Dear Passengers,

Changes and developments in a society are reflected in all its institutions. If a society wishes to achieve international success in every field, this will be experienced in football as well. After a series of challenging matches, Galatasaray football team achieved its aim. As the first Turkish football team to win the UEFA cup, it has launched a renaissance in national football. In its own field it mirrors our society’s aspirations for success in the international sphere.
We congratulate Galatasaray Football Club and thank them.
In the sphere of international civil aviation, our national carrier Turkish Airlines, of whose own achievements over recent years you are aware, is continuing its progress. During the last month three new aircraft have joined our fleet. One Airbus A-340 and two Boeing 737-800 aircraft are now at your service.In parallel with new aircraft and new flight destinations,

new investments have also been made in personnel training to raise quality standards. Investment is continuing to equip the training facilities where Turkish Airlines trains its own pilots, who number among the most skilled and capable in the world, with the most up-to-date training apparatus of our time. The B 737-800 full flight simulator ordered by Turkish Airlines from CAE Electronics and Evans & Sutherland has been certified at Interim Level C by both the Turkish and British civil aviation authorities, and has now gone into use at our Flight Training Centre.
The Turkish Airlines Flight Training Centre, which has been authorised as a type rating training organisation (TRTO), covers an area of 15,600 square metres. As well as Turkish Airlines’ own cockpit and cabin crews, the centre provides training for numerous Turkish and foreign airlines, including Istanbul Airlines, Pegasus, Cypriot Turkish Airways, Sun Express, Crossair, DAT, Braathens, Uzbekistan Airlines and Georgian Airlines, on its B 737-400, Avro RJ 100 and B 737-800 simulators.

With the addition of the B 737-800 simulator which has been installed in the new annex, the Turkish Airlines Flight Training Centre now has three simulators. In anticipation of future need for another flight simulator, the location for this is ready waiting.
Turkish Airlines is going ahead with innovations in all areas of its operations, but since it attaches particular importance to training, is focusing above all on initiatives aimed at rapid expansion and the highest standards for its Flight Training Centre, which is continuing on its way to becoming a major international flight training centre.

I wish you all an enjoyable flight.

Yusuf BOLAYIRLI

General Manager