Turkish Airlines aims to expand fleet to 810 jets by 2033: Bolat

Turkish Airlines aims to expand its fleet to have a total of 810 aircraft by 2033, says Ahmet Bolat, chairman of the board and the executive committee. The carrier announced last week that discussions with Airbus for the purchase of 355 aircraft — 240 firm and 115 optional — to be delivered between 2026-2036 were ongoing. “THY will become one of the top seven airlines in the world,” Bolat told a group of journalists. "There are three major airlines in the US — United, American and Delta… There are also three large carriers in Asia and all of them are Chinese… Lufthansa and Air France are behind us.” The number of aircraft in THY’s fleet will increase to 500 in 2025 and further up to 600 in 2028, according to the company’s executive. “The current orders to make sure that we achieve those targets.” He noted that THY is carrying out a joint project with the Tourism Ministry under which they identified 10 target markets, including the US, Canada, Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, China, South Korea, Australia and Taiwan, to lure tourists from those destinations to Türkiye. “We aim to bring 10m tourists from those countries.”<br/>