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The Turkish Airline Company is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey. As of 2022, it operates scheduled services to approximately 340 destinations across Asia, Europe, America, and Africa. This distinction makes it the world's largest mainline carrier in terms of the total number of passenger destinations.

This airline was established on May 20, 1993. Istanbul Airport serves as the airline's primary hub, and it operates flights to 126 countries. The airline boasts an operational fleet of 24 cargo aircraft, with its cargo division servicing around 82 destinations. The corporate headquarters are located in the Turkish Airlines General Management Building. Istanbul Airport in Arnavutköy serves as the airline's primary base, while Ankara and Izmir function as its secondary hubs. Turkish Airlines has been a proud member of the Star Alliance network since April 1, 2008.

Historical Overview

This airline was originally founded on May 20, 1993, under the name Turkish State Airlines. Its initial fleet included two five-seat Curtiss Kingbirds and two four-seat Junkers. In 1935, the airline was transferred to the Ministry of Public Works and subsequently renamed as the General Directorate of State Airlines. By 1938, it became part of the Ministry of Transportation.

STATE	CITY	AIRPORT
Alabama	Birmingham	Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
Arizona	Phoenix	Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Tucson	Tucson International Airport
Arkansas	Little Rock	Little Rock National Airport
California	Burbank	Hollywood Burbank Airport
Fresno	Fresno Yosemite International Airport
Long Beach	Long Beach Airport
Los Angeles	Los Angeles International Airport
Oakland	Oakland International Airport
Ontario	Ontario International Airport
Orange County	John Wayne Airport
Palm Springs	Palm Springs International Airport
Sacramento	Sacramento International Airport
San Diego	San Diego International Airport
San Francisco	San Francisco International Airport
San José	San Jose International Airport
St Nick Barbara	Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
Colorado	Denver	Denver International Airport
Steamship Springs	Yampa Valley Regional Airport
Telluride (Montrose	Montrose Regional Airport
Colorado Springs	Colorado Springs Airport
Connecticut	Hartford	Bradley International Airport
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Post Myers	Southwest Florida International Airport
Jacksonville	Jacksonville International Airport
Orlando	Orlando International Airport
Palm Beach	Palm Beach International Airport
Panama City	Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport
Pensacola	Pensacola International Airport
Miami	Miami International Airport
Sarasota	Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
Tampa	Tampa International Airport
Georgia	Atlanta	Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Savannah	Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
Hawaii	Honolulu	Daniel K. Inouye International Airport
Kahului	Kahului Airport
Kailua-Kona	Kona International Airport
Hilo	Hilo International Airport
Lihue	Lihue Airport
Idaho	Boise	Boise Airport
Illinois	Chicago	Midway International Airport
O'Hare International Airport
Indiana	Indianapolis	Indianapolis International Airport
Iowa	Des Moines	Des Moines International Airport
Kansas	Wichita	Wichita Eisenhower National Airport
Kentucky	Louisville	Louisville International Airport
Louisiana	New Orleans	Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Maine	Portland, ME	Portland International Jetport
Maryland	Baltimore	Baltimore-Washington International Airport
Massachusetts	Boston	Logan International Airport
Michigan	Detroit	Detroit Metropolitan Airport
Great Rapids	Gerald R. Passage International Airport
Minnesota	Minneapolis/St. Paul	Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
Mississippi	Jackson	Jackson International Airport
Missouri	Kansas City	Kansas City International Airport
St. Louis	St. Louis Lambert International Airport
Nebraska	Omaha	Eppley Airfield
Nevada	Las Vegas	McCarran International Airport
Reno/Tahoe	Reno-Tahoe International Airport
New Hampshire	Manchester	Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
New Mexico	Albuquerque	Albuquerque International Sunport
New York	Albany, NY	Albany International Airport
Buffalo	Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Long Island/Islip	Long Island MacArthur Airport
New York City	LaGuardia Airport
Rochester, NY	Greater Rochester International Airport
North Carolina	Charlotte	Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
Raleigh/Durham	Raleigh-Durham International Airport
Ohio	Cincinnati	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Cleveland	Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Columbus	John Glenn Columbus International Airport
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	Will Rogers World Airport
Tulsa	Tulsa International Airport
Oregon	Portland, OR	Portland International Airport
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Philadelphia International Airport
Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh International Airport
Puerto Rico	San Juan	Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
Rhode Island	Providence	T. F. Green Airport
South Carolina	Charleston	Charleston International Airport
Greenville/Spartanburg	Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
Tennessee	Memphis	Memphis International Airport
Nashville	Nashville International Airport
Texas	Amarillo	Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport
Austin	Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi International Airport
Dallas	Dallas Love Field
El Paso	El Paso International Airport
Harlingen/South Padre Island	Valley International Airport
Houston	George Bush Intercontinental Airport
William P. Side interest Airport
Lubbock	Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport
Midland/Odessa	Midland International Airport
San Antonio	San Antonio International Airport
Utah	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City International Airport
Virginia	Norfolk	Norfolk International Airport
Richmond	Richmond International Airport
Washington	Seattle/Tacoma	Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Spokane	Spokane International Airport
Washington, D.C.	Washington, D.C.	Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport

Global Destinations

Experience the Joy of traveling with the Turkish Airlines, that flies into more taht 15 objections Globally. This includes various destinations like the Turks, Cuba, Mexico, the Bahamas,Caicos Islands, Aruba, and Cayman Islands. So where ever you wish to travel, you can take the Turkish flights as a partener to your global destinations tour.

STATE	CITY	AIRPORT
Aruba	Oranjestad	Queen Beatrix International Airport
Bahamas	Nassau	Lynden Pindling International Airport
Belize	Belize City	Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport
Cayman Islands	George Town	Owen Roberts International Airport
Costa Rica	Liberia	Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport
San José	Juan Santamaría International Airport
Cuba	Havana	José Martí International Airport
Dominican Republic	Punta Cana	Punta Cana International Airport
Jamaica	Montego Bay	Sangster International Airport
Mexico	Cancún	Cancún International Airport
Cozumel	Cozumel International Airport
Puerto Vallarta	Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport
San José del Cabo	Los Cabos International Airport
Turks and Caicos Islands	Providenciales	Providenciales International Airport

Postwar Period

The airline company was set up as a domestic carrier and commenced all international services with the inauguration of Ankara-Istanbul-Athens flights in 1947.

Beirut, Cairo and Nicosia were added to the international flight destination of the airlines. The airline's domestic services remained the primary focus on the carrier until the early 1960s.

The Turkish Government reorganized the airline under Turk HavaYollari A.O. in 1956. The airline also joined the International Airways Transport Association. In 1957, the British Overseas Airways Corporation started supplying technical support after they acquired a 6.5 % stakeholding. They held the holding for about 20 years.

The Turkish airline also began operating its first jet in the year 1967. The name of this jet was McDonnell Douglas DC-9. This jet was followed by the addition of 3 Boeing 707 jets in the year 1971.

1980s and 1990s.

Issues plagued this airline company in the 1980s and 1990s. It also developed a poor reputation for poor service compared to the competitors and the flight delays. 47 out of 100 flights departed on time. It also endured hijackings and several accidents between 1974 and 1983.

The most dangerous accident was the 1974 crash of the Turkish Airlines Flight 981. In this crash, an aircraft design flaw resulted into a faulty cargo door breaking off on a flight near France. It resulted in the death of 346 people.

A new government came into action in the year 1983. World security was intensified, and it also caused on the shipper to compare it to Israel's EL AL in terms of the delays.

The THY airline was capable of light and heavy maintenance on many aircraft types. The technical staff made up one-quarter of the 6000 employees of the airline. In the year 1984, the company's capital was raised to nearly 60 billion TL. It was also classified as a state economic enterprise. Three years later, the capital again got raised to 150 Billion TL.

By the mid-1980s, THY had a fleet of around 30 aircrafts. The Airline Company was flying three million passengers a year to 16 domestic destinations and almost three dozen international ones. The airline company y proved to be the largest source of the foreign currency of the country.

The airline company suffered a lot in the global aviation crisis following Persian Gulf War. Nevertheless, the business again started booming in the mid-1990s. The greatest growth came from the North American destinations.

The company's capital reached 10 trillion TL in 1995. The country underwent an economic-crisis in 2001, which lead to a reduction in traffic on the domestic routes.

Fleet

The Turkish Airlines operates a fleet of 388 aircraft as of August 2022. It consists of around 13 passenger aircrafts. The Turkish Airline Company started its operations in 1933 with five aircraft. It ultimately grew to 52 in 1945. It made the Turkish Airlines the largest carrier in the entire Middle East. The first jet-engined aircraft of this airline was Douglas DC-9. This aircraft joined the fleet in 1967. The airline also made major changes to its fleet development in the late 1980s. Boeing 737s arrived a few days later.

Throughout the year 2004, the airways ordered over 50 aircraft from Airbus and Boeing. It later ordered 12 more from the Boeing.

Frequent flyer program

The frequent-flyer program of Turkish Airlines is the Miles and Smiles program. This program got inaugurated in 2000.

Miles and smiles credit card

The frequent flyer program members also earn miles when paying their purchases with their miles and smiles credit card. The current residents of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Israel are offered the credit card by local banks.

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