Pegasus Airlines launches Istanbul maintenance centre with $40 million investment

Pegasus Airlines, a Turkey-based carrier, has opened a new aircraft maintenance centre at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport with initial investment of $40 million (€33.9 million), according to Asian Aviation.

With infrastructure based on digitalisation, efficiency, and sustainability, the hangars will offer simultaneous maintenance to five narrow-body aircraft, significantly increasing the company's operational strength.

The project, which commenced in January 2025, was completed within a year. In this initial phase, two maintenance hangars capable of providing line and base maintenance for five narrow-body aircraft simultaneously, as well as one paint hangar, have been put into operation.

In the second phase, to be completed in the last quarter of 2026, an additional hangar providing base maintenance for five more narrow-body aircraft will become operational.

In the third phase, planned to start within four to five years, this hangar will be expanded to accommodate ten narrow-body aircraft, marking completion of the aircraft maintenance centre investment.

Güliz Öztürk, Chief Executive Officer of Pegasus Airlines, stated: "Every investment we make in technical infrastructure takes our operational strength one step further. Our aircraft maintenance centre investment at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport is a strategic milestone in Pegasus' sustainable growth journey."

The hangars are equipped to accommodate all narrow-body aircraft types, with authorisation for Boeing 737 NG and Airbus A320/A321 family CEO and NEO models. Located within 18,000 square metres of enclosed space and supported by a 25,000 square metre apron area, the facility will create additional employment for around 200 people.

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