Wind Aviation has inducted its first aircraft, a Challenger 3500, and subsequently secured air operator's certificate (AOC) #TR-AT-104 from the Turkish Directorate General of Civil Aviation (Sivil Havacılık Genel Müdürlüğü - SHGM) as of July 7.

“We are happy to receive our operating licence and to begin operations with the aircraft we have brought into our fleet after completing the delivery process,” said Onur Yılmaz, general manager of Wind Aviation.

ch-aviation research shows the newly added Bombardier Business Aircraft is TC-CBA (msn 21064), a 2025-build Challenger 3500 delivered to Istanbul Atatürk, where it is based, from Montréal Trudeau via Shannon between June 5 and 6. It remained inactive until July 9 and has since been operating within Türkiye.

Wind Aviation is now the second Turkish operator of the Challenger 3500, after Arkasair (Izmir Adnan Menderes), which added one in late 2023. Genel Havacilik (Istanbul Atatürk) remains the only Turkish operator of earlier models in the series, with two Challenger 300s and a Challenger 350.