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Turkish Airlines (Turkey)

Turkish Airlines
Türk Hava Yollar
IATA
TK
ICAO
THY
Callsign
TURKISH[1]
Founded 20 May 1933
Hubs Atatürk International Airport
Focus cities
Frequent flyer program Miles & Smiles
Member lounge Turkish Airlines CIP Lounge
Alliance Star Alliance
Subsidiaries
Fleet size 133 (+ 44 Orders)[2]
Destinations 158 (38 dom + 120 intl)
Headquarters Istanbul, Turkey
Key people Temel Kotil (CEO)
Hamdi Topçu (Chairman)
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.

Codeshare agreements

THYs codeshare partners, including fellow Star Alliance (SA) members, are:

Fleet

The Turkish Airlines fleet consists of 133 aircraft as of February 2010:[2][6][7]

Aircraft Active Orders Passengers
(First/Business/Economy)
Notes
Airbus A319-100 04 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 07 250 (0/22/228)
Airbus A330-300 4[10] 319 (0/30/289)
Airbus A340-300 09 271 (0/34/237)
Boeing 737-400 04 150 (0/0/150)
Boeing 737-700 07 149 (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 04 12 312 (8/30/274)
Turkish Airlines Cargo Fleet
Airbus A310-300F 04 Cargo
Airbus A330-200F 02 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.

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]

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.

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:

See also

References

  1. ^ Note: Official ICAO allocated callsign is TURKAIR but the airline uses the unofficial callsign TURKISH
  2. ^ a b Turkish Airlines Fleet 16 February 2010
  3. ^ "Contact Us." Turkish Airlines. Retrieved on 24 June 2009.
  4. ^ ATW Daily News
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ Airbus Orders & deliveries Summary to 31 Jan 2010
  7. ^ Boeing Orders and deliveries Summary to 31 Jan 2010
  8. ^ http://www.thy.com/en-INT/corporate/news/press_room/press_releases/press_release.aspx?pid=4376
  9. ^ http://www.thy.com/en-INT/corporate/news/press_room/press_releases/press_release.aspx?pid=4376
  10. ^ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=TK&al_op=1
  11. ^ http://www.thy.com/en-INT/corporate/news/press_room/press_releases/press_release.aspx?pid=4457
  12. ^ http://www.thy.com/en-INT/corporate/news/press_room/press_releases/press_release.aspx?pid=4457
  13. ^ airfleets.net Fleet age Turkish Airlines 8 November 2009
  14. ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/AIRLIN/idUSLE73510920081014
  15. ^ http://www.impactpub.com.au/aircargo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2895&Itemid=60#begin
  16. ^ http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUKLI6380320081218
  17. ^ http://en.carnoc.com/list/9/9070.html
  18. ^ http://www.turkishtechnic.com/en-INT/corporate/news/announcements/announcement.aspx?aid=234
  19. ^ "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. 
  20. ^ "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. 
  21. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690202-0. Retrieved 11 September 2009. 
  22. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690916-0. Retrieved 11 September 2009. 
  23. ^ "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. 
  24. ^ "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. 
  25. ^ "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. 
  26. ^ "Aircraft accident Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 TC-JAT Ankara-Esenboa Airport (ESB)". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19791223-1. Retrieved 2009-09-26. 
  27. ^ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19830116-1
  28. ^ Aviation Safety Network report - January 8, 2003 crash
  29. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7909683.stm
  30. ^ http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6200905/Turkish-Airlines-crash-due-to-faulty-altimeter
  31. ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090304/wl_afp/turkeynetherlandsaccidentair
  32. ^ http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=763798
  33. ^ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_4074250,00.html?maca=en-en_nr-1893-xml-atom
  34. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/04/dutch-crash.html
  35. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7923782.stm

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