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Not to be confused with Southwest Airlines or Nordwind Airlines.

Southwind Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
2S STW MOON STAR
FoundedApril 2022; 2 years ago (2022-04)
HubsAntalya Airport
Fleet size12
Destinations20
HeadquartersAntalya, Turkey
Key peopleŞükrü Can (CEO)
Websitesouthwindairlines.com

Southwind Airlines is a Turkish leisure airline founded in April 2022 by Cortex Havacılık ve Turizm Ticaret A.Ş. Flights to Russia commenced in August of that year, while Germany was added to its network a month later. The airline's main base and headquarters are in Antalya. The airline was banned from EU airspace in March 2024.

History

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Foundation

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Southwind Airlines was formally announced in April 2022, based out of Antalya, Turkey. The airline aims to prevent the loss of Russian tourists coming to Turkey following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1] The airline received preclearance from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in June of that year.[2] The first commercial flight was flown to Perm on 12 August.[3]

Charter flights to Germany commenced in September 2022.[4] In February 2023, the airline announced plans to carry tourists to Antalya from 16 Russian cities during the summer season.[5] The number of aircraft in the fleet is expected to be 14 by the end of 2023.[6]

EU airspace ban

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On 25 March 2024, Southwind Airlines was banned by the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency from operating flights to Finland. According to the agency, Southwind Airlines is a de facto Russian airline attempting to circumvent European Union sanctions against Russia, imposed in response to Russia's military aggression against Ukraine.[7]

Following the Finnish assessment, the airline was banned on 28 March 2024 from the entire EU airspace, subject to regulation No 833/2014.[8] The airline was to begin flights under its own brand to several airports in the United Kingdom in summer 2024 as well, which however were all subsequently also cancelled.[9] Shortly after, Switzerland formally banned the airline as well.[10]

Destinations

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Southwind Airlines operates flights to the following destinations:[citation needed]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Bahrain Manama Bahrain International Airport
Belarus Minsk Minsk National Airport Suspended [11]
Germany Berlin Berlin Brandenburg Airport banned in EU airspace
Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport banned in EU airspace
Hamburg Hamburg Airport banned in EU airspace
Hanover Hannover Airport banned in EU airspace
Leipzig Leipzig/Halle Airport banned in EU airspace
Munich Munich Airport banned in EU airspace
Nuremberg Nuremberg Airport banned in EU airspace
Stuttgart Stuttgart Airport banned in EU airspace
Greece Heraklion Heraklion International Airport banned in EU airspace
Israel Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport Suspended
Italy Bergamo Orio al Serio International Airport banned in EU airspace
Kazakhstan Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport [12]
Lebanon Beirut Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Moldova Chișinău Chișinău International Airport banned in EU airspace [13]
North Macedonia Skopje Skopje International Airport
Russia Arkhangelsk Talagi Airport Terminated [14]
Irkutsk International Airport Irkutsk
Kaliningrad Khrabrovo Airport [15]
Kazan Ğabdulla Tuqay Kazan International Airport [16]
Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk International Airport [16]
Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport [16]
Nizhny Novgorod Strigino International Airport
Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport
Orenburg Orenburg Airport
Perm Bolshoye Savino Airport Seasonal charter [17]
Saint Petersburg Pulkovo Airport [16]
Samara Kurumoch International Airport
Sochi Sochi International Airport
Ufa Mustai Karim Ufa International Airport
Volgograd Gumrak Airport [18]
Yekaterinburg Koltsovo International Airport
Switzerland Zürich Zurich Airport banned in EU and Swiss airspace
Switzerland
France
Germany		 Basel
Mulhouse
Freiburg		 EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg banned in EU airspace
Turkey Antalya Antalya Airport Hub [16]
Istanbul Istanbul Airport [19][20]
Trabzon Trabzon Airport

Fleet

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Southwind Airbus A330-200
Southwind Boeing 737 MAX 8

As of April 2024, Southwind Airlines operates the following aircraft:[21]

Southwind Airlines fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A321-200 2 — 220
Airbus A321neo 1 — 240
Airbus A330-200 2 — 345
Boeing 737 MAX 8 3 — 189
Boeing 777-300 3 — 550
Boeing 777-300ER 1 — 531
Total 12 —

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Antalya merkezli yeni havayolu faaliyetlerine başlıyor". AirportHaber (in Turkish). 15 April 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Southwind'e SHGM'den ön izin çıktı". AirportHaber (in Turkish). 7 June 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Türkiye's Southwind launches flight ops". CH Aviation. 22 August 2022. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Southwind Airlines Avrupa uçuşlarına başlıyor". AirportHaber (in Turkish). 23 September 2022. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Southwind 16 şehirden Antalya'ya turist taşıyacak". AirportHaber (in Turkish). 27 February 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Turkish Newcomer Southwind Airlines To Triple Fleet In 2023". Aviation Week Network. 6 February 2023. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Traficom will not allow Southwind Airlines flights to Finland". Finnish Transport and Communications Agency. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  8. ^ Eiselin, Stefan (28 March 2024). "EU verbannt Southwind Airlines aus Luftraum". aeroTELEGRAPH (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  9. ^ aeroroutes.com - SOUTHWIND AIRLINES NS24 UK SERVICE REVISION – 26MAR24 26 March 2024
  10. ^ aerotelegraph.com (German) 9 April 2024
  11. ^ "Турэцкая авіякампанія адмяніла палёты па маршруце Мінск - Стамбул". BelTA – News from Belarus, © Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Southwind Airlines Adds Astana Service in NS24". AeroRoutes. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Trei companii aeriene de peste hotare lansează curse directe spre și dinspre Chișinău. Care sunt DESTINAȚIILE". www.ziarulnational.md. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  14. ^ Данилов, Антон (11 July 2024). "Прямые перелеты из Архангельска в Турцию неожиданно отменили". 29.ру - новости Архангельска (in Russian). Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Лоукостер Southwind открыл продажу авиабилетов на прямые рейсы из Калининграда в Турцию". www.newkaliningrad.ru (in Russian). Новый Калининград.Ru. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  16. ^ a b c d e Liu, Jim (2 August 2024). "Southwind Airlines Aug – Oct 2024 Widebody Aircraft Network Overview". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  17. ^ Воробьева, Елена (7 October 2024). "Авиакомпания SouthWind продлила полетную программу из Перми в Турцию". ura.news (in Russian). Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  18. ^ "Из Волгограда в Турцию и Грецию с туроператором PEGAS Touristik!". Volgograd International Airport. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  19. ^ "Southwind Airlines Schedules Belarus mid-Dec 2023 Launch". AeroRoutes. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  20. ^ Liu, Jim (25 September 2024). "Southwind Airlines Adds Istanbul – Moscow From Nov 2024". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  21. ^ "planespotters.net - Southwind Airlines Fleet Details and History". 1 April 2024.
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