SAGA AIRLINES

Saga Airlines is a Turkish airline based in Istanbul. The site uses the company name Saga Hava Tasimacilik Anonim Sirketi. Its General Directorate is in Florya, Istanbul, and the site also lists a station at Ataturk Airport.

The first step to set up the company was taken in 2002. The company received an operating licence from the Ministry of Transportation, General Directorate of Civil Aviation. It began to operate in April 2004.

The site says Saga Airlines is a sister company of Akkol Turizm Havacilik Nakliyat ve Dis Turizm Anonim Sirketi, known as Saga Tours, and of Istanbul Petrol. The site says the group has almost 20 years of background in the sector.

The site says about 120 employees worked in the general directorate building in Florya. It says the average staff education level and the share of bilingual staff are above the Turkish average. It also describes a classroom for cabin and cockpit crews. The site says the company has a modern classroom for cabin and cockpit crews, equipped with all its tools and facilities.

The fleet section names Boeing and Airbus. The press page says the company bought its first aircraft from Japan. It also says the company would add one more A310 to increase seating capacity.

The site lists links to Turkish government and aviation bodies, including the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Transportation, IATA, IACA and SHGM. The contact page lists the general directorate phone numbers and the ground operations and technical department numbers.

The site text is dated 2008, so the details may be out of date. The management list names a general manager, a deputy general manager, a flight operations director and a flight training director. The contact page lists the general directorate address in Sefakoy, Istanbul, and the company says it keeps its technical, financial and commercial structure strong.