. In 2005, MNG won an award from Airbus for 100% reliability on the 30-year-old Airbus A300. In 2006, MNG ceased all passenger flights; only cargo flights are being continued.[2] In 2008, MNG Airlines acquired the Slovenian cargo company Solinair.[3]
In 2020, MNG began the operation of its twice-weekly freighter service linking Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) in Germany and John F. Kennedy International (JFK) in New York. The new flight is an expansion of the carrier's routes flown from CGN, which include flights to Istanbul Atatürk Airport (ISL) on behalf of Air France, and Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) for its own operations.[4]
On Aug 9, 2023, MNG Airlines (MNGA) Cancels New York Stock Exchange Listing.[5]
Corporate affairs
Destinations


MNG Airlines operates scheduled and charter services within Europe, and to Asia and North America destinations. It operated scheduled freighter services to the following destinations as of July 2013:[7]
Africa
Algeria
- Algiers - Houari Boumediene Airport
- Oran - Ahmed Ben Bella Airport
Libya
- Tripoli – Mitiga International Airport
- Misrata - Misrata International Airport[8]
Tunisia
Asia
Bahrain
- Manama – Bahrain International Airport
Iraq
- Baghdad - Baghdad International Airport
Israel
- Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion Airport
Kazakhstan
- Aktobe – Aktobe Airport
Pakistan
- Karachi - Jinnah International Airport
- Lahore - Allama Iqbal International Airport
Qatar
- Doha - Hamad International Airport
United Arab Emirates
- Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi International Airport
- Dubai - Al Maktoum International Airport
China
- Urumqi – Urumqi International Airport
Europe
Croatia
- Zagreb – Zagreb Airport
France
- Paris – Charles de Gaulle Airport
Germany
- Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport
- Leipzig – Leipzig/Halle Airport
- Munich – Munich Airport
Netherlands
- Amsterdam – Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Turkey
- Istanbul – Istanbul Airport (Hub)
United Kingdom
- London – London Luton Airport
- Birmingham – Birmingham Airport
- East Midlands - East Midlands Airport
North America
United States
- New York City - John F. Kennedy International Airport[9]
Fleet
As of August 2025[update], MNG Airlines operates the following aircraft:[10]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A300-600RF | 1 | — | |
| Airbus A321-200/P2F | 2 | — | |
| Airbus A330-200F | 2 | — | |
| Airbus A330-300/P2F | 4 | — | |
| Airbus A350F | — | 2 | [11] |
| Total | 9 | 2 |