Onur Air was founded on 14 May 1992 and started their flying operations
started with the Airbus A320. In 2005, Onur operated a fleet of 24
airliners including the Airbus A.300, A.320 and A.321 and the McDonnell
Douglas MD-88.
Airbus A.321-231 c/n 787 was built for ILFC and flew first with the
test registration D-AVZL on 17 February 1998. The Airbus was leased first by Aero Lloyd and
was delivered as D-ALAG on 3 March 1998. On 22 December 2003, ILFC leased the Airbus to
Onur Air and the aircraft was re-registered TC-OAI. When photographed at Groningen Airport Eelde
in the Netherlands, the airliner operated on a holiday flight. On 1 June 2004, Airbus TC-OAI aborted its
take-off run at Groningen when a bird struck engine #1.