The company of choice for Carlos Ghosn’s audacious escape from Japan was a Turkish charter operator whose aircraft have helped with all of that and more. The Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro has used aircraft from MNG to ship gold to Istanbul. MNG Jet says customers can do whatever they want with the aircraft they have chartered, as long as it isn’t illegal. That unit, MNG Airlines, serves Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Germany, the U.K. and the Middle East. A smaller affiliate, MNG Jet, operates at least half a dozen aircraft out of Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 03, 2020 21:11 UTC