PLatin Wings

PLatin Wings at a Glance
CEO	Halil Gürsoy
Chief Officers
Salary Percentage	15-30%
Alliance Affiliation	World Alliance
Founded	2 March, 2008
Last updated on 10 March, 2009
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PLatin Wings Corp is the holding company of the five airlines in PLatin Wings Group:PLatin Wings Mauritius, PLatin Travel, Anatolian Express, PLatin Wings Hong Kong, PLatin Cargo. PLatin Wings operates a mixed fleet of Boeing and Airbus aircrafts. We do our flights on VATSIM but we are NOT a VATSIM member.

History

PLatin Wings was founded as a single airline in Istanbul, Turkey on 2th March 2008. PLatin Wings started operations with a flight from Istanbul to Izmir with a leased DC-3.At then, PLatin Wings only operated domestic flights in Turkey and some flights to Europe. After a few weeks PLatin Wings leased an Airbus A380 from an airline in Colombia which was a milestone for the airline. With the lease of the A380, the airline started a rapid growth which gave the airline the opportuntiy to buy new aircrafts and open up new routes

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Airbus A330-300

In April 2008, the airline opened a new subsidary charter airline based in Antalya, which was called `PLatin Travel`. The new charter airline started operations with a flight from Antalya to Bodrum with a B737-300.

On 4 May 2008, the airline`s board of directors decided to move the airlines main base to Mauritius(FIMP) and decided to restructre the airline by creating a holding company called `PLatin Wings Co.` based in Mauritius. The holding company would own the two airlines which were based in Mauritius and Antalya. The mainline airline which was based in Mauritius was called `PLatin Wİngs Mauritius`, while PLatin Travel remained the same.

On 1 June 2008, the board of directing decided to create a new subsidary airline which was based in Ankara called `Anatolion Express`. In September 2008, cargo operations started with a new subsidary airline called `PLatin Cargo`.

On 27 June 2009, the board of directing decided to move the holding company `PLatin Wings Corp.` back to Istanbul, where the airline was originally based. Meanwhile, a new subsidary airline called `PLatin Wings Hong Kong` which was based in Hong Kong was created.

Now PLatin Wings Corp. is the holding company of the PLatin Wings Group airlines, and is headquartered in Istanbul, even if it hasn`t gaot any airline based in the city.

The PLatin Wings Group Airlines are as the following:

PLatin Wings Mauritius

PLatin Wings Mauritius is the biggest airline in PLatin Wings Corp. It`s main base is Mauritius Sir Seewasagur Ramgoolam Int. Airport(FIMP). It currently operates a mixed fleet of 27 aircrafts from both Boeing and Airbus for flights to all around the world. It`s flights features both Economy and Business Class on all flights and PLatin Class on the B777-300ER`s and the B777-200LR`s.

PLatin Travel

PLatin Travel is a charter airline based in Antalya Int. Airport(LTAI) that is a fully owned subsidary of PLatin Wings Co. PLatin Travel operates flights with an all Boeing fleet except the A330-200, to some of the most popular holiday destinations all around the world. It operates Economy and Premium Economy on all of it`ß flights.

Anatolion Express

Anatolion Express is a low cost airline based in Ankara Eseboga Int. Airport(LTAC) that is a fully owned subsidary of PLatin Wings Co. Anatolion Express operates low cost, domestic flights in Turkey; from Ankara with a fleet of A319`s and B737 Classic`s. It operates all Economy on it`s flights.

--PLatin Wings Hong Kong--

PLatin Wings Hong Kong is the newest airline in PLatin Wings Corp. It`s main base is Hong Kong Int. Airport(VHHH) and it serves the whole world -mainly Asia- with an all Airbus fleet of 11. PLatin Wings Hong Kong operat

Fleet

PLatin Wings Co.

Aircraft	Total	Passengers	Routes	Notes
Airbus A319-100	10(1 orders)	124	Domestic Flights In Turkey
Airbus A320	11(5 leased,4 Orders)	150	Southern and Central Africa,India,Seychelles
Airbus A321	5 (3 Leased,3 Orders)	185	Southern And Central Africa,India,Seychelles
Airbus A330-200	4(All Leased,3 Orders)	305	Carribiean,Florida	PLatin Travel
Airbus A330-300	7(6 Orders)	335	Europe,South Africa,India,Asia,Australia
ATR 72-500	1 (2 Orders)	65	Reunion,Rodriguez
Boeing 737-400	6	144	Domestic Flights In Turkey	Being Phased Out
Boeing 737-500	5	117	Domestic Flights In Turkey	Being phased Out
Boeing 737-700	2	130	Europe,Middle East	PLatin Travel
Boeing 757-200	4(1 leased, 3 orders)	185	Asia,Europe,Middle East	PLatin Travel
Boeing 757-300	1 (4 Orders)	215	Europe,Asia
Boeing 777-200LR	1 (Leased,3 Orders)	305	Canada,USA,South America
Boeing 777-300ER	3 (1 leased,3 Orders)	372	Europe,Asia,India,Australia,South America	Fitted With PLatin Class(Suites)
Total	56 (33 Orders)