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20.05.2008
According to the reorganization of Incorporation, the Board of Directors has decided to cancel Vice President (Ground Operation) division and Director of Ground Operation (Istanbul). The department of Director of Ground Operation (Istanbul) will be reporting to the Director of Ground Operation which will report directly to the general Manager. The Director of Catering under Vice President (Ground Operation) together with its departments will be reporting to the Vice President (Commercial).
16.05.2008
Traffic results for the period of January-April 2008 are as follows:
During the period of Jan-Apr 2008 total passenger carried has increased by 14.8% reaching to 6.286.177 passengers from 5.475.308 passengers for the same period of 2007. Business Class and Transit passengers increased by 25% and 20% respectively for the same period.
ASK with 9.9% increase reached to 13.559 million in 2008 from 12.334 million in 2007.
RPK with 14.4% increase reached to 13.559 million during the period of Jan-Apr 2008 from 8.411 million for the same period of 2007.
Number of landing 50.448 for the period of Jan 2007 has increased to 55.806 (+10.6%).
Cargo/Mail carried during the period of Jan-Mar 2008 reached to 61.641 tons from 57.385 tons (+7,4%)
Fleet increased by 3% to 102 aircraft.
Fleet daily utilization of 10:07 hours in Jan-Apr 2007 increased to 11:14 hours in Jan-Apr 2008.
28.04.2008
In addition to Cemal Sanli and Hamdi Topcu, Incorporation has decided the Board Member Mehmet Buyukeksı to replace previous Board Member Atilla Oksuz at the Audit Committee, also replace the member of Corporate Governance Committee Mehmet Buyukeksi and Cemal Sanli with Muzaffer Akpinar and Orhan Birdal.
21.04.2008
The Board of Directors have decided to appoint Candan Karlitekin as the Chairman, Hamdi Topcu as the Deputy Chariman and cancel the signing authority of Huseyin Atilla Oksuz as the Member of the Board and Mr. Candan Karlitekin, Chairman of the Board, Mr. Hamdi Topcu, Deputy Chairman of the Board and Temel Kotil, General Manager and Member of the Board will continue to hold the position as the Executive Committee Members with the same terms.
14.04.2008
Incorporation has decided to open Istanbul Birmingham (BHX) and Ankara –Samsun routes in 2008 summer tariff 3 times a week subject to fleet availability.
14.04.2008
Ref: Previous letter dated 03.2008
The tender that we have informed previously regarding to the Ramp Handling and Passenger Traffic services has been finalized and contract for Trabzon, Van, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Malatya, Samsun, Mardin, Erzincan, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Denizli airports has been given to Çelebi Hava Servisi A.Ş.; Dalaman, Bodrum, Gaziantep, Kayseri, Ş. Urfa, Adıyaman, Batman, Elazığ, Konya, Muş, Sivas airports has been given to Havaş Havaalanları Yer Hizmetleri A.Ş. for the period of 3 years, at the sole discretion of the incorporation the contract can be extended additional 2 years with a total of 5 years.
11.04.2008
Traffic results for the period of January-March 2008 are as follows:
During the period of Jan-Mar 2008 total passenger carried has increased by 15.8% reaching to 4.540.602 passengers from 3.922.515 passengers for the same period of 2007. Business Class and Transit passengers increased by 31% and 21% respectively for the same period.
ASK with 9.9% increase reached to 9.911 million in 2008 from 9.019 million in 2007.
RPK with 15.1% increase reached to 6.936 million during the period of Jan 2008 from 6.026 million for the same period of 2007.
Number of landing 35.996 for the period of Jan 2007 has increased to 39.995 (+11.1%).
Cargo/Mail carried during the period of Jan-Mar 2008 reached to 44,871 tons from 41,631 tons (+7,8%)
Fleet increased by 3% to 103 aircraft.
Fleet daily utilization of 09:43 hours in Jan-Mar 2007 increased to 10:55 hours in Jan-Mar 2008.
21.03.2008
During the Board Meeting on 21.03.2008 Incorporation has decided to hold General Assembly Meeting on 17.04.2008 Thursday at 14:00 pm at its Head Quarter located at Ataturk Airport, Yesilkoy/Istanbul discuss and vote on its 2007 operation and financial results.
21.03.2008
Incorporation has decided to transfer the contract of Bilal Eksi, Vice President (Ground Operation) to THY Technic AS, and appoint Vice President (Finance) Coskun KILIC as Acting VP (Ground Operation)
19.03.2008
Our Board of Directors decided to
- Start operating between Antalya (AYT)-Moskova (SVO) and Ankara-Tahran (IKA) beginning with 2008 summer tariff,
- Start operating with Anatolia Jet between Ankara-Hatay-Ankara with 2008 summer tariff 4 times week subject to fleet availability,
- Parallel to Airbus A330/340 fleet expansion purchase one A330/A340 Flight Simulator to train A330/A340 pilots.
13.03.2008
Traffic results for the period of January-February 2008 are as follows:
During the period of Jan-Feb 2008 total passenger carried has increased by %12,6 reaching to 2.888.685 passengers from 2.564.734 passengers for the same period of 2007
ASK with 3.6% increase reached to3.427 million in 2008 from 3.308 million in 2007
RPK with 7% increase reached to 2.313 million during the period of Jan 2008 from 2.162 million for the same period of 2007.
Number of landing 13.000 for the period of Jan 2007 has increased to 14.000 (+7.8%).
Cargo/Mail carried during the period of Jan 2008 reached to 13.000 tons from 111.400 tons (+14.1%)
Incorporation has decided to give Memorandum of understanding to Air Bosna, which has been announced a partial privatization, on the Board of Directors meeting took place on n 22.02.2008.