YYZORD wrote:Since TK is launching DEN, when is MCO being launched? That's the only destination left in the USA that is planned without a start date. Also are there anywhere else in the USA TK can add as destinations? LAS? MSP? AUS? PHL?
https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/ekonomi/thynin-yeni-markasi-ajet-ilk-tanitim-ucusunu-ankaradan-istanbula-yapti/3178258 AJet conducted an introductory flight from ESB to SAW. The "dignitaries" placed specific emphasis on the importance of Ankara for AJet, seems that the company will be expanding t...
Jump to posthttps://www.dailysabah.com/business/transportation/turkish-airlines-to-relaunch-libya-flights-after-10-year-hiatus TK restarting Libya flights after a 10-year hiatus. I always wondered how flights to politically unstable places work for TK. They seem to fly to places that other airlines choose not to.
Jump to postWhat happened to monthly Turkish Aviation in this forum? It seems since new year we just have this one, I kind of liked the monthly format, it was easy to follow-up and also I liked reading monthly summaries at the beginning of each month. I think the forum management just decided to go for a yearl...
Jump to postI don't think it has been mentioned already, the first long haul scheduled service at SAW has started on Feb 9th. Batik Air Malaysia now flies KUL-SAW 4 times weekly. I believe this route was announced and cancelled before, nice to see it finally happen. The flight seems to be operated by Batik Air...
Jump to postA321Lufthansa wrote:Does anyone know if Turkish allows passengers to visit cockpit as many European airlines do? Or it is strictly forbidden?
[photoid][/photoid]Croatia Airlines (OU/CTN) will start three times weekly seasonal flights between Split (SPU) and Istanbul (IST) from May 7, 2024. These flights are scheduled to operate with A320s and are expected to end on October 12, 2024. Croatia Airlines last flew between Zagreb (ZAG) and Ist...
Jump to postLaunchDetected wrote:Airbus order book now shows 8x A350-1000 and 9x A350-900. Beginning of 2023, the order was shown as 17x A350-900.
I wonder why they make such changes.
qf2220 wrote:
Rex with ageing, high cost of maintenance planes could even make a dent over there if they could charge even a fraction of the fares quoted there...
I wonder if widebodies are a possibility for AJET for trunk routes? There are a number of A332's that they can get in an all-economy configuration. I had this thought too and would like to revisit it. Would it even make sense to integrate the remaining 6 A330-223 into the AJet fleet? The question a...
Jump to postPeople fly Scoot and Norse. So why not? I have flown all of those airlines and in terms of seat size, AirAsia is the worst. I agree, 5,5 hours from PVG to KUL on 9ab 330 with Air Asia was horrible compared to 13 hours on a full Scoot B787 from SIN to BER. Scoot 787 is a big step up from the Air Asi...
Jump to postFernandes also said, they would be considdering Europe flights by the end of this year as well. https://www.aerotelegraph.com/air-asia-x-koennte-noch-2024-nach-europa-kommen Articl in german. BKK-BER would be great, maybe there is a small chance. Thinking of those seats and that distance. Pff. Peop...
Jump to postspandauer wrote:Fernandes also said, they would be considdering Europe flights by the end of this year as well.
https://www.aerotelegraph.com/air-asia- ... opa-kommen
Articl in german.
BKK-BER would be great, maybe there is a small chance.
According to HSM: https://havasosyalmedya.com/vf/ AJet's IATA code was announced as "VF" ICAO code is "TKJ" AJet will fly to a total of 93 destinations in 33 countries, including 41 domestic and 52 international destinations, with its fleet of 103 aircraft in 2024. According to ...
Jump to postLong waited IST-DEN Just became a rubber band. :biggrin: It is just a matter of time. Probably this year. I wouldn't worry about it. And only other US destination besides DEN on TK's wish list is Orlando. Is there any more demand for anything else in the US?? Charlotte maybe and a big maybe Las Veg...
Jump to postAvianca wrote:What chances to get 2024 more connectivity from IST to new Central and South American and Caribbean destinations? SCL/LIM/SJO/GUA/SDQ/PUJ/POS came into mind?
I 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) AJet (Not AnadoluJet anymore.) is now a separate low cost airline, trying to become a regiona...
Jump to postWith the Airbus order out of the way when can we expect an order for Boeing ? The timing of the Airbus order directly relates to another potential Turkish aircraft purchase: The Eurofighter. The Boeing order timing is dependent on another potential Turkish aircraft purchase: The F-16. I wouldn't ex...
Jump to postI wonder if Project Sunrise is a Qantas exclusive or TK could convert some of the A359 orders to the Sunrise variant?
Jump to postBilaterals with Australia has been updated. https://i.ibb.co/XbJTnxR/Screenshot-20231217-175323-Firefox.jpg Source: https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/register-of-available-capacity-for-australian-international-airlines-15december2023.pdf As per Yakamoz from the Turkish...
Jump to postBilaterals with Australia has been updated. https://i.ibb.co/XbJTnxR/Screenshot-20231217-175323-Firefox.jpg Source: https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/register-of-available-capacity-for-australian-international-airlines-15december2023.pdf This is very good news. I someh...
Jump to postThe next phase of 7M8 flying would likely be Europe, think FCO, MXP, MUC, PRG, WAW. On a different note, with the news of the Dutch govt. backing down on their regulations, we might could see a one stop AMS added in the next couple of years. Doubt it. Maybe FCO as a morning departure with a turnaro...
Jump to postI'm actually curious why TK hasn't tried LPA, PMI, JMK, IBZ, HER, JTR etc as it has done RVN, MRU so I'd have thought it would make sense, especially Greek islands popular with US tourists would be a hit no? This summer PEGASUS started SAW-RHO flights and they announced that they would fly to Lesbo...
Jump to postAccording to Hava Haber and various Turkish press sources a new Turkish airline is being established that will be headquartered in Ankara and will operate from Ankara Esenboğa Airport with 5 aircrafts initially to 12 destinations in Europe and 24 destinations in Türkiye. They rented the office in Ç...
Jump to postTK773ER wrote:TK wants to increase it's cargo to 40.
https://www.aircargonews.net/airlines/t ... reighters/
Could we see the 350F in the future.
Kuala Lumpur – Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen 02SEP23 – 30SEP23 2 weekly A330-300 (Schedule on/after 01OCT23 is pending) OD8400 KUL1600 – 2155SAW 333 26 OD8401 SAW2325 – 1500+1KUL 333 26 Batik Air starting SAW service. Second SAW link from KUL after the MAS charters. I have high hopes for this one. A codesh...
Jump to postGlad to see Ankara get more international connections.
Jump to postGiven the popularity of Turkish TV series around the world, Bursin himself is also very popular. The view count does not surprise me at all.
Jump to postTK773ER wrote:Dominican Republic keen on direct flights from Türkiye
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/domini ... or/3008386
Thank you for the new thread. The "October" link within the last post of the September thread redirects back to the September thread.
Jump to postpabloeing wrote:¿Some new news about TK mega order?
TKflyer wrote:This is the new logo of Ajet (ex AnadoluJet)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... t_Logo.png
Unfortunately I don't yet have a picture of how the planes should be painted.
Does anyone know more?
Heavierthanair wrote:Any news as to the rumored 600 aircraft order to be placed by TK?
Batik postponed the SAW flights, they're no longer in the system.
Jump to postdozerman wrote:Batik Air Malaysia is launching KUL-SAW in September. 2 weekly A333. I believe this is will be the first long haul scheduled flight out of SAW.
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230703-odsep23
Interesting Development. According to HavaSosyalMedya A record was broken for Turkish Civil Aviation and TK. TC-JJI registered Boeing 777-300ER carried out a Domestic flight with 494 passengers on the TK6951 Istanbul-Antalya flight. The cabin of this aircraft was specially modified for Russian oper...
Jump to postdavidjohnson6 wrote:Aeroflot is opening a route from Moscow to Adana.
Anyone know who the likely pax are ?
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230512-sujun23ada
TK787 wrote:Anyone else seen the Tolga Ozbek news about a 600 plane order (rumor?) by TK, this coming summer?
According to Southwind Airlines' website, the airline will get 2 more 737s and 3 77Ws. TC-GRL is a Boeing 737-800 (NG) and TC-GRM is another Boeing 737-8 (MAX). According to the same source, 3 more Boeing 777-300(ER) with the reg. TC-GRU, TC-GRV and TC-GRY join the fleet for the long-announced TC-G...
Jump to postWe used to have nice discussions here about various topics and great background information about airlines and airports in Turkey, but now seems this thread has become one mostly about aircraft registrations. How about creating a separate Turkish aviation fleet thread instead, and keeping this one ...
Jump to postAnadoluJet has now taken delivery of the 10th SmartLynx Airbus, out of 11. • 9H-SLK Airbus A320-214, msn 1725, dd 21/02/2023 , https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/9h-slk • YL-LDI Airbus A320-232,, msn 4323, dd 04/03/2023 , https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/yl-ldi • YL-LDJ Airbus A...
Jump to postA colleague of mine just landed in ADA, operations resumed after a short break.
Jump to postairporthaber reports that the INDIGO Delhi flights will change to two other 777s with 7J 524Y seats in the future. Where are these 2 frames coming from? https://www.airporthaber.com/thy-haberleri/indigonun-thy-ucagiyla-yaptigi-sefer-boyle-karsilandi.html Interestingly it also says TK flight attenda...
Jump to postTurkish777X wrote:No, will be TK 777s.
Either ex Kenya 777 or their own metal. I guess tks own metal.HB-IWC wrote:Turkish777X wrote:Well, two or three 777ERs will go to Indigo.
As I understood, they will come from different sources, not from TK stock. I may be wrong.
Both Sichuan Airlines and China Southern are to restart services to IST, from Sichuan and Beijing (Daxing) respectively.
Jump to postA321Lufthansa wrote:aldrigsomandre wrote:TKflyer wrote:
Btw the First pic
Worst TK special livery so far. The 400th aircraft one looks bad too. TK should fire the designer.
Which one is the 400th? I remember only TC-LNC being the 300th.