Pegasus Airlines

A plane that hit headlines after skidding off the runway at the airport in the Black Sea province of Trabzon in January may be converted into a library. 

Turkish budget airline Pegasus has received an incentive certificate worth more than 22 billion Turkish Liras ($5.55 billion) to invest in 167 planes, Turkey's official gazette said on March 26.

Turkish airline Pegasus carried a total of 27.8 million passengers in 2017, a 15.2 percent increase from the previous year, the airline announced in a written statement late on Jan. 15.

A passenger plane almost fell in the Black Sea after leaving the runway at a landing at the airport in Trabzon, northeastern Turkey.

The Turkish airline Pegasus Airlines was flying an Ankara-Trabzon course, said Trabzon Governor Yuguz Yavuz said.

All 162 passengers and crew were evacuated and safe.

According to him, the cause of the accident is still unknown.

Turkish airline Pegasus said on Dec. 21 it will exercise its purchase option for 25 additional aircraft under an order placed with Airbus in July 2012 for a total of 100 new planes.

Turkish budget airline Pegasus is looking to boost its flights between Europe and Turkey following a recovery in demand this year as the security situation improved, its chief commercial officer said.

Pegasus Airlines has reached an agreement to buy Air Berlin's 29.51 percent of stake in their subsidiary İzAir for 1.2 million euros, the carrier said in a written statement late on March 8. 

The share of the company in İzAir will increase to 98.63 percent after the deal is finalized and approved by authorities, according to the statement to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP). 

A Syrian passenger flying from Istanbul to Stockholm with Turkish Pegasus Airlines went into labor with the help of the crew and a Turkish nurse some 45 minutes before the plane landed in the Swedish capital.

Turkish airline Pegasus carried a total of 22.34 million passengers in 2015, a 13.2 percent increase from the previous year, the airline announced in a written statement on Jan. 30. 

The number of domestic flight passengers rose by 15.4 percent to 13.81 million and of foreign flight passengers by 9.8 percent to 8.52 million in 2015 compared to the previous year. 

Low-cost Turkish airline Pegasus carried a total of 22.34 million passengers in 2015, a 13.2 percent increase from the previous year, the airline announced in a written statement on Jan. 30. 

The number of domestic flight passengers rose by 15.4 percent to 13.81 million and of foreign flight passengers by 9.8 percent to 8.52 million in 2015 compared to the previous year.