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Lufthansa - Turkish Airlines
par Jeannot Mar 06 Nov 2012, 06:46
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Reports: Lufthansa, THY evaluating stronger partnership
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan are reportedly discussing a possible partnership between Lufthansa (LH) and Turkish Airlines (THY). Erdogan has been quoted by several news agencies as saying he has agreed to a proposal by Merkel to establish joint management of the two carriers.
Both carriers are Star Alliance members. LH brought THYinto Star in April 2008.
Both carriers founded the Antalya-based joint venture SunExpress as 50-50 partners in 1989.
“Lufthansa and Turkish are in a permanent dialog [about] how we can improve service to our passengers. We are not only Star partners, we are also codeshare partners,” an LH spokesperson told ATW in Frankfurt, without elaborating. “Now we [are] evaluating how THY and LH can work closer together. The results [of these talks] are currently not foreseeable,” THY chairman Hamdi Topcu was quoted in Reuters.
THY CEO Temel Kotil told ATW recently in Istanbul that THY will stay with Star Alliance and sees no need for closer ties to Gulf carriers. “We support our alliance members. But we will [enter into] a cooperation with others [non-members] if we don’t have a conflict [with the alliance],” he said.
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Re: Lufthansa - Turkish Airlines
par Jeannot Mar 06 Nov 2012, 06:48
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German chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly proposed "joint management" of [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and Turkish Airlines (THY) in a meeting with Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Berlin last week.
Although Erdogan told local media that he had agreed to the proposal, neither party has outlined a precise plan for cooperation.
In 1989, THY and Lufthansa set up a joint venture called SunExpress. The Antalya-based airline has expanded its fleet to 30 aircraft, according to Flightglobal’s Ascend Online database, including Frankfurt-based subsidiary SunExpress Deutschland.
Relations between the two flag carriers were further strengthened by THY’s entrance to the Star Alliance in 2008, with Lufthansa taking on an advisory role during membership negotiations.
THY chief executive Temel Kotil says he was informed of the latest discussions by Erdogan following the meeting in Berlin.
"It’s good to get such an improvement from the government side in Germany. This shows the development of Turkish Aviation in the last 10 years," he says, adding that Istanbul’s new airport - targeting an annual capacity of 100 million by 2016 - will advance the city’s hub aspirations.
"But the main decision will be taken during the annual meeting of THY," Kotil stresses. "According to the available information, Lufthansa and THY will clarify their position in the next five months."
Lufthansa spokesman Klaus Walther was more cautious in his remarks, saying: "We are always in talks about how we can further improve and intensify the cooperation between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines for the benefit of our customers."
Merkel’s proposal comes at a time when Lufthansa is seeking to overhaul its operations with a €1.5 billion ($1.92 billion) cost-cutting programme, which contributed to an improved third quarter operating profit of €648 million. THY more than doubled its second quarter profit to $90 million.
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