Turkish Airlines News
22-Feb-2010
TURKEY :
CAE and Turkish Airlines, a member of Star Alliance, today announced that the airline has purchased a CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulator (FFS) representing the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from CAE.
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04-Feb-2010
TURKEY :
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a share of an order from Turkish Airlines (THY), the national carrier of Turkey, for V2500 engines to power 20 firm and 10 option Airbus A320 family aircraft. The order is worth up to $170 million to Rolls-Royce.
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07-Dec-2009
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines welcomes Continental Airlines as a new partner in the Miles and Smiles Frequent Flyer Program.
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09-Nov-2009
TURKEY :
Vote of confidence for the most cost-effective aircraft in its class, the A330-300.
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19-Aug-2009
TURKEY :
Adding A330-300s for efficient expansion of medium-haul network
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10-Jun-2009
TURKEY :
As a part of an expansion program Turkish Airlines will increase the number of flights departing from Istanbul to various international cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Beirut, Tunis, Skopje, Sanaa.
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21-May-2009
TURKEY :
As of 20-May-09, the free baggage allowance to / from Hong Kong amended as follow:
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18-May-2009
TURKEY :
The legal action brought by Cyprus Turkish Airlines to challenge the ban on direct flights to Northern Cyprus will be heard this 18-May-09 in the Administrative Division of the High Court.
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07-May-2009
TURKEY :
The Boeing Company and Turkish Airlines have signed an order for five Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes valued at USD1.36 billion at current list prices. This is the first time Turkish Airlines has purchased new 777s directly from Boeing.
Boeing y Turkish Airlines acaban de firmar un pedido para cinco Boeing 777-300ER valorados en 1.36 billones de dólares a precios de catálogo. Esta es la primera vez que Turkish Airlines compra nuevos 777 directamente a Boeing.
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07-May-2009
TURKEY :
Starting 06-May-09 the flight of Turkish Airlines to Benghazi (Libya) will operate 3 times a week.
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23-Apr-2009
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines has increased service between Amman and Istanbul as part of their route expansion program. Came into effect with their summer schedule which was announced earlier this month, the Turkish national carrier now operates 14 flights per week to Jordan, compared to the previous schedule of 11 flights per week.
Turkish Airlines acaba de aumentar el servicio entre Amman y Estambul como parte de su programa de ampliación de rutas. Esta ampliación coincide con su programación de verano anunciada a principios de este mes. La compañía aérea de bandera turca opera ahora 14 vuelos semanales a Jordania frente a los 11 semanales anteriormente programados.
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02-Apr-2009
TURKEY :
As one of the world’s fastest growing carriers Turkish Airlines became part of the Cargo 2000 Quality Management System which is an initiative of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that includes approximately 50 airlines, remarkable number of forwarders, general handling agents and information technology providers.
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23-Mar-2009
TURKEY :
Air Canada y Turkish Airline firman un acuerdo bilateral
For the first time, an air transport agreement is in place to allow scheduled flights to operate between Canada and the Republic of Turkey. Canada's Transport Minister, John Baird, announced (20-Mar-09) the successful conclusion of an air transport agreement between the two countries.
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17-Mar-2009
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines anuncia una nueva ruta: Istambul - Mashad
Starting 15-Mar-09 the flight of Turkish Airlines to Mashad (Iran) will be operated 3 times a week. As a part of an expansion program, Turkish Airlines has launched a new direct flight to Mashad, one of the biggest cities of Iran.
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19-Feb-2009
TURKEY :
Travel agents attending ASTA's 2009 International Destination Expo (IDE) in Sun City, South Africa (8 to 11-Mar) and who register on-site to attend the 2010 event in Istanbul (19 to 22-Apr) will be eligible to receive a complimentary 4-night hotel package at one of six 5-star hotels. Additionally, Turkish Airlines is offering 2010 travel agent delegates who are flying from the United States (New York or Chicago) a special fare of USD400 to Istanbul and once there, USD50 add-on fees to select domestic destinations. International attendees will receive 25% off all applicable roundtrip airfares on Turkish Airlines.
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02-Feb-2009
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines announced (30-Jan-09) plans to increase Istanbul-Baku frequency to 17 times weekly in Mar-09.
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30-Jan-2009
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines will increase the number of flights departing from Istanbul to various international cities. The carrier will also increase the flight frequencies to New Delhi, Mumbai, Brussels, Venice, Helsinki, Basel, Dublin, Kuwait and Addis Ababa in Africa.
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06-Jan-2009
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines launched a new direct service between Istanbul and Birmingham on 15-Dec-08. The airline operates either an Airbus A320 or Boeing 737 aircraft on the route with a cargo payload of up to 2,000 kilos per flight. Flights depart the UK Midlands airport every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
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05-Jan-2009
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines will launch flights to Nairobi (Kenya), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Dakar (Senegal) and Lviv (Ukraine) from Istanbul. Having flights to Beirut already five times a week, Turkish Airlines will increase flight frequency to seven days a week to capital of Lebanon.
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18-Dec-2008
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines has leased 3 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft for its long haul flights. With the addition of Boeing 777-300 ER leased from Jet Airways, Turkish Airlines will start serving First Class.
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17-Dec-2008
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines is launching cargo charter flights to Baghdad as of Dec-08. Having restarted services to Baghdad after 17 years, Turkish Airlines will also serve with cargo charter flights to Baghdad.
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16-Dec-2008
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines has launched (15-Dec-08) direct services to Birmingham, its 4th destination in Great Britain after London (Heathrow, Stansted) and Manchester. Flights to Birmingham are on sale between the period of 15-Dec-08 and 31-Jan-09.
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20-Nov-2008
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines is increasing the number of its weekly flights between Istanbul and Baghdad as of 03-Dec-08.
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15-Oct-2008
TURKEY :
According to the “2009-2023 Fleet Planning”, which was approved by the Board of Directors previously, the decision made to purchase 25 wide-body long haul aircraft with double aisle and 50 narrow-body medium haul aircraft with single aisle.
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12-Sep-2008
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines have announced previously that they have sent intention letter to participate in the tender of Austrian Airlines’ privatisation.
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11-Sep-2008
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines confirmed its bid for BH Airlines, the national carrier of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will be concluded within the next fortnight.
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01-Sep-2008
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines stated its management board has decided to bid for a 49% stake in BH Airlines.
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01-Sep-2008
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines has announced its Consolidated Financial Results for the 1H 2008 period. According to its financials, THY was able to achieve 219% increase on Net Profit.
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14-Aug-2008
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines reports the following traffic highlights for the first seven months of 2008:
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07-Aug-2008
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines has announced it will start operating from Birmingham on the 15-Dec-08, launching five weekly flights to Istanbul and providing onward flight opportunities within Turkey, the Middle East and the Far East.
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04-Aug-2008
TURKEY :
The Boeing Company delivered two new 737-800 airplanes to Turkish Airlines this week that take the airline's fleet beyond 110 airplanes for the first time.
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18-Jul-2008
TURKEY :
Aviapartner Cargo has recently signed a major contract with Turkish Airlines covering its 4 online stations of Paris-CDG, Lyon, Nice, and Strasbourg and all offline stations in France, i.e. a total coverage of 14 airports including all national and trucking distribution.
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17-Jul-2008
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines has extended the contract for the use of the Advance Market Information Suite from Lufthansa Systems for another three years. By analysing Market Information Data Tapes (MIDT) data the flexible solution enables the airline to identify trends and market opportunities and to make its network management strategy more efficient.
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15-Jul-2008
TURKEY :
As of 02-Jul-08, Turkish Airlines increased its three-day-a-week Istanbul - Minsk flights to four days, including Wednesdays. The new timetable is Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 12:55 from Istanbul, 16:15 from Minsk.
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07-Apr-2008
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines announced it achieved a record high net operating profit of USD420 million for FY07. Due to the fall of foreign exchange rate, net profit increased by 80%, to USD224 million. Operating revenue increased by 30% to USD3.670 million. 76% of scheduled revenue was from international traffic and 24% was from domestic traffic. In the operating costs, fuel cost’s portion is the same with previous year at 28% and the second important cost item, personnel cost is 24%.
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02-Apr-2008
TURKEY :
Turkish Airlines has joined Star Alliance as its 20th member airline. Turkish Airlines brings to the Star Alliance an additional 31 destinations, in Turkey, Central Asia and the Middle East. Overall, Star Alliance now offers 18,000 daily flights serving 965 airports in 162 countries.
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