{"id":20670,"date":"2022-05-19T17:14:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T11:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=20670"},"modified":"2022-05-19T17:14:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T11:44:35","slug":"turkish-airlines-orders-six-more-airbus-a350-900s-delivered-by-end-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/19\/turkish-airlines-orders-six-more-airbus-a350-900s-delivered-by-end-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish Airlines orders Six more Airbus A350-900s delivered by end of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Turkish Airlines confirmed to its investors that it had placed an\u00a0order\u00a0for an additional Airbus A350-900 aircraft to be delivered by the end of the year and 2023.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is, we know nothing about the new order other than what was stated above. In January, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.turkishairlines.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\"> Turkish airline <\/a>reduced its Airbus A350 order by five aircraft, and now, just five months later, it has said another six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-turkish-airlines-signed-a\">Turkish Airlines\u00a0signed a <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In 2018,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.turkishairlines.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Turkish Airlines\u00a0<\/a>signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 25 of the\u00a0Airbus A350-900\u00a0variant. When the carrier reduced the aircraft order earlier this year, it would have been secure to speculate that the reason for the reduction was monetary.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/621724af4e3fe11514e318e2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/621724af4e3fe11514e318e2.webp 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/621724af4e3fe11514e318e2-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><strong> Turkish Airlines\u00a0 | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has brought financial struggles to the whole world. Airlines, in particular, were hit very hard by the precipitous drop in passenger travel and were forced to scramble to prevent themselves from going under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Although the past two years have been challenging for airlines, the past few months of 2022 have seen a significant rise in passenger journeys.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some airlines are already reporting numbers higher than pre-pandemic levels, and many others predict reaching 2019 levels in the near future. The boost in travel may be why Turkish determined to reverse the order reduction and add another six Airbus\u00a0widebody\u00a0aircraft to its growing fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read      <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/18\/general-aviation-terminal-at-delhi-airport-receives-indias-first-maintenance-hangars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">General aviation terminal at Delhi Airport receives India\u2019s first maintenance hangars<\/a>       <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/19\/emirates-to-go-on-6-week-global-tour-for-mass-cabin-crew-recruitment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Emirates to go on a 6-week global tour for mass cabin crew recruitment<\/a>     <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/22\/new-rules-one-hand-bag-allowed-with-single-check-in-baggage-in-domestic-flights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">New rules- \u2018One Hand Bag\u2019 allowed with single check-in baggage in domestic Flights<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-turkish-airlines-now-operates-six-airbus-a350-900-aircraft\"> Turkish Airlines now operates six Airbus A350-900 aircraft <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkish Airlines now operates six Airbus A350-900 aircraft, meaning that Airbus will deliver an additional 19. Multiple airlines have orders for the A350-900 aircraft. The fact that Turkish placed an order for a few more and hopes a number to be delivered by the end of the year is most probably an indication that the aircraft was initially been meant for another airline. Now, two Airbus A350-900s on order by\u00a0Aeroflot\u00a0have been sanctioned and will not be delivered to the airline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TurkishAirlines-1024x582.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TurkishAirlines-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TurkishAirlines-600x341.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TurkishAirlines-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TurkishAirlines-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TurkishAirlines-750x426.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TurkishAirlines-1140x648.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TurkishAirlines.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Turkish Airline | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Could Turkish potentially receive aircraft meant for Aeroflot?<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a-brief-overview-of-the-turkish-airlines-fleet\">Turkish operates 10 Airbus A330-200s and  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkish Airlines has over 300 aircraft in its commercial fleet and services over 200 destinations worldwide. The airline operates a mixed fleet of both Boeing and Airbus aircraft. In addition to its commercial fleet, Turkish operates 10 Airbus A330-200 and eight Boeing 777 freighter aircraft and has a regional subsidiary called\u00a0AnadoluJet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Turkish has 104 Airbus narrowbody aircraft, all from the A320 family. Of the 104, 98 are A321s (-200 and neo), and six are the smallest variant in the A320 family, the A319. Its widebody fleet comprises 56 aircraft, split between the A330 and A350. The Turkish airline operates a large fleet of A330s, 50 aircraft, 13 -200s, and 37 -300s. The other six widebody Airbus aircraft are the A350-900.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline&#8217;s Boeing fleet is also extensive and comprises the Boeing 737 (-800, -900ER, MAX8, and MAX9), 777, and 787 Dreamliner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a350-900-rr-turkish-airlines.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a350-900-rr-turkish-airlines.jpg 608w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a350-900-rr-turkish-airlines-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a350-900-rr-turkish-airlines-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Turkish airlines have 80 Boeing narrowbody aircraft, 40 737-800, 15 737-900ER, 20 737-MAX8, and five 737MAX9. In addition to the 80 narrowbodies, Turkish has 48 widebodies, 33 777-300ER, and 15 787-9.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay updated with Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/akasa-qp-airline-code\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkish Airlines confirmed to its investors that it had placed an\u00a0order\u00a0for an additional Airbus A350-900 aircraft to be delivered by the end of the year and 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[416,5840],"tags":[2265,197,313,152,392,79,112,393,4335,2645],"class_list":{"0":"post-20670","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-quick-updates","8":"category-today-in-aviation","9":"tag-2265","10":"tag-airbus","11":"tag-aircraft","12":"tag-airlines","13":"tag-airlines-news","14":"tag-aviation","15":"tag-aviation-industry","16":"tag-aviation-news","17":"tag-turkish","18":"tag-turkish-airlines"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20672,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20670\/revisions\/20672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}