Re: Airbus A330neo Production/Delivery Thread 2018

Just looked up, MSN 1844 and 1861 were eventually planned for Air Berlin? Correct, although rumor has it RwandAir has agreed to take both production slots. Pity... When are the next free slots? Any chance if this rumor is true, that TK can receive A339 in 2018?? There are no WB deliveries left, unl...

Re: Airbus A330neo Production/Delivery Thread 2018

Are there any delivery slots available in 2019?? Turkish President will visit France today, and it is very likely that A350 will be ordered. Maybe wishfull thinking of me, we might see also some A330neo orders :goodvibes: Just read an article in a Turkish Aviation Site about Turkish Airlines being ...

Re: Turkish Airlines orders 25 A350s

Airbus and TK agreed on 25 A350-900s. Deal is being signed right now, more details to follow. https://imagr.eu/up/xuY59_DSyZd-jWsAUIN3Y.jpg Congratulations to Airbus and Turkish Airlines :cloudnine: I am really happy that TK gets one of the sexiest Aircrafts around. Hope to see more Regionals and -...

Re: Airbus A330neo Production/Delivery Thread 2018

Are there any delivery slots available in 2019?? Turkish President will visit France today, and it is very likely that A350 will be ordered. Maybe wishful thinking of me, we might see also some A330neo orders :goodvibes: Sorry for taking off-topic, but is there substance to that? It seems plausible...

Re: Turkish Aviation January 2018

Remeber back in September after the 787 LOI TK stated it continued to look at A350s and some members like LAXIntl also here stated they would get the A350 as well. Does not seem strange as there is growing number of operators that utilize both fleet types side by side, so TK can join the group. Big...

Re: Airbus A330neo Production/Delivery Thread 2018

Are there any delivery slots available in 2019??

Turkish President will visit France today, and it is very likely that A350 will be ordered.
Maybe wishfull thinking of me, we might see also some A330neo orders

Re: Turkish Aviation January 2018

Happy New Year for everybody and thank you TK787 for the new Thread :) Happy New Year to all! Today marks the day TK will sign an order with Airbus on A350-900 in Paris, order is speculated to be for 25-40 aircraft. You beat me to it! Today Turkish President will visit France. I was sure for a A350 ...

Re: Istanbul New Airport, Latest Pictures

around 03:50 in the video one can see an UA tail - eventhough UA is currently not operating to Turkey. Hopefully they will with the new airport... :) ha ha ha... stylo, a perfect anutter :) I actually see 2 x UA tails, farther one might be a 772. What do you think?? I've also seen an AtlasGlobal an...

Re: Turkish Aviation December 2017

Wow. Turkish Airlines was quick this time to publish statistics

They carried 165.453 PAX on their N.American routes. Thats an increase of 14.6%.
Incredible how fast they managed to swap O&D with transfer pax.

Re: Turkish Aviation December 2017

In July we had a vivid discussion about Turkish Aviation and its outlook for 2017. http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1367187 I had an estimation that IST will reach 5% growth .... Kudos to Turkish Airlines and Atatürk Airport. For the second half expect positive growth and an ov...

Re: Turkish Aviation December 2017

And so Turkish Airlines' first 77F has been delivered. https://imagr.eu/up/Fia3N_DQcIPWZVwAcGcxB.jpg She looks great, I guess I prefer 777-200 over -300. Better proportions. At the introducing/Inauguration ceremony Turkish's CEO Ilker Ayci said, they will increase cargo destinations from 72 to 82. ...

Re: Istanbul New Airport, Latest Pictures

Here is a video with IGA's CEO Yusuf Akcayoğlu. He explains the secret of their success. All works are done simultaneously, even the testing of finished parts. Although 2 month old video (with English subtitles) quite interesting. Meanwhile baggage sorter system (42km) finished and tested. :thumbsup...

Re: Turkish Aviation November 2017

My 2 cents. I don't know if you aware but airlines offer various cargo products - think of them as classes like First, Business, Economy, etc, that often will come with their own different transportation priorities. For example, think of a regular shipment via a consolidator as a basic economy clas...

Re: Turkish CEO: No need for the A380. Open for the idea

I found this most remarkable. Why would anyone buy the 739 when the 73X is available? Cheap cheap cheap. Milk the production line while it's still open. Delivery slots has to be another huge factor, the 73X has a rather large backlog atm Seems to be a typo. Never heard of a widebody B737-900 :lol: ...

Re: Pakistan Aviation Thread

Why do you think TK is exploiting PK? My suggestion is that PK should restart Istanbul. And with the new Airport at Istanbul they can create a small hub. One possibility: 3 PK widebodies starting from LHE/ISB/KHI, 3-5 PK/TK narrowbodies from second-tier cities arrive in new IST. The 3 widebodies con...

Re: Pakistan Aviation Thread

... Horrible Idea, route all your flights with Turkish, plus Turkish has a extensive USA network, ... Seems PIA and TK management read your advice :lol: https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275825/pakistan-international-expands-us-codeshare-routes-from-nov-2017/ Quote: Pakistan Interna...

Re: Istanbul New Airport, Latest Pictures

The progress they have made to date is amazing! I think IST could blow the Gulf and their airlines out of the water: IST is better located geographically; a more diversified economy; an enormous city; in a large country; and is far and away a much more attractive tourist destination (food, people, ...

Re: Istanbul New Airport, Latest Pictures

... I have personally been near the site and flew over it many times; it is like a beehive. Looks like a huge mine, thousands of trucks.. Exactly, it looks like a beehive. Just found a video of one subcontractor doing the earthworks. There is also the Terminal to be seen and the Runways. https://yo...

Re: Turkish Aviation November 2017

..... Stunning results for ESB, I guess it's the only major Airport with positive growth rates throughout the year. Very likely that it will break the 15 million mark this year :thumbsup: I have a question to our Forumers from Ankara, or others flying to/from ESB. According to DHMI, ESB Terminal ha...

Re: QR announces Thessaloniki (SKG)

Why is everybody thinking QR announcing SKG out of desperation?? Do you know the potential of SKG? It is not only a touristic destination, but also economic. Lots of investment, especially from China. Jan-Oct 2017 SKG had 5.6 million Pax, an increase of 13% YoY. TK seems to be happy with SKG, flying...

Re: Turkish Aviation November 2017

Turkish Airlines October performance: ASK 15.129m +1.8% RPK 12.275m +10.4% L/F 81.0% +6.3 Pp Pax 6.200.051 +12.7% Cargo 105.767t +21.6% Ytd: ASK 145.627m +0.3% RPK 115.091m +6.4% L/F 79.0% +4.5 Pp Pax 57.819.144 +7.5% Cargo 917.397t +26.3% Great results so far! :thumbsup: I am curious of Nov/Dec dat...

Re: Turkish Airlines record profit in 3Q17

That is a surprisingly quick recovery for TK. :shock: The precautions taken last year in the 4th quater showed immediate results. Most important were the cuts with low load factors/unprofitable routes. Most of us expected huge losses for financial year of 2016, but TK ended the year with just a los...

Turkish Airlines record profit in 3Q17

939 million USD profits in 3Q2017. Amazing!! http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-int/corporate/press-room/press-releases/press-release-detail/turkish-airlines-announces-2017-q3-financial-results Turkish Airlines, given the financial discipline and dynamic demand management applied since the beginning ...

Re: Turkish Aviation November 2017

DHMI preliminary traffic results for October 2017, Top10 IST 5.780.484 +10.0% AYT 2.861.544 +22.9% SAW 2.769.563 +6.4% ESB 1.465.071 +24.3% ADB 1.156.826 +8.9% ADA 489.363 +2.7% TZX 360.091 +14.9% DLM 357.058 +11.5% BJV 264.065 +4.1% GZT 243.612 +14.4% YTD data (pdf): http://www.dhmi.gov.tr/getBinar...

Re: Turkish Aviation November 2017

TC-JTN has been named as Köycegiz. TC-JTO, TC-JTP and TC-JTR are the only A321s left to be named now. JTO > Silivri JTP > Yeşilköy This is half-meant as a joke, but does TK now have so many aircraft that it is having difficulty finding names for all of them? Some names are coming up twice--for exam...

Re: Is Turkish the new Emirates?

The political and security situation in Turkey of late probably has put the brakes on TK's global aspirations. It of course remains a very large airline with significant aspirations, but I would think there is less traffic flowing through IST at the moment and it would not surprise me if TK scaled ...

Re: Turkish Aviation November 2017

Thank you TK787 for the new thread. Hello everyone. We are almost end of the year. How are airport statistics looking, still strong recovery? DHMI will publish October numbers tomorrow or on Saturday. September results were good, although Eid-Holiday traffic moved partly to August. IST had a growth ...

Re: Turkish Aviation October 2017

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Out of 21 pax, only 5 were transfer pax and to my surprise many native English speakers were on board. I would say, majority.

Re: Turkish Aviation October 2017

Turkish Airlines will hire 106 Flight Attendants from Morocco. https://m.dunya.com/sirketler/thyden-fasli-kabin-memuru-alimi-haberi-386941 Very nice move from TK. I hope other countries/nationalities will follow. Back in the 90ies/2000s TK had Japanese F/A and it had positive effects on its Japan fl...

Re: Iran Aviation Thread

Turkish Airlines and Kish Free Trade Zone Administration signed an agreement to promote the Island of Kish. Eventually TK might start direct flights to the Island. Traffic between both countries growing strong, Shiraz flights have already been upgauged to A330 daily by TK. :thumbsup: http://www.kokp...

Re: Turkish Aviation October 2017

airporthaber.com suggests, they had an article in late July that this might happen: (in Turkish). I assume it was expected in some circles. "AIRPORTHABER TEMMUZ'DA DUYURMUŞTU Geçtiğimiz Temmuz ayı sonunda AirportHaber olarak okuyucularımıza, THY Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı İlker Aycı ve Do&Co Y...

Re: Turkish Aviation October 2017

TK is looking for a new caterer (from the TK website) "Turkish Airlines has started negotiations regarding the procurement of catering services at Istanbul third airport applicable upon transfer of its operations thereto. In this respect Turkish Airlines has entered into a memorandum of agreem...

Re: Turkish Aviation October 2017

TK just posted this on their Facebook page, and already 22 comments from confused pax. What does this "Banderole Visa" mean? Wasnt Banderole the stickers that were placed in the passports after paying the cash at the visa desks before E Visas came in? Yes, you win :) Just got a response f...

Re: Turkish Aviation October 2017

Regarding the opening of the New Istanbul Airport: Let me repeat, for once and all --- 1) The opening on 29th Oct. 2018 will be no more than a "ribbon cutting ceremony". There will be no commercial flights, the day after. 2) It's very very normal and timely that SHGM/DHMI will be starting...

Re: Turkish Aviation October 2017

Well lets assume "Old" Turkey was a puppet of USA, you don't find it odd that the "new" Turkey is having problems with most of the civilized world and almost all of its neighbors? You might be utilizing the now defunct Ahmet Davutoglu theory "Strategical Loneliness" go...

Re: Turkish Aviation October 2017

What a pity for both countries, Turkey or OLD TURKEY -as the current government coined the term NEW Turkey - used to have a constant and stable foreign policy that was free of partisan ideas, but we don't have that for the last 10 years and we see results of it. Hope they clear the issues soon... I...

Re: Turkish Aviation October 2017

What a pity for both countries, Turkey or OLD TURKEY -as the current government coined the term NEW Turkey - used to have a constant and stable foreign policy that was free of partisan ideas, but we don't have that for the last 10 years and we see results of it. Hope they clear the issues soon... I...

Re: Turkish Aviation October 2017

That's pure speculation like last year's debate that Turkish Airlines will go bankrupt. If you want an answer/speculation from me, that is pure spreading false perception of Turkey. There is only one employee of US Consulate who is arrested due to evident connections to FETO-Organisation. To lower v...

Re: Turkish Aviation October 2017

What about leaving this part politics- free??

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Thanks to all for keeping these threads informative and civil and free of personal attacks/political innuendos.
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Re: Police act brutal against referendum voters in Catalonia, Spain

I guess Carles and his band of merry pranksters were expecting the EU to back them up and proceed down this path of the complete destruction of Europe. I'm not sure I can name any major country in Europe that would not have some region or group of people that could claim equal "difference"...

Re: Pakistan Aviation Thread

https://twitter.com/aftabgilani73?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fiframe%2Ftwitter.min.html%23914122286004924416 this guy has pics of New Islamabad airport, and renovated Faisalabad, Quetta, and Peshawar airport. The new Islamabad Airport/Terminal looks great!! :thumbs...

Re: Police act brutal against referendum voters in Catalonia, Spain

Two weeks ago, from another thread: As for Soros&Co. That's something everybody should find for himself out. There is enough material in Internet. In first place he is a speculator. For the public he looks like a sponsor for open societies, has dubious relations with a plethora of NGOs, and he i...

Re: Turkish Aviation October 2017

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/bonbonturc/Screen%20Shot%202017-09-29%20at%2012.04.35%20PM.png What a nice sight :cloudnine: Thank you for the new thread and congratulations again your nickname comming true TK787 Saw an A333 do Jeddah-Cotonou on FR24, post hajj charter for a third party?? TK...

Re: Turkish Aviation September 2017

TK announces to start ESB to Europe routes: -29Oct to Frankfurt 3 x W -30Oct to Berlin 2 x W -31Oct to Vienna 2 x W :confused: Per GDS TK already operates ESB-FRA 3x week(TK1619), ESB-TXL 2x weekly(TK1289) and ESB-VIE 3x weekly(TK1897) They were summer-only, seasonal. Now they will be year round. S...

Re: Turkish Aviation September 2017

They should apply as new flight to destination. I remember TK could not fly Jet's 777 to USA for a while because they forgot apply :) Since QR is flying to USA regularly , that wont be problem. Other destinations depends how qatar has bileterals with that country. Afaik it was due to bilaterals. Je...

Re: Turkish Aviation September 2017

bahadir wrote:

What kind of an airline would order 787s withouy a crew rest. If TK gets these birds they will be used on some long thin routes. Crew rest is a must

Re: Turkish Aviation September 2017

ist2014 wrote:

As far as I heard, QR 787s do not have crew rest area

Re: Turkish Aviation September 2017

If this QR 787 werlease-deal comes to frutition, can TK operate those Birds everywhere they want?? I.e. MEX?? Or HAV, CCS, BOG etc.?

If yes, can the 787 do IST-MEX-IST without payload restrictions??

Re: German elections: exitpolls

Do you see nothing idiotic about winning anything with 32.5%? The whole Campaigns were idiotic. German politics/politicians are stagnating. No more pro-active only re-active. There is also no alternative for Angela Merkel. And she herself is the synonym for stagnation. Her party CDU/CSU lost about ...

Re: German elections: exitpolls

I live in Germany and went here to school. All my school live we were taught of Nazis and the Nazi time. Seeing their propaganda and the tendencies, I can very well say this is serious. Not comparable with the artificial smear campaigns against Islam. There is history in Germany that is very trauma...