Yes Why? why is it suppose to be like that?
Because in real life they (government) won't let you hub outside your country either.
Except for EU members.
Quote from: Istanbul_Airlines on February 04, 2011, 03:53:00 PM
Yes Why? why is it suppose to be like that?
Can you imagine a Turkish airline being based in Europe and start flying for example Amsterdam- St. Maarten? I don't.
Yes, there are/were non-European airlines having bases in Europe, like Sky Airlines (due to subsidiary German Sky Airlines), former Sunways Airlines (a joint Turkish-Swedish company) and SunExpress (joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa), but these methods aren't and most likely will not be implemented in AWS soon. A bilateral agreements which is implemented is the open skies policy within Europe, allowing European airlines to base everywhere within Europe (e.g. Lufthansa Italia, Air Italy Polska, Ryanair, Easyjet).
Thank to you both, I am so glad to learn these facts... I didnt know it was the same for the real world. Onur Air (Turkey) for example based originally Istanbul but has also another base at Jeddah so I tought It was possible... But i suppose it is a kind of exception or another charting agreement..
thanks guys ;)
Your welcome ;),
Onur Air has, like Atlasjet and previously Inter Airlines and Fly Air, a special leasing agreement with Saudi Arabian Airlines, explaining the many hybrid aircraft liveries flying around. These planes including crew are leased by Saudi Arabian and are not Onur Air flights, they all have SV flight numbers. Onur Air also operates the two Airbus A320s of Kolavia (Russia).
As far as I know, Ali Sabanci's Pegasus Airlines will start a new airline in Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Pegasus Airlines), but it will need permission from both Turkish and Kyrgyz governments. As I already mentioned in my previous post, agreements like this will currently not be available at AWS ;)