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Turkish Airlines (Turkey)
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| Founded | 20 May 1933 | |||
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| Hubs | Atatürk International Airport | |||
| Focus cities | ||||
| Frequent flyer program | Miles & Smiles | |||
| Member lounge | Turkish Airlines CIP Lounge | |||
| Alliance | Star Alliance | |||
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| Fleet size | 133 (+ 44 Orders)[2] | |||
| Destinations | 158 (38 dom + 120 intl) | |||
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey | |||
| Key people | Temel Kotil (CEO) Hamdi Topçu (Chairman) |
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| Website | www.thy.com | |||
THY - Turkish Airlines, Inc. (Turkish: Türk Hava Yollar Anonim Ortakl) is the national airline of Turkey, headquartered in Istanbul.[3] It operates a network of scheduled services to 120 international and 37 domestic cities (38 domestic airports), serving a total of 158 airports, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The airline's main base is at Atatürk International Airport, with secondary hubs at Esenboa International Airport, Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, and Adnan Menderes Airport. In 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, THY carried 17 million, 19.7 million, 22.5 million, and 25.1 million passengers with total revenues of US$2.23, US$3.0, US$4.5, and US$4billion, respectively.[4] [5]THY is projected to be Europe's 7th biggest airline in terms of passengers carried in 2009 (4th in national flag carriers). The airline has more than 12,000 employees. THY has been a member of the Star Alliance since 1 April 2008.
Turkish Airlines is an official sponsor of FC Barcelona and Manchester United.
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Destinations
Turkish Airlines operate scheduled services from 38 airports in Turkey and over 120 international destinations.
One of THYs stated goals is to serve every country possible.
To that end, THY plan to start flying to a number cities in 2010: Accra, Arbil, Basrah, Dar es Salaam, Dhaka, Entebbe, Ho Chi Minh City, Los Angeles, Shiraz, Sochi, Washington DC.
Further afield, before 2012, they aspire to fly to: Abidjan, Abuja, Alexandria, Asmara, Atyrau, Auckland, Bamako, Bari, Bilbao, Bratislava, Buenos Aires, Calcutta, Chennai, Cluj-Napoca, Colombo, Douala, Ganja, Glasgow, Grozny, Guangzhou, Havana, Heraklion, Hyderabad, Isfahan, Islamabad, Kabul, Kharkiv, Kinshasa, Kraków, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Latakia, Luxembourg (city), Makhachkala, Malaga, Malé, Malmö, Malta, Manila, Marseilles, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami, Montreal, Mosul, Nagoya, Najaf, Nakhichevan, Nalchik, Naples, Newark, Ni, Nouakchott, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Oran, Palermo, Phnom Penh, Podgorica, Reykjavik, Rhodes, Rotterdam, Salzburg, Samara, Santiago de Chile, Sharm el-Sheikh, Strasbourg, Sukhumi, Sydney, Tallinn, Thessaloniki, Torino, Ulan Bator, Ürümqi, Valencia, Vilnius, Xian and Yerevan.
THYs codeshare partners, including fellow Star Alliance (SA) members, are:
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Fleet
The Turkish Airlines fleet consists of 133 aircraft as of February 2010:[2][6][7]
| Aircraft | Active | Orders | Passengers (First/Business/Economy) |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 4 | 6[8] | 124 (0/0/124) | 10 options for A319/321 | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 22 | 150 (0/0/150) | |||
| Airbus A321-200 | 21 | 14[9] | 186 (0/10/176) | ||
| Airbus A330-200 | 7 | 250 (0/22/228) | |||
| Airbus A330-300 | 4[10] | 319 (0/30/289) | |||
| Airbus A340-300 | 9 | 271 (0/34/237) | |||
| Boeing 737-400 | 4 | 150 (0/0/150) | |||
| Boeing 737-700 | 7 | 149 (0/0/149) | |||
| Boeing 737-800 | 51 | 10[11] | 155 (0/20/135) | 2 aircraft in Star Alliance livery, 1 aircraft in FC Barcelona livery | |
| Boeing 737-900ER | 0 | 10[12] | TBA | New coming 737NGs will be Sky Interior design. 15 more options for 737 NG airplanes. | |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 4 | 12 | 312 (8/30/274) | ||
| Turkish Airlines Cargo Fleet | |||||
| Airbus A310-300F | 4 | Cargo | |||
| Airbus A330-200F | 2 | Cargo | |||
| Total | 133 | 44 | |||
As of 8 November 2009, the average age of the Turkish Airlines fleet was 5.9 years.[13]
Fleet expansion
On 14 October 2008 Turkish Airlines issued one of the world's largest commercial aircraft purchase tenders[14]. The tender which has since been extended to 17 December 2008 is for the purchase of 105 planes valued at US $6 billion[15]. This will include a firm order for 25 wide-body, long-haul planes and 50 narrow-body, medium-haul aircraft. It would also place options for 10 wide-body and 20 narrow-body aircraft[16][17] Turkish Airlines has already announced orders for 24 wide-body aircraft and 40 narrow-body aircraft plus 25 options for narrow-body aircraft.
Livery
The airline's livery is a white fuselage with blue lettering, with a tulip on the fuselage running from the rear of the wing to the tail, and a red tail with the company logo in a white circle.
New logo
A modified logo has been introduced. The biggest change is the logo's switch from a red emblem on a white background to a white emblem on a red background.
Maintenance center
The airlines has a maintenance centre at its hub Atatürk International Airport, (IST) in Istanbul. Turkish Airlines Maintenance Center with THY Technic responsible for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of THY's aircraft, engines, and components.
Turkish Technic are to open a new engine center in SAW in partnership with Pratt & Whitney, Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. The facility will provide engine maintenance, repair and overhaul services to customers worldwide.[18]
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Affinity programs
Miles & Smiles is the frequent flyer program of Turkish Airlines, started after the airline left Qualiflyer. The earned miles can be used in Turkish Airlines's flights, as well as flights on Lufthansa, including the entire Star Alliance.
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Incidents and accidents
During its 75 year history, Turkish Airlines has had three accidents on its international flights, and 18 on domestic flights. They include the following:
- On 17 February 1959, a Vickers Viscount Type 793, registration TC-SEV, crashed in heavy fog just before landing at London Gatwick Airport. The flight was carrying Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and a governmental delegation to London for signing the London Agreements on the Cyprus issue. Menderes was among the ten survivors of 8 crew and 16 passengers on board. This was the airline's first accident.
- On 23 September 1961, Fokker F27 Friendship 100 TC-TAY crashed at Karanlktepe on approach to Esenboa International Airport, Ankara. All of the four crew and 24 of the 25 passengers on board lost their lives.[19]
- On 8 March 1962, Fairchild F27 TC-KOP crashed at Taurus Mountains on approach to Adana Airport. All three crew and eight passengers on board were killed.[20]
- On 2 February 1969, Vickers Viscount TC-SET crashed on approach to Esenboa International Airport, Ankara. There were no casualties.[21]
- On 16 September 1969, a Vickers Viscount was hijacked and landed in Sofia, Bulgaria.[22]
- On 26 January 1974, Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000 (registered TC-JAO and named Van) on a scheduled domestic flight from Izmir Cumaovas Airport (IZM) to Istanbul Yeilköy Airport (IST/LTBA) crashed shortly after takeoff due to atmospheric icing on the wings. The aircraft disintegrated and caught fire killing four of the five crew and 62 of the 68 passengers on board.[23]
- On 3 March 1974, Flight 981 crashed in France due to explosive decompression, killing all 346 people aboard. The main cause was a design fault on the cargo doors of DC-10 aircraft, registered TC-JAV and named Ankara. Prior to the Tenerife airport disaster, it was the deadliest aircraft disaster in the world.
- On 30 January 1975, Flight 345, a Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship (registered TC-JAP and named Bursa) on a scheduled domestic flight from Izmir Cumaovas Airport (IZM) to Istanbul Yeilköy Airport (IST/LTBA) crashed into the Sea of Marmara during its final approach at the destination airport and sank. All of the four crew and 38 passengers on board the aircraft lost their lives.[24]
- On 19 September 1976, Flight 452, a Boeing 727-2F2 (registration TC-JBH, named Antalya) on a domestic flight from Istanbul Yeilköy Airport (IST/LTBA) to Antalya Airport (AYT/LTAI) struck a high ground in Karatepe Mountains during an attempted landing in Isparta instead of Antalya by pilot error. All of the eight crew and 146 passeners on board were killed.[25]
- On 23 December 1979, a Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000 (registration TC-JAT, named Trabzon) on a scheduled domestic flight from Samsun Airport (SSX/LTAQ) to Esenboa Airport (ESB/LTAC) in Ankara struck a hill in Kuyumcuköy village at Çubuk, 32 km (20 mi) north-east of the destination airport in severe turbulence on approach to landing. Three of the four crew and 38 of the 41 passengers on board were killed.[26]
- On 16 January 1983, Flight 158, a Boeing 727-2F2 (registration TC-JBR, named Afyon) landed about 50 m (160 ft) short of the runway at Ankara Esenboa Airport (ESB/LTAC) in driving snow, broke up and caught fire. 47 passengers died, all of the seven crew and 13 passengers survived the accident with injuries.[27]
- On 29 December 1994, Flight 278, a Boeing 737-4Y0 (registration: TC-JES, named Mersin) crashed during its final approach to land at Van Ferit Melen Airport (VAN/LTCI) in driving snow. Five of the seven crew and 52 of the 69 passengers died.
- On 7 April 1999, Flight 5904, a Boeing 737-4Q8 (registration TC-JEP, named Trakya) on a repositioning flight crashed in Ceyhan 8 minutes after taking off from Adana akirpaa Airport (ADA/LTAF). There were no passengers on board, but all six crew members died in the accident.
- On 8 January 2003, Flight 634, an Avro RJ-100 (registration: TC-THG, named Konya) crashed while on a VOR/DME approach to runway 34 at Diyarbakir Airport (DIY/LTCC), Turkey. 75 of the 80 passengers and crew died.[28]
- On 25 February 2009, Flight 1951 a Boeing 737-800 (registration: TC-JGE, named Tekirda) carrying 135 passengers, while approaching Schiphol Airport, Netherlands. Nine people died including the 3 pilots.[29] 86 passengers were transported to local hospitals. The preliminary results of the Dutch investigation found that a faulty altimeter caused the aircraft to throttle the engines back to idle and that the crew failed to react quickly enough resulting in a stall and crash. Boeing has advised operators of all 737 aircraft to carefully monitor primary flight instruments and not to engage autopilot/throttle systems during approach and landing in event of a radio altimeter malfunction [30][31][32][33][34][35].
See also
- Anadolujet, regional low-cost carrier of Turkish Airlines
- B&H Airlines, the flag carrier of Bosnia and Herzegovina based in Sarajevo and 49 % owned by Turkish Airlines
- SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa based in zmir and Antalya
- Turkish Airlines Maintenance Center, their major MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) centre at Atatürk International Airport, Istanbul
References
- ^ Note: Official ICAO allocated callsign is TURKAIR but the airline uses the unofficial callsign TURKISH
- ^ a b Turkish Airlines Fleet 16 February 2010
- ^ "Contact Us." Turkish Airlines. Retrieved on 24 June 2009.
- ^ ATW Daily News
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- ^ Airbus Orders & deliveries Summary to 31 Jan 2010
- ^ Boeing Orders and deliveries Summary to 31 Jan 2010
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- ^ http://www.thy.com/en-INT/corporate/news/press_room/press_releases/press_release.aspx?pid=4376
- ^ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=TK&al_op=1
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- ^ http://www.turkishtechnic.com/en-INT/corporate/news/announcements/announcement.aspx?aid=234
- ^ "Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 TC-TAY Ankara". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610923-1. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ "Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 TC-KOP Taurus Mts". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19620308-1. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690202-0. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690916-0. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ^ "Aircraft accident Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 TC-JAO Izmir-Cumaovas Airport (ADB)". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740126-0. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Aircraft accident Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 TC-JAP Istanbul-Yeilköy Airport (IST) [Marmara Sea"]. Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19750130-0. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Aircraft accident Boeing 727-2F2 TC-JBH Isparta". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19760919-0. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
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- ^ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19830116-1
- ^ Aviation Safety Network report - January 8, 2003 crash
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