Turkish Airlines to buy 36 Airbus and 15 Boeing Aircraft

nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 22 Jul 2004, 04:57

Turkish Airlines Plans to Purchase 36 Airbus and 15 Boeing Aircraft in Its Largest Expansion

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's national carrier, Turkish Airlines, plans to buy 36 Airbus and 15 Boeing Co. passenger aircraft in the largest expansion in the airline's history.
Turkish Airlines said Wednesday it will purchase 15 Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft, five Airbus A-330-200s, 12 Airbus A-321-200s and 19 Airbus A-320-200s but gave no details on the cost of the new fleet.

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This is great news but, why are they getting both 737-800s AND A320s?

Post by **sn26567** » 22 Jul 2004, 13:06

This was already published in Luchtzak yesterday: https://www.aviation24.be/article4986.html

BBKing · Post by **BBKing** » 22 Jul 2004, 13:40

Seems as if the Airbus narrow bodies were the premium choice of the airline, but Boeing was also granted an order for "political reasons" (Turkey and the USA being close allies).

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 22 Jul 2004, 20:13

As BBKing allready mentioned it looks more like a political order.

I would have expected them to buy long haul Airbus planes like before and continuing to buy Boeings for the short haul fleet.

But this being said, I'm not complaining, since we will have more different planes to spot

Chris

Concorde777steward · Post by **Concorde777steward** » 23 Jul 2004, 08:44

Hmm, political orders. Just like AF.