Bogazici Air Transport, A. O. is established at Istanbul in 1988 to fly weekly all-cargo services to New York via Frankfurt. The fleet consists of 1 Douglas DC-8-61F freighter. In 1989, the fleet is substantially increased as service begins to additional destinations. Added are 2 owned Douglas DC-10-10s, 2 leased Boeing 707-321Cs, and 2 chartered B-727-264s.
Overextended and deprived of its Iraqi market after August 1990, the carrier stops flying in early fall. The government transfers its activities to THY Turkish Airlines (Turk Hava Yollari, A. O.).
BOHLKE INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS: RR 2, Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, St. Croix, Virgin Islands 00850, United States; Phone (340) 778-9177; Fax (340) 772-5932; Year Founded 1959. Teddy Bohlke originally establishes this concern as an FBO on St. Croix in 1959. Over the next 40 years, the carrier also begins to undertake sight-seeing trips to other islands, as well as air ambulance, executive, and small group charters.
By 2000, the company employs two full-time pilots and operates 1 Grumman G-690 Turbo Commander and 1 Piper PA-34 Seneca from St. Croix and 1 Cessna 402C and 1 PA-31-310 Navajo from St. Thomas.
BOISE AIR SERVICE: United States (1967-1968). BAS is established as a division of the FBO Boise Aviation at the Boise, Idaho, airport in the late fall of 1967 to provide scheduled passenger and cargo flights to local communities. Aero Commander 680 flights commence on December 13.
Due to insufficient traffic, the company is unable to achieve viability and disbands in 1968.
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