Turkish Airlines To Place Order 345 Jets, Become World’s Largest A350 Operator – View from the Wing

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Turkish Airlines To Place Order 345 Jets, Become World’s Largest A350 Operator

Turkish Airlines, which has around 435 planes in its fleet and another 100 on order, is set to announce a major order from Airbus for 345 planes. It will likely be reported in many places as 355 planes, folding in 10 Airbus A350-900s whose purchase was already announced. When you see coverage of the order, talking about how much it is ‘worth’, remember to divide by two.

Star Alliance member and United Airlines partner Turkish Airlines is over 49% owned by the government, is the national carrier, and operates in some measure as a state instrument. They serve more countries than any other airline. And while they operate a mixed fleet of Boeing and Airbus planes, and have more of both on order, their future is clearly Airbus. For long haul flying they’ll become the single largest operator of A350 aircraft.

The order is expected to consist of:

  • 250 Airbus A321neo
  • 75 Airbus A350-900
  • 15 A350-1000
  • 5 A350F freighters

The order is anticipated to be made public at the Dubai Air Show which begins this week, and may be announced as soon as Monday. The leak of this information could speed up the announcement.



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