Incidents

Turkish Airlines 777 Hits Radar Mast While Taxiing At Antalya Airport

A Turkish Airlines Boeing 777 was damaged at Antalya Airport (AYT) after striking a ground radar antenna mast while taxiing...

June 12, 2026 John Cushma 395

Air Routes

Turkish Airlines Eyes Three More U.S. Cities As Istanbul’s Long-Haul Reach Keeps Growing

Turkish Airlines is again signaling that its U.S. network is not finished growing. The Istanbul-based Star Alliance carrier already serves...

June 9, 2026 John Cushma 203

Air Routes

Turkish Airlines Eyes Nonstop Istanbul-Sydney As A350-1000s Push Its Network To The Limit

Turkish Airlines is preparing for what could become the most ambitious passenger route in its history: nonstop service between Istanbul...

June 7, 2026 John Cushma 99

Air Routes

Air Transat Adds Montreal-Istanbul As Turkish Partnership Gains Momentum

Air Transat is adding another long-haul link to Türkiye, with new nonstop service between Montréal–Trudeau International Airport (YUL) and Istanbul...

May 30, 2026 John Cushma 99

Airlines

Turkish Airlines 777-300ER Diverts IST-YVR to Vienna

Turkish Airlines (TK) long-haul flight TK75 from Istanbul (IST) to Vancouver (YVR) diverted to Vienna (VIE) on February 26, 2026...

February 27, 2026 John Cushma 314

Air Routes

IndiGo Re-Routes Istanbul Flights via Ras Al Khaimah as 777 Wet-Leases End

IndiGo (6E) is making two big, very different moves at once: reworking its flagship India–Istanbul (IST) operation to keep it...

February 20, 2026 John Cushma 358

Air Routes

Turkish Airlines Locks In a Bigger China Schedule for Summer 2026

Turkish Airlines is moving to protect—and in some markets expand—its mainland China footprint for the Northern Hemisphere summer 2026 timetable,...

February 1, 2026 John Cushma 522

Air Routes

Pegasus Opens Slovenia With New SAW-LJU Nonstops

Pegasus Airlines has officially launched nonstop service between Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) and Ljubljana (LJU), adding Slovenia as the carrier’s...

January 28, 2026 John Cushma 385

Air Routes

LOT Adds Gdansk-Istanbul and Warsaw-Malaga Nonstops

LOT Polish Airlines (LO) has kicked off 2026 with two new international routes, pairing a business-friendly link from northern Poland...

January 16, 2026 John Cushma 397

Airlines

Turkish Airlines Unveils $2.3B Plan for Mega Cargo Terminal and Catering Facility

Turkish Airlines says it will invest more than $2.3 billion to build what it describes as the world’s largest air...

January 4, 2026 John Cushma 532