Turkish defers jet deliveries

BTN News
Monday, 10 October 2016

Turkish Airlines plans to postpone deliveries of 39 Airbus and Boeing narrow-body jets following a downturn in business related to terror attacks in Istanbul and Europe.


The company has not said which deliveries will be deferred, but it has ordered 92 A321neo, 65 B737 Max 8 and 10 of the US plane maker’s Max 9 models.


Turkish also is reducing flight frequencies and shifting to smaller planes on low demand routes after posting a Q2 loss of US$215 million in August.

Turkish defers jet deliveries

BTN News
Monday, 10 October 2016

Turkish Airlines plans to postpone deliveries of 39 Airbus and Boeing narrow-body jets following a downturn in business related to terror attacks in Istanbul and Europe.


The company has not said which deliveries will be deferred, but it has ordered 92 A321neo, 65 B737 Max 8 and 10 of the US plane maker’s Max 9 models.


Turkish also is reducing flight frequencies and shifting to smaller planes on low demand routes after posting a Q2 loss of US$215 million in August.