The Spanish government has approved the foreign investment by Turkish Airlines in Air Europa, Turkish said on June 5 in an update to investors. Other application procedures continue, but Turkish is optimistic about closing the transaction later this year. Turkish…
On Thursday, Turkish Airlines’ shareholders approved a sweeping management change that sees Chairman Ahmet Bolat replaced by Chief Financial Officer, Murat Seker. Chief Executive Officer Bilal Eksi has also stepped down and has been succeeded by Ahmet Olmustur. Turkish media…
Turkish Airlines has experienced a challenging 2025, shaped by aircraft delivery delays, capacity constraints from grounded aircraft, and regional conflicts. Yet, the airline is quite happy with the financial results, but recent tensions in the Gulf region are causing uncertainties…
With another two stories today about in-flight component failures (Southwest, Sichuan), we are being reminded that airplanes are vulnerable. There is nothing quite like an airline/airplane scary story to catch people’s attention. The industry safety statistics are too good to…
News this week about Singapore Airlines not renewing the lease on its first A380 has caused a flutter. The considered opinion is that this is another piece of bad news for the Airbus program. The Wall Street Journal has this…
Turkish Airlines signed a Definitive Agreement for Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G-JM engines to power its order of 92 firm A321neo aircraft, the largest engine order in Turkish Airline’s history. The order was originally announced during the 2015 Paris Air Show…