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Turkish Airlines to introduce Next-Generation Boeing Airplanes

Kevin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:07:33 +0000

Turkish Airlines have recently placed an order for 20 Next-Generation 737 airplanes with 10 737-800s and 10 737-900ER airplanes. The order placed at Boeing is evaluated as $1.6 billion. Currently Turkish Airlines have 66 Boeing airplanes which include 58 next-generation 737s.

Among these 20 airplanes, 737-900ER is the latest model in the 737 family. It has improved aerodynamic and design aspects. It will provide room for extra 215 passengers. As said by Marlin Dailey, vice president of Sales, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, 737-800 is the backbone of the Turkish Airlines.

The new 737-900ER will easily fit into their existing operations. The company has also announced its new Boeing Sky Interior for all of its 737s which will give the customers increased level of satisfaction. This Sky Interior will offer soft blue overhead lighting, contemporary sculpted sidewalls and window reveals that draw passengers’ eyes to the airplane’s windows. Passengers will also have larger storage bins which will allow them to store their carry-on luggage near to the seat itself.

Istanbul based Turkish Airlines carries around 25 million passengers on a yearly basis. It runs 120 international flights and 37 domestic flights. It was founded in the year of 1933 and it started international flights in 1947.

Turkish Airlines fail

Dave — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:03:33 +0000

Airlines have to be particularly careful about their advertising methods. If they make a little mistake positioning their ad, it might give off the wrong impression. Take Turkish Airlines’s ad that suggests the plane will crash into an escalator.

via FailBlog

Rivalry between Boeing and Airbus due to aircraft orders

Abbey — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:51:14 +0000

At the beginning of this month Ryanair announced that by the end of the year it could submit the order for 200 aircrafts to Boeing or Airbus with the delivery date after 2012. According to Michael O’Leary, Ryanair CEO, the bargain will be closed before the end of the year or if not, then never.

A new state owned Russian airline Rosavia informed recently that Airbus and Boeing had proposed their bids for the Russia’s tender for 50 firm narrow body orders. The decision on the order will be taken on December 20, 2009.

But at the same time Turkish Airlines had also negotiations with Airbus and Boeing at which an order for 70 aircraft was discussed. The price of the order is USD5 billion. But it is still uncertain whether the deal will be divided among them or a single manufacturer will get it. A timeframe for the order is still unknown.

It is expected that Qatar Airways will soon announce about new aircraft deals at the Air Show that will take place in Dubai on November 15, 2009.

In case Airbus or Boeing got big shares from these orders, it would result in a satisfactory close of, generally, not a very successful year and a preferential position in the battle for orders. If orders are placed, that would also serve as a positive sign for the next year for the manufacturer and aerospace sector.

Because of a number of cancellations, Boeing fell behind Airbus this year. One can say that the European manufacturer is considered to be behind it US competitor concerning new orders but it has the less number of cancellations.

Income Report Made by Safran

Safran, a French aerospace company, reported about its income results for the nine months to 30-Sep-2009. According to the report its income went up by 1.7% and the total income went down by 3.5% on an organic basis.

According to Jean-Paul Herteman, group CEO, the global financial downturn affected two major operating units of the company – Aerospace Propulsion and Aircraft Equipment with actually no organic growth. Safran decided not to give a detaoled outlook for 2010 but mentioned the year is going to be challenging.