Turkish Air Adds 60 Dreamliners and A350s to Its Fleet

Turkish Airlines has announced that the carrier has officially ordered 25 new Boeing 787-9 aircraft with an option to purchase five additional for a total of 30. With this order, Turkish Airlines becomes the 71st customer to purchase Boeing’s 787 aircraft.

In addition the carrier has agreed to a total of 30 Airbus A350-900 aircraft, of which 25 are firm orders and five optional.

“We consider this to be a very important initiative to meet our need for wide body aircraft at Istanbul’s new airport, which will serve as our new hub once its construction process is completed,” according to M. lker Aycı, Turkish Airlines chairman of the board and the executive committee.

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