Turkish Airlines said it plans to postpone dozens of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body jets as it contends with a turbulent travel market following terror attacks in Istanbul and Europe. The carrier is delaying deliveries of 39 of the upgraded single-aisle planes originally scheduled for 2018 to 2020, the company said in a filing Friday to Borsa Istanbul. Turkish is raising its 2022 deliveries for the workhorse jets to 30 from the six it had previously planned. The company didn’t elaborate on the models that will be deferred, but it has ordered 92 Airbus A321neo, 65 of Boeing’s 737 Max 8 and 10 of the planemaker’s Max 9 models. Turkish said it was reducing flight frequencies and shifting to smaller planes on “demand-challenged routes” after posting a Q2 loss of $215m in August.<br/>
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Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has ordered a tenth Boeing 777-300ER, to be delivered in 2018, the carrier announced Oct. 7. The aircraft will be used to replace some of the carrier’s Airbus A340-300s. The carrier—which will transfer four of nine A340-300s to its leisure subsidiary Edelweiss Air by 2018—will keep five A340s in the SWISS fleet. The aircraft are to be provided with a new cabin product, including inflight entertainment system and internet connectivity. After the refurbishment, the A340s will have 223 seats—eight in first class, 47 in business and 168 in economy class. The new first class cabin will closely model that of the Boeing 777. Business class seats will be the 777 model, while economy class will be given a new type of seat. The new IFE system will also be modeled after the 777’s IFE system.<br/>
Four people including three crew were injured after an Air New Zealand flight hit turbulence, 40 minutes into a trip from Vietnam to Auckland. Passengers on flight NZ268 from Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday described the experience as a "flight from hell". One passenger said the aircraft dropped 100ft. "It came on so fast. 20 seconds of bumps then a drop off then five seconds later up we went followed by a 100 foot fall," Vince Newbold said. Another passenger, Emma Te Paa, said crew were thrown to the ceiling. She posted on Facebook that the plane was first delayed by two hours because of an issue with the brakes. Then the "flight from hell" took off with everything going well until the plane struck turbulence an hour into the trip. A decision was made to return to Vietnam, as Darwin was deemed too far away for urgent treatment. A spokeswoman for Air New Zealand said the four on board suffered minor injuries. The aircraft landed safely and without further incident in Vietnam about 8.20am on Sunday. (NZ time).<br/>