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{{short description|Defunct Turkish airline (2001-2020)}}
{{distinguish|Atlas Air}}
{{For|the former Russian airline that also used the name AtlasJet|RusAir}}
{{redirect|Atlasjet|othet jet Atlases|Atlas (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox airline
|airline        = AtlasGlobal
|logo           = AtlasGlobal logo.svg
|fleet_size     = 2 (time of closure) 
|destinations   = 12 (time of closure)
|IATA           = KK
|ICAO           = KKK
|callsign       = ATLASGLOBAL
|subsidiaries   = *Atlasholidays
*[[AtlasGlobal Ukraine]]
|founded        = {{start date and age|2001}}
|ceased         = 12 February 2020
|headquarters   = Istanbul, Turkey
|key_people     = <div>
*{{nowrap|Ali Murat Ersoy (Chairman)}}
*Sermed Temizkan (CEO)</div>
|bases          = {{nowrap|[[Istanbul Airport]]}}
|secondary_hubs = {{nowrap|[[Antalya Airport]]}}
|focus_cities   = 
|frequent_flyer = Atlasmiles
|alliance       = 
|website        = {{URL|www.atlasglbs.com}}
|image=|aoc=|hubs=|parent=|num_employees=}}

'''AtlasGlobal''', named ''Atlasjet'' until 31 March 2015,<ref name="namechange">{{cite web|url=http://www.aerotelegraph.com/tuerkische-atlasjet-bennent-sich-um-atlas-global-globale-ambitionen|title=Neue Marke Atlas Global: Atlasjet zeigt globale Ambitionen – aeroTELEGRAPH|date=21 March 2015|access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> was a Turkish [[airline]] headquartered in Istanbul,<ref>"[http://cmss.atlasjet.com/en/contactinformation/headquartercallcenter Headquarters and Call Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707183144/http://cmss.atlasjet.com/en/contactinformation/headquartercallcenter |date=7 July 2011 }}." Atlasjet. Retrieved 16 February 2011.</ref> which operated scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights, mostly out of its base at [[Istanbul Airport]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news|title= Directory: World Airlines|work= [[Flight International]]|page=80|date= 27 March 2007}}</ref> The airline filed for bankruptcy on 12 February 2020, and ceased operations permanently after that date.<ref name="ahvalnews.com">{{cite web| url = https://ahvalnews.com/atlasglobal/atlasglobal-declare-bankruptcy-after-moving-istanbuls-new-airport| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200216073626/https://ahvalnews.com/atlasglobal/atlasglobal-declare-bankruptcy-after-moving-istanbuls-new-airport| archive-date = 2020-02-16| title = AtlasGlobal to declare bankruptcy after moving to Istanbul's new airport {{!}} Ahval}}</ref>

==History==
===Early years===
The airline was established on 14 March 2001 and started operations on 1 June 2001. Formerly known as ''Atlasjet International Airlines'', it was set up as a subsidiary of [[Vural Öger|Öger Holdings]]. As of 1 February 2006, Öger's 45% share at Atlasglobal was taken over and Ali Murat Ersoy became the president of the board of directors at Atlasglobal. The company is led by its [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]] Sermed Temizkanhad 730 employees (as of 2017).<ref name="FI"/>

In August 2012, AtlasGlobal Airlines contracted [[Ryan International Airlines]], a US airline, to operate religious pilgrimage flights to cities such as [[Medina]] and Tel Aviv. In January 2013, AtlasGlobal failed to fulfill the payments to Ryan International, which prompted the termination of the co-operation without advance notice. Ryan International Airlines, already in a bankruptcy reorganization process, was not able to recover from the loss and therefore faced impending financial difficulties, which led to its liquidation.<ref>[http://www.wrex.com/story/20567156/2013/01/11/rockfords-ryan-international-airlines-liquidating Rockford's Ryan International Airlines liquidating] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315003746/http://www.wrex.com/story/20567156/2013/01/11/rockfords-ryan-international-airlines-liquidating |date=15 March 2018 }} ''WREX''. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.nycaviation.com/2013/01/charter-carrier-ryan-international-airlines-ceases-operations/#.Uc19A5xc2k4 Charter Carrier Ryan International Airlines Grounds All Flights, Seeks Liquidation] NYC Aviation. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.</ref>

===Operational issues and end of operations===
On 26 November 2019, AtlasGlobal announced a temporary suspension of all flights due to a restructuring of the airline. It was further announced that all ticket sales would be suspended until 16 December 2019 with flights planned to resume by 21 December.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/atlasglobal/turkish-airline-atlasglobal-temporarily-suspends-all-operations/|title=Turkish airline AtlasGlobal temporarily suspends all operations|date=26 November 2019}}</ref>

On 16 December 2019, Atlasglobal resumed scheduled flight operations, five days ahead of its previously announced return. Throughout the suspension it had maintained charter services, with two A321s serving domestic Turkish destinations as well Tehran and Baghdad. In a statement to the [[Saba News Agency|Saba news agency]], Atlasglobal said its revised business plan will see it focus more on charters as opposed to scheduled flights. It did not disclose which routes would be dropped as part of the adjustment.<ref name="ch-aviation.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/84415-turkeys-atlasglobal-resumes-scheduled-passenger-operations|title=Turkey's AtlasGlobal resumes scheduled passenger operations|website=ch-aviation.com|date=16 December 2019}}</ref>

On 7 January 2020, the airline announced it would be suspending operations again, until 9 February 2020. On 29 January 2020, it has been announced that AtlasGlobal returned their sole two [[Airbus A330-200]]s to their lessors.<ref name="a330">[https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/85677-turkeys-atlasglobal-suspends-a330-operations ch-aviation.com - Turkey's AtlasGlobal suspends A330 operations] 29 January 2020</ref> On 12 February 2020, Atlasglobal filed for bankruptcy and halted its operations immediately.<ref name="ahvalnews.com"/>

==Destinations==
[[File:UR-AJB_A320_AtlasGlobal_ARN.jpg|thumb|right|AtlasGlobal [[Airbus A320-200]] wearing an older livery]]
[[File:AtlasGlobal,_TC-AGL,_Airbus_A330-203_(46913589904).jpg|thumb|A former AtlasGlobal [[Airbus A330-200]] at the airline's former home base, [[Istanbul Atatürk Airport]]]]
[[File:Atlasjet Bombardier CRJ-900ER Ates-1.jpg|thumb|right|A former Atlasjet [[Bombardier CRJ900]] which has been retired in 2010]]
[[File:PKIERZKOWSKI 070815 TCAKM WAW.jpg|thumb|right|''TC-AKM'', the [[McDonnell Douglas MD-83]] destroyed in the accident of [[Atlasjet Flight 4203]] in 2007]]
{{as of|2020|1|19}}, before suspending all flights, AtlasGlobal offered scheduled flights (excluding charter flights) to the following destinations:
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country
! City
! Airport
! Notes
! Refs
|-
|{{flag|France}}||Paris||[[Charles de Gaulle Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
|{{flag|Georgia}}||[[Tbilisi]]||[[Tbilisi International Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
|{{flag|Iran}}||Tehran||[[Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Iraq}}||Baghdad||[[Baghdad International Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
|[[Sulaimaniyah]]||[[Sulaimaniyah International Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
|{{flag|Armenia}}||Yerevan||[[Zvartnots International Airport]]||align=center| ||align=centre|
|-
|{{flag|Israel}}||Tel Aviv||[[Ben Gurion Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|title=AtlasGlobal adds Istanbul – Tel Aviv service in W17|url=http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275521/atlasglobal-adds-istanbul-tel-aviv-service-in-w17/|access-date=1 November 2017|work=Routesonline|date=1 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=AtlasGlobal adds Antalya – Tel Aviv from May 2019 |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/284192/atlasglobal-adds-antalya-tel-aviv-from-may-2019/ |access-date=6 May 2019 |work=Routesonline |date=6 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Lebanon}}||Beirut||[[Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|<ref name="airlineroute">{{cite web|url=http://airlineroute.net/2016/02/03/kk-beydoh-s16/|title=AtlasGlobal Continues Middle East Expansion in S16|publisher=airlineroute|access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Netherlands}}||Amsterdam||[[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
|{{flag|North Cyprus}}||[[North Nicosia]]||[[Ercan International Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Turkey}}||[[Antalya]]||[[Antalya Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|
|-
|Istanbul||[[Istanbul Airport]]||{{Airline hub}}||align=center|
|-
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||London||[[London Stansted Airport]]||align=center| ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/268730/atlasglobal-resumes-london-stansted-flights-from-oct-2016/?highlight=atlasglobal|title=AtlasGlobal resumes London Stansted flights from Oct 2016|publisher=routesonline|access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Historic fleet==
Over the years, the following aircraft types were operated:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Atlas+Jet.htm|title=Atlas Jet Fleet – Airfleets aviation|website=airfleets.net|access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"
|+
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:125px;" style="background:#C70D10;" | <span style="color:white;">Aircraft</span>
! rowspan="2" style="width:125px;" style="background:#C70D10;" | <span style="color:white;">Introduced</span>
! rowspan="2" style="width:125px;" style="background:#C70D10;" | <span style="color:white;">Retired</span>
|-
|-
|[[Airbus A319-100]]
|{{center|2005}}
|{{center|2019}}
|-
|[[Airbus A320-200]]
|{{center|2004}}
|{{center|2019}}
|-
|[[Airbus A330-200]]
|{{center|2018}}
|{{center|2019<ref name="a330"/>}}
|-
|[[Boeing 737-400]]
|{{center|2004<br />2010}}
|{{center|2005<br />2011}}
|-
|[[Boeing 757-200]]
|{{center|2001}}
|{{center|2012}}
|-
|[[Bombardier CRJ700]]
|{{center|2005}}
|{{center|2007}}
|-
|[[Bombardier CRJ900]]
|{{center|2006}}
|{{center|2010}}
|-
|[[McDonnell Douglas MD-83]]
|{{center|2007}}
|{{center|2007}}
|}

==Accidents and incidents==
*On 18 August 2007, Atlasjet Flight 1011 from [[Ercan International Airport|Ercan]], [[Northern Cyprus]] to Istanbul, Turkey, which was operated by a [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-83]] ([[aircraft registration|registered]] TC-AKN), was hijacked by two passengers shortly after take-off. The perpetrators claimed to be members of [[Al Qaeda]] carrying explosives, and demanded the pilots divert the aircraft to Tehran, Iran. Instead, the aircraft landed at [[Antalya Airport]] in Turkey at 08:15 local time, officially in order to refuel. Negotiations with the local authorities began, during which all females and children on board were allowed to leave. A ruckus occurred when other passengers and crew tried to flee, during which the hijackers surrendered. There were no notable injuries among the 138 other passengers and 5 crew members on board.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20070818-0 Atlasjet Flight 1011] Aviation Safety Network.</ref>
*On 30 November 2007, [[Atlasjet Flight 4203]] from Istanbul to [[Isparta]] crashed upon approaching [[Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport]], killing all 50 passengers and 7 crew members on board. The aircraft that operated this flight was [[Wet lease|wet-leased]] from [[World Focus Airlines]].<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20071130-0 Atlasjet Flight 4203] Aviation Safety Network.</ref>
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== See also ==
* [[List of defunct airlines of Turkey]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|AtlasGlobal}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050314010035/http://www.atlasjet.com/ Official website]

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