Turkish Airlines
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| Turkish Airlines | ||
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| IATA TK |
ICAO THY |
Callsign TURKAIR |
| Founded | 1933 | |
| Hubs | Atatürk Int'l Airport | |
| Focus cities / secondary hubs | Esenboga Int'l Airport Sabiha Gokçen Int'l Airport |
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| Frequent flyer program | Miles & Smiles | |
| Alliance | Star Alliance (Observer Status) |
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| Fleet size | 101 (2006) | |
| Destinations | 133 | |
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Key people | Temel Kotil (CEO) | |
| Website: http://www.turkishairlines.com | ||
Turkish Airlines (Turkish Türk Hava Yolları) (THY) is the national airline of Turkey based in Istanbul. It operates a network of scheduled services to 103 international and 28 domestic cities, serving a total of 134 airports, in Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, the Far East, Africa, and the United States. The airline's main base is Atatürk International Airport (IST), Istanbul, with secondary hubs at Esenboga International Airport (ESB), Ankara, and Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (SAW), Istanbul. In 2006, it is estimated to carry 17.5 Million passengers and estimated to have total revenues of US$3 Billion. [1]
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[edit] History
The airline was established on May 20, 1933, as the State Airlines Administration - Hava Yolları Devlet Işletmesi Idaresi. It began operations with an Istanbul, Eskisehir, Ankara service in August 1933. The name was changed to Devlet Hava Yolları Umum Müdürlüğü (DHY) in June 1938. The first international flight was launched in 1947 to Athens but it was another 40 years before the introduction of long-haul flights to the Far East and across the Atlantic.
In a major reorganisation the state company DHY was replaced with a mixed corporation, Türk Hava Yolları AO (THY) on 20 February 1956. The airline's shares were passed to the prime ministry public participation administration in 1990 and about 24.8% of the shares were sold to the public. The airline is owned by TC Privatisation Administration (48%) and private shareholders (52%). The airline has around 12,000 employees. It also has a 50% holding in affiliated airline SunExpress, the other half of which owned by Thomas Cook of Germany.Also Turkish Airlines will join to Star Alliance. Turkish Airlines quit Qualiflyer group in 1999, due to incompatibilites with Swissair and Delta.
[edit] Destinations
Main article: Turkish Airlines destinations
[edit] Suspended Routes
Baghdad, Cape Town, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Miami, Thessaloniki
[edit] New Routes
Turkish Airlines intends to fly Los Angeles, Melbourne, Sydney, Toronto and Washington DC in 2007 or 2008.
[edit] Major Incidents and Accidents
During its 72 year history, Turkish Airlines had three accidents on its international flights, and 18 on the domestic. The most disastrous was Turkish Airlines Flight 981, that crashed in France on 3 March 1974 due to explosive decompression, killing all 346 passengers aboard. The main cause of this event was a design fault on the cargo doors of DC-10 aircraft. Before the Tenerife disaster, it was the worst aircraft disaster.
[edit] Fleet
| # of aircraft | Aircraft type | Passenger capacity | Max operating range (km) |
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| 7 | Airbus A340-311/313 | 271 | 11,952 |
| 5 | Airbus A330-200 | 250 | 12,000 |
| 8 (plus 11 on order) | Airbus A321-111/231/211 | 155 / 186 / 195 / 202 | 2,250 / 3,200 |
| 14 (plus 17 on order) | Airbus A320-214/232 | 150 / 156 / 167 / 168 | 3,350 |
| 2 | Airbus A319-132 | 3,900 | |
| 7 | Airbus A310-304 | 208 / 210 | 8,100 / 8,980 |
| 41 (plus 8 on order) | Boeing 737-800 | 165 | 4,755 |
| 17 | Boeing 737-400 | 148 / 150 / 152 | 3,350 |
- The fleet is under a major expansion with the purchase of 59 new planes (Boeing and Airbus) which will be delivered gradually until 2008.
- Total fleet as for November 2006 is 103 airplanes.[citation needed]
The average age of Turkish Airlines fleet is 9.2 years old in April 2006.
[edit] Livery
Turkish Airlines's livery is a Eurowhite scheme, composed of primarily white with red accents.
[edit] Turkish Airlines Maintenance Centre
Turkish Airlines has a maintenance centre at its hub Atatürk International Airport, (IST) in Istanbul. Turkish Airlines Maintenance Center (THY Technic) is responsible for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of THY's all aircraft, engines, APUs and components.
[edit] See also
- SunExpress, A daughter company of Turkish Airlines based in Antalya.
- Turkish Airlines Flight 1476 which was hijacked in 2006.
[edit] External links
- Turkish Airlines
- Turkish Airlines Maintenance Center
- Turkish Airlines Fleet Age
- Turkish Airlines Fleet Detail
- Turkish Airlines Passenger Opinions
- SunExpress
[edit] Reference
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