Amid record financial results and strong demand, Turkey’s flag carrier adds three Boeing 777 Freighters with Turkish’s freight business growing by double digits; airline aims to be one of the world’s largest cargo carriers and Boeing are to open engineering center in Istanbul, expanding strategic partnership with Turkey. Boeing and Turkish Airlines today announced an […]
In celebration of 85 successful years, Turkish Airlines has unveiled a fresh look with a new uniform specially designed for its cabin crew. The new uniforms will begin to be used following the opening of the Istanbul New Airport, the “new home” of the flag carrier airline. Inspired by many classic elements of Turkish design […]
Turkish Airlines has confirmed plans to buy 50 firm and 10 optional wide-body aircraft from Airbus and Boeing for its ever-growing fleet ahead of a move to a new Istanbul airport. The Airbus aircraft will be powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. In a statement on March 9, 2018, Turkish Airlines said it had agreed […]
Boeing and Turkish Airlines announced that the carrier ordered three more 777 Freighters in December 2017. The new order came weeks after the carrier took delivery of two of the large cargo jets as part of its plan to further expand its freight business. “These freighter orders will surely contribute to our significant target for […]
Azul, the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities and departures, and Turkish Airlines, the largest airline group in Turkey, announce the signature of a codeshare agreement effective as of December 8, 2017. Through the codeshare partnership, Turkish will add its code (TK) on Azul domestic flights. As a result, customers will be able […]
On October 9, 2017, Turkish Airlines started offering refunds to the passengers flying to the US from Istanbul. The decision came after the US suspended the issuance of visas for Turkish citizens over a diplomatic dispute stemming from the arrest of a US consulate employee in Istanbul. Turkish Airlines and AnadoluJet’s passengers who bought their […]
Turkish Airlines’ Vice President for Marketing and Sales in Central Europe Fatih Cığal said that within the scope of the 2023 macro targets, the company sees itself becoming one of the world’s five largest airlines operating 500 passenger and cargo aircraft. Çıgal, who attended the events held in Zurich for the 50th anniversary of THY’s […]
Turkish Airlines has extended its cargo handling agreement in South Africa with Africa Flight Services (AFS), part of Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) global airport services group, with the awarding of a new contract in Johannesburg. AFS, which already provides cargo handling services for the airline in Cape Town, expects to handle more that 2,500 tonnes […]