Company Insights Turkish Airlines Aviation Turkish Airlines News Opinion Aviation EgyptAir must make some tough choices The national carrier is being battered by the competition and needs a recovery strategy February 15, 2024 Opinion Aviation Gulf aviation’s ambitious wishes for the year ahead There should be an award for the airline that gets the newest aircraft closest to planned delivery dates January 12, 2024 Transport Turkish Airlines places order for 220 Airbus aircraft Turkish national carrier Turkish Airlines is expanding its fleet size by purchasing more than 200 Airbus aircraft. The order comprises 150 Airbus’ A321s and 70 A350 widebody aircraft (50 A350-900s, 15 A350-1000s and 5 A350F freighters), the European airline manufacturer said in a statement. This follows two orders from the airline for 10 A350-900s in […] December 17, 2023 Aviation Turkish Airlines to have ‘third largest fleet’ by 2033 State-owned Turkish Airlines is planning to increase its fleet size to 813 aircraft by 2033 as part of its expansion drive, a local media report said. The additions over the next decade will make it an airline with the “third largest fleet”, Daily Sabah newspaper reported, citing CEO Bilal Ekşi’s speech at an event in […] December 4, 2023 Dubai Airshow Aviation EgyptAir needs 34 more aircraft to meet demand EgyptAir will need to increase its fleet size by more than a third to cope with demand, the airline’s group chairman and CEO, Yehia Zakaria, said at the Dubai Airshow on Monday. Zakaria was speaking as the state-owned carrier announced a lease agreement with the US-based Air Lease Corporation covering 18 Boeing 737-8s. Deliveries of […] November 14, 2023 DUBAI AIRSHOW Transport Turkish Airlines in talks with Airbus for 355 jets Turkish Airlines (THY) has held talks with European airline manufacturer Airbus on a potential order of 355 new aircraft, state-run Anadolu news agency said. During the meeting in Istanbul, executives from Turkish Airlines discussed buying 75 wide-body A350-900, 15 wide-body A350-1000 aircraft, 250 narrow-body A321neo aircraft and five A350F cargo aircraft, in addition to 10 […] November 12, 2023 Opinion Aviation Gulf Air is battling for Bahrain’s skies Can another strategic turn really be successful? October 24, 2023 Transport Kuwait airport passenger numbers flying higher Passenger traffic through Kuwait International Airport is forecast to grow by 7 percent this year, fuelled by increased activity across the summer months. Total passenger numbers to and from the airport is expected to reach 15.5 million, according to the Gulf state’s Directorate General of Aviation, up from 14.46 million passengers reported in 2022. Abdullah […] August 28, 2023 Logistics DHL buys Turkish firm to tap into e-commerce sector DHL Group has bought Turkish parcel delivery company MNG Kargo, as the German logistics giant looks to tap into Turkey’s fast-growing ecommerce industry. “E-commerce remains one of the biggest growth drivers for logistics services and especially for parcel volumes,” CEO Tobias Meyer said. “We, therefore, continuously work to expand our footprint.” DHL will buy MNG […] July 26, 2023 Opinion Aviation Middle East airlines are taking control of their destiny Carriers in the region increase their networks July 20, 2023 Posts navigation Previous 1 2 3 4 Next
Opinion Aviation EgyptAir must make some tough choices The national carrier is being battered by the competition and needs a recovery strategy February 15, 2024
Opinion Aviation Gulf aviation’s ambitious wishes for the year ahead There should be an award for the airline that gets the newest aircraft closest to planned delivery dates January 12, 2024
Transport Turkish Airlines places order for 220 Airbus aircraft Turkish national carrier Turkish Airlines is expanding its fleet size by purchasing more than 200 Airbus aircraft. The order comprises 150 Airbus’ A321s and 70 A350 widebody aircraft (50 A350-900s, 15 A350-1000s and 5 A350F freighters), the European airline manufacturer said in a statement. This follows two orders from the airline for 10 A350-900s in […] December 17, 2023
Aviation Turkish Airlines to have ‘third largest fleet’ by 2033 State-owned Turkish Airlines is planning to increase its fleet size to 813 aircraft by 2033 as part of its expansion drive, a local media report said. The additions over the next decade will make it an airline with the “third largest fleet”, Daily Sabah newspaper reported, citing CEO Bilal Ekşi’s speech at an event in […] December 4, 2023
Dubai Airshow Aviation EgyptAir needs 34 more aircraft to meet demand EgyptAir will need to increase its fleet size by more than a third to cope with demand, the airline’s group chairman and CEO, Yehia Zakaria, said at the Dubai Airshow on Monday. Zakaria was speaking as the state-owned carrier announced a lease agreement with the US-based Air Lease Corporation covering 18 Boeing 737-8s. Deliveries of […] November 14, 2023
DUBAI AIRSHOW Transport Turkish Airlines in talks with Airbus for 355 jets Turkish Airlines (THY) has held talks with European airline manufacturer Airbus on a potential order of 355 new aircraft, state-run Anadolu news agency said. During the meeting in Istanbul, executives from Turkish Airlines discussed buying 75 wide-body A350-900, 15 wide-body A350-1000 aircraft, 250 narrow-body A321neo aircraft and five A350F cargo aircraft, in addition to 10 […] November 12, 2023
Opinion Aviation Gulf Air is battling for Bahrain’s skies Can another strategic turn really be successful? October 24, 2023
Transport Kuwait airport passenger numbers flying higher Passenger traffic through Kuwait International Airport is forecast to grow by 7 percent this year, fuelled by increased activity across the summer months. Total passenger numbers to and from the airport is expected to reach 15.5 million, according to the Gulf state’s Directorate General of Aviation, up from 14.46 million passengers reported in 2022. Abdullah […] August 28, 2023
Logistics DHL buys Turkish firm to tap into e-commerce sector DHL Group has bought Turkish parcel delivery company MNG Kargo, as the German logistics giant looks to tap into Turkey’s fast-growing ecommerce industry. “E-commerce remains one of the biggest growth drivers for logistics services and especially for parcel volumes,” CEO Tobias Meyer said. “We, therefore, continuously work to expand our footprint.” DHL will buy MNG […] July 26, 2023
Opinion Aviation Middle East airlines are taking control of their destiny Carriers in the region increase their networks July 20, 2023
