MNG Airlines is a Turkish cargo and passenger charter airline headquartered in Istanbul based at Istanbul Airport.[1]
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 with cargo only 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
Ownership
Ghita Holding (member of Abu Dhabi's IHC mega-group) acquired a 44 percent stake in MNG Havayollari ve Tasimacilik A.S. (commonly known as ‘MNG Airlines’) for $211.2 million.[6]
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
- Tunis - Tunis–Carthage International Airport
Asia
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain
- Manama – Bahrain International Airport
- 🇮🇶 Iraq
- Baghdad - Baghdad International Airport
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion 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, MNG Airlines operates the following aircraft:[10]
External links
References
- MNG Airlines linkedin.com, retrieved 22 October 2021^
- MNG Airlines Services mngairlines.com, retrieved 2013-07-31^
- Exclusive - MNG to Enlarge Freighter Fleet - PART 2 CargoForwarder Global, 2018-05-27, retrieved 2023-02-17^
- Chelsea Toczauer. MNG Airlines expands freighter services between CGN, JFK AIRCARGOWORLD.COM, 2018-12-07, retrieved 2019-11-06^
- News www.mngairlines.com, retrieved 2024-11-19^
- Abu Dhabi's Ghita Holding buys 44% stake in Turkey's MNG Airlines in major regional push gulfnews.com, 2024-02-06, retrieved 2024-02-06^
- MNG schedule retrieved 2013-07-31^
- FLIGHT SCHEDULE^
- MNG Airlines met Airbus A330-300P2F van Keulen naar New York 24 November 2021^
- Global Airline Guide 2025 - MNG Airlines Airliner World, September 2025^
- Türkiye's MNG Airlines signs MoU for 2 A350Fs ch-aviation.com, 2025-06-18^