Turkish Airlines : TK : THY :

Jeannot a écrit:Selon Airbus, la Turquie (toutes compagnies confondues) aurait besoin de 480 avions dans les 18 prochaines années.

Turkey will need 480 new planes in 18 years: Airbus

Turkey’s aviation industry will need 480 new planes over the next 18 years to support its rapid expansion, European aircraft maker Airbus said yesterday, hoping to capture part of the market.

“By 2029, the traffic within, from and to Turkey will grow three times,” the company’s vice-president for Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Christopher Buckley, told a press conference in Istanbul.

The Turkish fleet is forecast to have grown from 235 to 528 by this time, which Buckley said implied the acquisition of 480 new planes to top up the existing fleet and replace old ones.

Of these, 382 should be passenger planes of Airbus’ A382 single-aisle variety, and 98 long-haul carriers, of which at least eight would be the biggest A380 type.

“I think we will be very happy if we can have half of that” market, Buckley said.

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Oui ! Et la première réaction de THY sera probablement de faire en sorte qu'il y ait un partage plus ou moins égalitaire, ou, du moins, sinon identique, .... néanmoins équitable entre Boeing & Airbus !

Spanair in Talks With Turkish Over Investment, Expansion Reports

Spanair SA is in talks with [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] AO, the company known as [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], about allowing the Turkish carrier to buy a stake of as much as 49 percent in the company, Expansion reported.
Conversations between the two parties are “very advanced,” the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the talks it didn’t identify by name.

Turkish Airlines places firm order for 35 737NGs

Turkish Airlines (TK) said Tuesday it placed a firm order for 20 Boeing 737-800s and 15 737-900ERs.

Two 737-800s and two 737-900ERs will be delivered late this year. Delivery of all 35 737s ordered should be completed by the end of 2015, the carrier said.

TK said the additional 737s are needed for ongoing fleet expansion. According to its website, the airline currently operates three 737-400s, 14 737-700s and 52 737-800s.

TK also contracted PATS Aircraft Systems in Georgetown, Del., to install two additional fuel tanks on each of the 737-900ERs to increase aircraft range. The -900ERs are scheduled to be used primarily on African routes, the carrier said.

Jeannot a écrit:Turkish Airlines commande 35 737NGs

Turkish Airlines places firm order for 35 737NGs

Turkish Airlines (TK) said Tuesday it placed a firm order for 20 Boeing 737-800s and 15 737-900ERs.

Two 737-800s and two 737-900ERs will be delivered late this year. Delivery of all 35 737s ordered should be completed by the end of 2015, the carrier said.

TK said the additional 737s are needed for ongoing fleet expansion. According to its website, the airline currently operates three 737-400s, 14 737-700s and 52 737-800s.

TK also contracted PATS Aircraft Systems in Georgetown, Del., to install two additional fuel tanks on each of the 737-900ERs to increase aircraft range. The -900ERs are scheduled to be used primarily on African routes, the carrier said.

Quand on connait le sens de l'équilibre de Turkish Airlines entre Boeing et Airbus une commande devrait suivre chez Airbus... Just a tough...


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Turkish Airlines: Massive widebody expansion created network instability

Turkish Airlines’ (TK) massive long-haul fleet expansion created instability throughout the network, CEO Temel Kotil told ATW in a recent interview. But, after nearly doubling its long-haul fleet to 36 aircraft from 2010, the carrier synchronized its network, he said.

“We took several measures,” Kotil said, noting that after the crisis in the Middle East/North Africa, from the first quarter on, things “did not go … as planned.”

In fact, TK reported a TRY220.6 million ($126.4 million) consolidated net loss for the second quarter, increasing its first-half loss to TRY543.6 million, owing to foreign exchange losses on financial leases related to its fleet expansion activities ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]).

At the end of June, TK operated 175 aircraft, 22 more than a year earlier.

Kotil said the number of aircraft seats has now reached 32,000, including 10,000 seats on widebodies, which “causes a marketing problem.” Load factor has dropped on long-haul routes. “Right now we have control. Transfer traffic [is] increasing month by month,” said Kotil, who noted that “2012 will be the year of repair [for] the company.”

Kotil said TK will add more narrowbodies to the fleet next year, including 15 Airbus A321/Boeing 737-900ER/737-800 aircraft, featuring individual inflight entertainment and fixed business class seats. Also, Kotil said next year the carrier will add 10 routes to Europe and 10 routes on its medium- and long-haul sectors. New routes to Australia will be deferred.

“We also need to bring our brand to a higher level,” Kotil said.

Looking forward, Kotil is expecting a drop in demand in the worldwide airline business. “A difficult year is coming. But we know how to handle a crisis and mak[e] opportunities for TK,” he said.

Turkish Airlines' is pressing forward with plans to order up to 15 high-capacity aircraft, focusing on the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8.

The airline had originally indicated in 2010 that it would look for around five or six large jets for its fleet development.

Turkish Airlines chairman Hamdi Topcu indicates that a decision should be reached around the time of the Farnborough air show in July.

He points out that the capacity in Istanbul is increasing, notably following the decision to open a third airport for the city which will be able to accommodate 120 million passengers per year.

Topcu says Turkish Airlinesis discussing possible delivery of large aircraft in 2014. The carrier intends to build a fleet of 300 aircraft by 2023 and is "looking closely" at the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 Max.

Turk Hava Yollari AO, or Turkish Airlines, will order at least 15 jumbo airliners valued at $4 billion from Airbus SAS (EAD) or Boeing Co. (BA) ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]) as early as next month as it adds routes and seeks acquisitions in emerging markets.

Europe’s fifth-largest carrier plans to purchase Airbus A380 or Boeing 747-8 planes for delivery after 2014, Chairman Hamdi Topcu said in an interview in Istanbul.

Turkish Airlines is looking at jets bigger than Boeing’s 330-seat 777, currently the carrier’s largest model, as it seeks to lure transfer traffic between Europe and Asia away from rivals Air France-KLM Group, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA) and British Airways-parent International Consolidated Airlines Group SA. (IAG)

“The price will determine the size of the purchase but it should not be below 15 planes,” Topcu said at the company’s headquarters near its Ataturk airport hub. “We are assessing the purchase plan in the board of directors and will make a decision on this in one month.”

Turkish Airlines (THYAO) rose 5.2 percent to 3.03 liras in Istanbul, its biggest gain since Feb. 2 and highest closing price since last August. The stock has surged 43 percent this year, valuing the company at 3.64 billion liras ($2 billion).

An order announcement may be timed to coincide with the Farnborough International Air Show, the largest aerospace event in the world this year, which runs for seven days from July 9, Topcu said, or could come later in the month. Major aircraft commitments are often revealed at expos as airlines and manufacturers seek to showcase their orders.

Turkish Airlines, which aims to raise sales to $7.8 billion this year from $7 billion in 2011, is assessing simulations of both the A380 and 747-8, as well as the price, Topcu said, adding that it won’t split the order between the two types.

• Boeing discute en avançant des prix bradés ;
  
• la Turquie sait que le B747-8I est un 'bide commercial' (il y a des raisons techniques et de performance), et que, avec son goût de "old hat" et de déjà vu, est vraiment "yesterday's plane" !
  

The carrier currently has 39 long-haul jets, according to its website, including 12 777s and 17 passenger-variant Airbus A330s. It hasn’t ordered Boeing’s 787 or the Airbus A350, the newest wide-bodies, and is unlikely to do so as it seeks larger jets, Chief Executive Officer Temel Kotil has said.

The European manufacturer’s A380 superjumbo carries 525 people in three-cabin configuration or more than 800 in a single coach class. Boeing’s 747-8 seats 467 in three-class mode.

Including single-aisle models, Turkish Airlines currently has 179 jetliners in its fleet. That will increase to 200 by the end of this year and 206 through 2013, when an expansion program originally slated to end in 2015 will have been completed, Topcu said. With that in mind, it’s planning a next sequence of orders from 2014, with the total likely to reach at least 300 by 2023.

While the emphasis will be on adding bigger planes, the carrier is also interested in the Airbus A320 Neo and Boeing 737 MAX narrow-bodies, the executive said. The airline plans to supply crews for the expanded fleet by opening a flight school to train 300 pilots, 200 of them for its own needs, Topcu said.

Turkey’s plans to build a third airport in Istanbul, for which a tender process may begin in September, will help determine fleet size, Topcu said.

The situation at Ataturk, Istanbul’s main airport, where passenger numbers rose 17 percent last year to 37.5 million, may also be eased by increasing the number of aircraft parking bays by about 50 percent to around 150, he said. The hub is controlled by Aeroports de Paris following its investment in operator TAV Havalimanlari Holding AS (TAVHL) in March.

Turkish Airlines is looking at about 10 takeover prospects in Africa, Asia and the Middle East as it seeks hubs in Africa and Asia, Topcu said, adding that the cash and credit position is “strong,” with no upper limit to the size of a deal.

Still, its European ambitions have been curbed, with talks to buy Polish national carrier Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT SA ending this month because of European Union rules limiting outside ownership, Topcu said. The same applies to TAP SGPS SA, which the Portuguese government is in the process of selling.

“The EU doesn’t allow us to have stake control or effective management control,” he said. “Therefore we can’t buy.” Talks on Turkey joining the bloc, which would allow its companies to make full takeovers, are on hold while a rotating presidency is held by Cyprus, whose government it doesn’t recognize.

In Europe, Turkish Airlines ranks behind only network carriers Air France-KLM Group (AF), Deutsche Lufthansa AG and IAG --parent of British Airways and Spain’s Iberia -- plus discount leader Ryanair Holdings Plc in terms of traffic.

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Turkish Airlines prépare une commande de 100 monocouloirs

Qui décrochera le gros lot ? Turkish Airlines s'apprête à commander 100 avions monocouloirs pour moderniser sa flotte. C'est son président Temel Kotil qui l'a annoncé dans une interview réalisée depuis Hong Kong par Bloomberg.

Le dirigeant a estimé qu'une annonce pourrait être faite d'ici la fin de l'année, ou début 2013, tout en ménageant le suspense concernant le lauréat.

S'agira-t-il de Boeing ? d'Airbus ? des deux ? et pourquoi pas d'un de ces industriels qui cherchent à casser l'hégémonie des deux géants ? Jusqu'à présent, le transporteur a opté pour une flotte mixte Airbus / Boeing.

En revanche, Kotil a indiqué qu'il n'envisageait pas d'avoir recours aux très gros porteurs comme le B747 ou l'A380, préférant se concentrer sur les B777 et les A330 pour les besoins en appareils de taille supérieure.