Turkish Airlines
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| Turkish Airlines Türk Hava Yolları |
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| IATA TK |
ICAO THY |
Callsign TURKISH[1] |
| Founded | 20 May 1933 | |
| Hubs | Atatürk International Airport | |
| Secondary hubs | ||
| Frequent flyer program | Miles & Smiles | |
| Member lounge | Turkish Airlines CIP Lounge | |
| Alliance | Star Alliance | |
| Fleet size | 131 (+18 Orders)[2](incl.subsidiaries) | |
| Destinations | 155 (37 dom + 118 intl) | |
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Key people | Temel Kotil (CEO) Candan Karlıtekin (Chairman) |
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| Website: http://www.thy.com/ | ||
THY - Turkish Airlines, Inc. (Turkish language Türk Hava Yolları Anonim Ortaklığı) is the national airline of Turkey, headquartered in Istanbul.[3] It operates a network of scheduled services to 118 international and 37 domestic cities, serving a total of 155 airports, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The airline's main base is at Atatürk International Airport (IST), with secondary hubs at Esenboğa International Airport (ESB), and Adnan Menderes International Airport (SAW). In 2006, 2007 and 2008, THY carried 17 million, 19.7 million and 22.5 million passengers with total revenues of US$2.23, US$3.0 and US$4.5 billion, respectively.[4] The airline has around 12,000 employees. As of 1 April 2008, THY is a member of Star Alliance.
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[edit] Destinations
Turkish Airlines operates scheduled services to 34 airports in Turkey although 25 of them handle domestic flights only. Ankara is served with 106 flights per week, Izmir with nearly 100, Antalya with 65 and Adana with 55. Ten other domestic cities are served with double daily flights from Istanbul. Turkish Airlines has a low-cost spin-off called AnadoluJet. The flag carrier's main rivals are Atlasjet, Onur Air and Pegasus.
The majority of Turkish Airlines international services are operated from Istanbul Ataturk Airport, and around 50 destinations can be reached within three hours. Turkish Airlines’ 117 international destinations are spread across nearly 70 countries. Routes across the North Atlantic serve Chicago, New York City, and Toronto. In Latin America THY serves Sao Paulo via Dakar. Major cities served in Asia include Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Mumbai, New Delhi, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.[5]
Interactive route map of Turkish Airlines is available at their website [3]
[edit] Codeshare agreements
Turkish Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following carriers:
- Air Canada (SA)
- Air China (SA)
- Air India
- Air Malta
- All Nippon Airways (SA)
- Austrian Airlines (SA)
- B&H Airlines
- Croatia Airlines (SA)
- EgyptAir (SA)
- Etihad Airways[6]
- Jet Airways
- LOT Polish Airlines (SA)
- Lufthansa (SA)
- Malaysia Airlines
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Royal Air Maroc
- Singapore Airlines (SA)
- SunExpress
- Syrianair
- TAP Portugal (SA)
- United Airlines (SA)
Note: This list includes Star Alliance (SA) partners. Turkish Airlines joined the Star Alliance on 1 April 2008. See bottom of page for the full list of its Star Alliance partners.
[edit] Fleet
The Turkish Airlines fleet consists of 131 aircraft as of June 2009[2]:
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers (First/Business/Economy) |
Routes | Notes |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 4 | – | 124 (0/0/124) | Domestic, short haul to Europe | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 22 | – | 150 (0/16/134) | Domestic, short-haul, mid haul | |
| Airbus A321-200 | 20 | 4 | 186/195/202 | Short-haul to Africa, Europe, mid-haul to Caucasia (West Asia), Middle East, Almaty, Karachi | 4 have AVOD in Economy and Business[7] |
| Airbus A330-200 | 7 | 7(3 Options) | 250 (0/22/228) | Africa, Europe, Far East, Middle East, Chicago-O'Hare, New York-JFK and Toronto-Pearson | |
| Airbus A340-300 | 9 | – | 271 (0/34/237) | Africa, Far East, Chicago-O'Hare, New York-JFK, Toronto-Pearson and São Paulo-Guarulhos | 2 are dry leased from ILFC AVOD in Economy and Business |
| Boeing 737-400 | 6 | – | 150 (0/12/138) 166 (0/0/166) |
Domestic | 1 are leased out to Anadolujet Being phased out, 1 delivered to B&H Airlines and another in 2010 |
| Boeing 737-700 | 4 | – | 149 (0/0/149) | Domestic, short-haul, mid-haul | 4 are leased out to Anadolujet. |
| Boeing 737-800 | 51 | – | 165 (0/12/147) 189 (0/0/189) |
Domestic, short-haul, mid-haul | 2 are in Star Alliance livery 3 are leased out to Anadolujet [8] |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 4 | 12 | 312 (8/30/274) | Bangkok, Hong Kong, London, Singapore | Wet leased from Jet Airways for 6months. These 777-300ERs are to be dry leased for 25 months after wet lease contract for 6 months expires (one more to be leased[9]). [10] Order[11] delivery in October 2010/February 2011 |
| Total | 127 | 23(3 Options) | June 2009 |
| Aircraft | In Service | Capacity | Routes | Notes |
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| Airbus A310-300(F) | 4 | Cargo | Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East | Cargo division |
| Total | 4 |
As of 12 May 2009, the average age of the Turkish Airlines fleet is 6.1 years [4].
[edit] Fleet expansion
On 14 October 2008 Turkish Airlines announced one of the world's largest commercial aircraft purchase tenders[12]. The tender which has since been extended to 17 December 2008 is for the purchase of 105 planes valued at US $6 billion[13]. 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[14][15] Turkish Airlines' CEO Temel Kotil stated that the orders will not be anounced in Paris Air Show in Bourget [16], but already they have anounced 19 wide-body aircraft with 3 options.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Maintenance center
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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, Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. The facility will provide engine maintenance, repair and overhaul services to customers worldwide. [17]
[edit] Affinity programs
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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.
[edit] 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 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 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 Esenboğa 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.[18]
- 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 Şakirpaşa 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.[19]
- On 25 February 2009, Flight 1951 a Boeing 737-800 (registration: TC-JGE, named Tekirdağ) carrying 135 passengers, crashed near Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 9 people died including the 3 pilots.[20] 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 [21][22][23][24][25][26].
[edit] See also
- Anadolujet, regional low-cost carrier of Turkish Airlines
- SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa based in Antalya
- B&H Airlines, the flag carrier of Bosnia and Herzegovina based in Sarajevo and 49% owned by Turkish Airlines
[edit] References
- ^ Note: Official ICAO allocated callsign is TURKAIR but the airline uses the unofficial callsign TURKISH
- ^ a b Turkish Airlines Fleet
- ^ "Contact Us." Turkish Airlines. Retrieved on 24 June 2009.
- ^ ATW Daily News
- ^ "Turkish Airlines still growing at 15%; Baghdad and Birmingham new for this winter". anna.aero. 26th September 2008. http://www.anna.aero/2008/09/26/turkish-airlines-still-growing-at-15-percent-annum/.
- ^ http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=302734&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.anadolujet.com/aj-TR/corporate/about_us/fleet/index.aspx
- ^ http://www.thy.com/tr-TR/corporate/news/press_room/index.aspx
- ^ [2]
- ^ Boeing and Turkish Airlines Finalize Deal for Five 777- 300ERs
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/AIRLIN/idUSLE73510920081014
- ^ http://www.impactpub.com.au/aircargo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2895&Itemid=60#begin
- ^ http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUKLI6380320081218
- ^ http://en.carnoc.com/list/9/9070.html
- ^ http://www.haberturk.com/ekonomi/haber/152034-THY-105-yeni-ucak-alacak.aspx
- ^ http://www.turkishtechnic.com/en-INT/corporate/news/announcements/announcement.aspx?aid=234
- ^ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19830116-1
- ^ Aviation Safety Network report - January 8, 2003 crash
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7909683.stm
- ^ http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6200905/Turkish-Airlines-crash-due-to-faulty-altimeter
- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090304/wl_afp/turkeynetherlandsaccidentair
- ^ http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=763798
- ^ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_4074250,00.html?maca=en-en_nr-1893-xml-atom
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/04/dutch-crash.html
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7923782.stm
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