Article Posted on : - Jan 06, 2010

Turkish Airlines A321-200 (TC-JRE) landing at London Heathrow Airport.

ISTANBUL (BNS): Turkish Airlines, Turkey's flag carrier, is planning to procure 30 Airbus 320 family planes, 20 jets definite and 10 jets are with options.

According to a press release by Turkish Airlines, it will buy 30 airplanes from Airbus, 20 of them definite and 10 of them optional, as part of its fleet-expansion plan of 105 new aircraft.

The new aircraft will be delivered to Turkish Airlines in the years of 2011-2012. A decision has been made to place an order for purchase of 10 planes of A319/A321, all with options, to be procured in the year 2013.

The number of single aisle jets in the fleet of Turkish Airlines will increase to 126 and the number of twin aisle aircraft will rise to 36 between 2010 and 2012 with the procurement of these new jets. The total number of aircraft in the fleet of Turkish Airlines will reach the total of 168 aircraft, 6 of them freight airplane, by the end of 2012, as reported in the release.

Turkish Airlines is the national airline of Turkey, headquartered in Istanbul.