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CODE DATA

  • IATA Code: TK

  • ICAO Code: THY

  • Callsign: Turkish



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 (75.2%) and private shareholders (24.8%). The airline has 10,956 employees. It also has a 50% holding in affiliated airline SunExpress , the other half of which owned by Thomas Cook of Germany.


SERVICES


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MAJOR INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS


During its 72 year history, Turkish Airlines had only one accident on its international flights, and a few 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. Before the Tenerife Disaster , it was the worst aircraft disaster.


FLEET


  • 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 February 2006 is 88 airplanes.


The average age of Turkish Airlines fleet is 9.2 years old in April 2006.


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.


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