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When finalized, the order would be valued at almost $11 billion before the customary discounts for large aircraft purchases. It came after years of market studies and negotiations for wide-body planes as the airline, officially known as Turk Hava Yollari AO, plotted its expansion.
This was also leaked earlier this month on "Turkish Aviation" thread.
Could this be finally true and my username after 11 years become a reality ?? (Fingers crossed)
From Turkish Fleet News' Facebook page few minutes ago:
"Turkish Airlines selected its new WB Fleet
TK has choices Boeing's Dreamliner for its new Longhaul Fleet. Around 10 Boeing 787-9 would be ordered."
LAXintl wrote:
MaxTrimm wrote:Not confirmed. They are showing intent at signing the LOI.
jbs2886 wrote:Interested in the breakdown of orders/options. Another earlier article indicated 10 orders with 30 options.
smi0006 wrote:Great order and allows TK to tidy up and standardise their fleet slightly.
Hope we finally after decades of talking see TK down under
LAXintl wrote:To simply chalk this up to politics is naive. There is a lot more here than some political message.
Matter of fact if you want to compare, relations between the US-Turkey are hardly the warmest at the moment, with plenty of rather major thorny issues outstanding, while relations with European nations like France and UK are quite warm instead.
The fact is that THY has been looking at the 787/350 for a decade.I am even looking at the first set of comparative analysis performed internally way back in July 2007.
At the end of the day TK needs 100+ new widebody frames into the 2020s, and this is simply one part of what will be additional downline orders. I would not discount Airbus 350 family, nor Boeing 777X variants. Matter of fact, I would say it will be quite probable both end up in the fleet one day.
One thing you can bank on, however, is that TK is a very opportunistic purchaser, and one heck of a negotiator. Much of its fleet has been acquired during times of industry stress at significant discounts. Today the WB market is going soft, so its a terrific time to acquire them.
mercure1 wrote:Can 789 make Istanbul - Sydney nonstop? (keep in mind new airport with long runways at sea-level)
FoxtrotSierra wrote:Meanwhile, at EK...
mercure1 wrote:Can 789 make Istanbul - Sydney nonstop? (keep in mind new airport with long runways at sea-level)
What doesn't mean that in Erdogan-land, this project will be started anyway, as long as it pleases his ego. We will see...
'Bad News for Airbus...but I guess it is the revenge of Mr. Erdogan to score off the European Union and especially the Germans.
LAXintl wrote:To simply chalk this up to politics is naive. There is a lot more here than some political message.
Matter of fact if you want to compare, relations between the US-Turkey are hardly the warmest at the moment, with plenty of rather major thorny issues outstanding, while relations with European nations like France and UK are quite warm instead.
The fact is that THY has been looking at the 787/350 for a decade.I am even looking at the first set of comparative analysis performed internally way back in July 2007.
At the end of the day TK needs 100+ new widebody frames into the 2020s, and this is simply one part of what will be additional downline orders. I would not discount Airbus 350 family, nor Boeing 777X variants. Matter of fact, I would say it will be quite probable both end up in the fleet one day.
One thing you can bank on, however, is that TK is a very opportunistic purchaser, and one heck of a negotiator. Much of its fleet has been acquired during times of industry stress at significant discounts. Today the WB market is going soft, so its a terrific time to acquire them.
Tkfan wrote:What doesn't mean that in Erdogan-land, this project will be started anyway, as long as it pleases his ego. We will see...'Bad News for Airbus...but I guess it is the revenge of Mr. Erdogan to score off the European Union and especially the Germans.
Honi soit qui mal y pense
Why is everybody linking this to politics?? Airbus order is also on its way.
Read:LAXintl wrote:To simply chalk this up to politics is naive. There is a lot more here than some political message.
Matter of fact if you want to compare, relations between the US-Turkey are hardly the warmest at the moment, with plenty of rather major thorny issues outstanding, while relations with European nations like France and UK are quite warm instead.
The fact is that THY has been looking at the 787/350 for a decade.I am even looking at the first set of comparative analysis performed internally way back in July 2007.
At the end of the day TK needs 100+ new widebody frames into the 2020s, and this is simply one part of what will be additional downline orders. I would not discount Airbus 350 family, nor Boeing 777X variants. Matter of fact, I would say it will be quite probable both end up in the fleet one day.
One thing you can bank on, however, is that TK is a very opportunistic purchaser, and one heck of a negotiator. Much of its fleet has been acquired during times of industry stress at significant discounts. Today the WB market is going soft, so its a terrific time to acquire them.
Momo1435 wrote:I would have been very surprised if they would not ordered the 787, I would also be surprised if there won't be an A350 order down the road in a couple of years.
It was one of the last large airlines that didn't have any orders for the next gen wide-bodies. Hopefully they will firm it up soon, then we know how many will be firm and how many options they will get. Since they always ordered both Airbus and Boeing planes and with their growth ambitions we can only expect more, it's not likely that it will only be Boeing 787s.
behramjee wrote:6. I am quite sure TK would have options for the larger B781 incorporated into this order in case they feel the need to upgrade for some high demand medium range flights. The B781 would likely seat 329 pax i.e. 30J + 299Y in a 2 class layout for TK (if ordered) so about 38 more seats than the B789 overall approximately.
787fan8 wrote:Congrats to TK and Boeing on a great order.
Does anyone have a clue of what routes they will use these planes on?