As it looks from today (we still have 4-5 days to go until end-March 2024...), the average for the three months' message count will be around 100. Even this figure is pretty lower than the Forum's 120 Message mark, let alone 300 messages/month. .
Jump to postI didn't know of Buenos Aires's secondary airport AEP! Well, actually there are 3 metropolitan airports and a fourth heliport at Buenos Aires. And AEP seems to be the primary airport of Buenos Aires if you look into the yearly passenger traffic figures as it handles most of the domestic traffic. Se...
Jump to postIt's been unofficially declared (looks more serious than a rumor) that TK will start flying to MEL with B777-300ERs (instead of planned B789s) for a few weeks and beginning April will switch over to A359s; of course all ia S'Pore Changi (SIN). Pls. see (in Turkish only): https://tolgaozbek.com/haber...
Jump to postMaybe they took it because they understood that they were too in a hurry to phase out TC-JIZ and TC-LOI? The configuration is practically the same, but business class is better than those poorly outdated ex-TAM seats. Wish they retrofit at least those seats when they decided to keep them longer. Ev...
Jump to postMaybe they took it because they understood that they were too in a hurry to phase out TC-JIZ and TC-LOI? The configuration is practically the same, but business class is better than those poorly outdated ex-TAM seats. Wish they retrofit at least those seats when they decided to keep them longer. Ev...
Jump to postTURKISH AIRLINES At the turn of the year, the TC-LOM added the A330-243 msn 1400 to the fleet in Istanbul (ISL). • TC–LOM Airbus A330–243, msn 1400, ex F-WWKV, N280AV Avianca, JU–1400 Mongolian Airlines lsd Wings Capital Partners Looks like TK is again back to non-standard cabin configuration for 3...
Jump to postleftyboarder wrote:I figured it would be charter, 4M seemed a bit high for that but guess the Russian operation was considered charter mostly?
There is an odd discrepancy in the TK traffic figures at https://investor.turkishairlines.com/documents/trafik/aralik-2023-trafik_web.pdf. On page 4 total pax is 83.4M as reported above, but on page 6 the figure is 80M. Unless the report is erroneous, the only thing that comes to mind is unschedule...
Jump to postgokmengs wrote:According to hava sosyal medya DL is returning to IST this year. I am guessing this will be seasonal.
The first full length video from the aircraft still moving, to the evacuation. ~7mins seems right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBLfnwhiJ1Y That is an incredible video. Here are some key times from the video (timestamps are from the cell phone video, not the youtube video) 0:00 plane is still sli...
Jump to postA superb video that focuses on the pros and cons of the new runway at SAW, by Captain Baha. Alas, available only in Turkish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo99LHyEkaU
When will Turkish Airlines delivery first A35k ? I presume, not earlier than 18-24 months. Also count for at least 2 months for the operational readines of the aircraft for local training and orientation of the crews (including ground crews). By that date comes, let's humbly assume that TK will sti...
Jump to postThe precise pax figures for IST + ISL for 2019 (the pre-Covid era) were: Domestic: 16.810.844 International: 51.311.180 Totalling: 68.122.024 During this period TK (the main operator at both airports and practically the sole operator for domestic services) announced 24.569.156 intn'l to intn'l pax w...
Jump to postBangkok had a pretty good, but very crowded airport called Don Mueang. A new airport with larger capacity was built in 2006 called Suvarnabhumi, and the old Don Mueang airport was closed. New Suvarnabhumi saw strong demand for flights and eventually ran out of capacity. So old Don Mueang was reopen...
Jump to postIf I'm not mistaken, it was mentioned during the ceremony that SAW 2nd runway would be only used for take offs. So I conclude that ILS for 2nd runway still has some problems. According to the information given by the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, it's the way opposite. Pls. see: ht...
Jump to postI saw the other day some cheap flights from Europe to Iran with Anadolujet via ESB. Is TK trying to develop ESB/Anadolujet as a secondary hub focused on regional flights? (e.g. Europe-Middle East/Caucasus) I don't think Anadolujet (in near future AJet) is trying to establish a firm and long lasting...
Jump to postDoes anyone have a firm idea for the non-stop flight times from Istanbul to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane and vice versa.? (Assuming Airbus A350-1000s will be flying these routes).
Jump to postPls. confirm if you know for sure: Currently THY (TK) utilizes quite a number of wet-leased (under ACMI terms) of frames from SmartLynx (both from the fleets of SmartLynx Malta & Latvia). These are all re-painted in AnadoluJet livery but retain their original registration numbers. Are these Sma...
Jump to postThere are some rumours circulating for a new opening date for Çukurova Regional Airport, 15 January 2024. I always thought they would close Adana Şakirpaşa Airport the day they open Çukurova ( like they did at İstanbul) where the operations would transfer to the new airport. However at the moment t...
Jump to postPls. confirm if you know for sure: Currently THY (TK) utilizes quite a number of wet-leased (under ACMI terms) of frames from SmartLynx (both from the fleets of SmartLynx Malta & Latvia). These are all re-painted in AnadoluJet livery but retain their original registration numbers. Are these Smar...
Jump to postToday's news from the Ministry of Transportation: 2nd runway at SAW will be operational next week, Dec 25th. More than a decade late and still nothing started on the new terminal :( If it opens, there were plans to close the current runway for months to do repairs and finally by busy summer months ...
Jump to postAir China apparently launching flights to Istanbul. I know TK is lobbying hard to get more airlines from China to Istanbul so that the bilateral can be revised to include more flight rights to China. What is the current number of flights from Chinese Airlines to IST? TK ist operating Shanghai, Beij...
Jump to postI have a couple of (general) questions. Upon receiving some answers I will co-relate these with Turkish Aviation. 1) Within EU, can airlines fly domestic flights in a second EU state other than the EU state they are already registered? (i.e. practising domestic flights within a different EU state???...
Jump to postHi all I flown TK business after some times 2 days ago from Ist to Fra. Product was always nice but in fact business lounge and airport itself look like little to full in my opinion. The only down was the aircraft. TC-LOA with that seat that doesnt at all look like business. But anyway the experien...
Jump to postWhenever a company says it wants to be one of the biggest players by volume in an industry, I worry. Companies, including airlines, should target profitability, not turnover. Focussing on profits ensures the company continues to do sensible things. Continual strong profits allows companies to grow ...
Jump to postActually the issue is minaret of a mosque located near by the runway. Mosque doesn't create any issue itself for take off or landings but the problem is on ILS system side. The minaret causes mania for ILS system to perform properly. Probably the solution will be trimming / demolishing that constru...
Jump to postPress reports that Cukurova airport should open 29 October 2023, with a 3 month test period, and real flying early in 2024 Is this realistic, and do people believe this will happen ? Yes, I guess it's pretty much realistic when compared with the BOTS operator claims that it will become operational ...
Jump to postFor some, TK operating at least one (or perhaps) several A380s is a matter of both a prestige and even a vital need. To those, with all due respect, may I remind the following, for operating the A380: 1) The airport needs a 60 mt. wide runway (rather than the more commonly present 45 mt. ones), bcz....
Jump to postbhxdtw wrote:Just noticed that TK1969/1968 ISTBHXIST is listed as a 772?? Is that some kind of error or what is that? Does TK upgrade BHX to widebody equipment?
Any chance of TK going daily on HKG? Difficult to guess that... IMHO, not even likely! Esp. if in near future TK starts daily flights to Beijing Capitol, Guangzhou and Shanghai Pudong. Currently bilaterals envisage a total of 26 weekly frequencies between Turkey and PRC's first tier airports (the a...
Jump to postFound a post on their Insta page from Nov 2021 saying: With the addition of the 777-300s powered by Rolls Royce engines to their fleet, Sky One FZE plans to operate additional commercial flights and further diversify its air charter service offerings. Sky One FZE operates Hajj and Umrah charters an...
Jump to postMoreover, found out there are three (3) ex-SQ Boeing 773s are in storage at BJV (Bodrum-Milas AP)? These all arrived from USA (a smallish storage airport GYR==> Goodyear AP in Phoenix, Arizona). Original tail numbers are: 9V-SYL, 9V-SYJ & 9V-SYI. These are a bit old, 18-19 yo frames but haven't ...
Jump to postSometime ago (I guess in April's thread) there was a message having some info about a ex-Azur Air (possibly a ntu) 77W stored at ISL. This frame has been painted to Indigo colors (as what happened for the previous TC-LKD) and will most possibly be given TC-LKE registration(thus officially entering T...
Jump to postThie following question(s) are partly related to Turkish Aviation and/or TK but still has some connection. Honestly, I haven't much flown on Boeing's 77W, and those flights I have taken were almost always in QR's business class. Now, it is known that the 77W economy cabin comes with 3-4-3 row layout...
Jump to postTC-LGM is even more urgent. There are currently 2 A359 AOG in Manila and Sao Paulo respectively, and the impact on the operation is immediately massive. Little wonder as the schedule has no spare built in whatsoever during the weekends. Are you very sure about these 2 AOG TK 359s? Can you be more s...
Jump to post[ By the way, does TK have a limit of A330s entitled to fly to Russia? Before last winter they flew on TC-JNA - JNE, in winter they flew on TC-JND/E exclusively with TC-JNC joining them in January. Since the beginning of summer schedule they were complemented by TC-JNB from late March and TC-JNM fr...
Jump to postAs announced a few weeks ago, two A330s have left the fleet. • TC–JOM Airbus A330–302 msn 1499, ex F-WWTS, 5A–ONQ Afrigiyah Airways, F–WXAK, TC–JOM Turkish Airlines wfu and std at SAW 31/10/2022 • TC–LOI Airbus A330–223 msn 1221, ex F-WWKT, PT-MVV TAM Linhas Aéreas, TC-JIY Turkish Airlines, VP-BYV ...
Jump to postTC-JJG was flown IST SAW, likely to become the second 77W frame to be reconfigured into the Y486 charter configuration . These B777 will be based at AYT and flying to Russia only, isn't it?! Or will we see these aircraft operating for IndiGo as well? What will happen to these "charter" B7...
Jump to postAny ideas for the possible (if any) technical reasons for this ban? Pls. see (only in Turkish): 1) The first news surfaced very recently on this subject. https://tolgaozbek.com/haberler/havalimanlari/hatay-havalimani-tartismasi-neden-ucaklar-bos-gidiyor/ 2) My preliminary comments (sceptical on the...
Jump to postKenya Airways has terminated the leases of its three Boeing 777-300s most recently leased from CDB Aviation. Am I correct in assuming that Turkish Airlines is now continuing the leasing itself? Most probably, yesss! Keep in mind that one of these three frames (the TC-LKA) is presently sub-leased to...
Jump to postWhat I didn't get is why this rush of 10ys to double the company? Why not a healthy growth step by step? This planned growth have also big risks and needs very good planning, also is IST ready for that? I believe this is a politically motivated rushed announcement due to upcoming elections. Perhaps...
Jump to postAn interesting and a very questionable practice. Two months ago SHGM (Turkey's Aviation Authority) issued a NOTAM "somehow saying" that there will be no INBOUND ticketed passenger traffic for Hatay's crippled airport after the Feb. 6th disastrous earthquake. Planes carrying cargo and any n...
Jump to postA single a332 frame may also be an all economy 332 for exclusive pilgrimage (charter) flights fo KSA. (Although in practice more will be needed: in earlier days 3 (three) a340s single class conversion frames were utilised for such...). 7 Dreamliners (inc. those 3 waaay back "stranded" ones...
Jump to postDid the earthquake have any impact at Cukurova or Diyarbakir airports ? Given the severity of the earthquakes, is Cukurova able to be used to get supplies in or people out ? Both airports remain unaffected. However, Cukurova AP is still under construction and cannot be allocated to an kind of fligh...
Jump to postHatay airport repairs finished. According to the article there were 45 different spots that needed repairs. This could be a temporary repair. (Pics of the runway below) https://www.airporthaber.com/havacilik-haberleri/hatay-havalimani-operasyonlara-hazir-hale-getirildi.html Well, one can say that i...
Jump to postHas a new date been set for Cukurova airport to open ? If it was to open by April 2023, I would be expecting to be seeing publicity images of a near-complete airport and be reading about test flights by now There might be a "political show opening" (even hardly to be describes as a soft o...
Jump to postThe third runway is already built three years ago and lies parallel to existing two runaways but behind the terminal (the two others are located immediately in front of the terminal). In many aviation forums it was stated and reported that the land confiscation was an issue, and a litigation is ong...
Jump to postA more natural progression of the widebody fleet for me would have been an all-Airbus one. You already have a very large fleet of A330ceos, why not replace them with A330neos instead? You had the chance to order them when you first bought the A350-900. Later on, you could have gotten the A350-1000 ...
Jump to postDid TK reduce the amount of A332s entitled to fly to Russia? Since November all flights are operated exclusively by TC-JND and JNE while JNA and JNC (JNB being in maintenance) operate only other flights. Meanwhile the variety of A321s entitled remains the same. Also TC-JJH (77W) did some of the fli...
Jump to postRegarding, TK wet-leasing B77Ws to Indigo: It does make sense that TK leases 2 or more likely 3 B77Ws from the market and sub leases thes to Indigo. Yet, the following is still under gray: 1) Where will both flight and ground support crews come from? Indigo, as a mainly Airbus 320 family operator ha...
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