Turkey’s civil aviation administration has suspended flights by carrier Ankair because, it says, the airline is operating fewer than the minimum number of aircraft required.

Airlines in Turkey need to operate a minimum of three aircraft, and Ankair has only two following the loss of a Boeing MD-83, on lease to Atlasjet, last November.

Ankair changed its name from World Focus Airlines after the accident but did not replace the aircraft, and an attempt to add a Boeing 747-200 freighter to its fleet has run into difficulties.

Chief executive Yavuz Cizmeci claims that an Airbus

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