Atlasjet was established on March 14, 2001 by Öger Holding A.S., licensed to carry out "Passenger and Cargo Transportation on Unscheduled Flights, Domestic and International and carried out its first flight on June 1, 2001. In April 2004 the Turkey tourism group ETS took over 49% of atlasjet and a new organizational structure was introduced to the company combining the forces of the ETS and the Öger Group. On June 14, 2004, it was licensed to "Carry Out Passenger and Cargo Transportation on Scheduled and Unscheduled Flights, domestic and internatioal" by SHGM. Two weeks later, on July 1, 2004, atlasjet started its scheduled flights domestically. In Turkey it is the first private airline holding the IATA certificate.
Atlasjet has applied by its legal advisors in England for a set-aside judgement for the cancellation of the default judgement rendered against Atlasjet in its absence.
Atlasjet will continue to defend its rights based on the true and correct evidences.