Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines, in Turkish called Türk Hava Yolları is the flag carrier airline of Turkey, operating domestic and international scheduled services. As of 2019 it is the world's largest carrier in terms of passenger destinations, flying to 331 destinations in 127 countries on five continents.

= History = Turkish Airlines was established on 20 May 1933 as Turkish State Airlines (Turkish: Devlet Hava Yolları), and was reformed as THY Türk Hava Yolları - Turkish Airlines in 1956. It has marketed itself under its present name since 1996.

Turkish Airlines in British Columbia
Turkish inaugurated its non-stop service between Istanbul and Vancouver in 2020.

= Fleet =

Current

 * Airbus A319-100 - 6, +8 retired
 * Airbus A320-200 - 11, +30 retired
 * Airbus A321-200 - 66
 * Airbus A321neo - 84, +4 on order
 * Airbus A330-200 - 13
 * Airbus A330-300 - 37
 * Airbus A350-900 - 6, +20 on order
 * Boeing 737-800 - 92
 * Boeing 737-900ER - 15
 * Boeing 737 MAX 8 - 22, +5 on order
 * Boeing 737 MAX 9 - 5
 * Boeing 777-300ER - 33
 * Boeing 787-9 - 25

Historic

 * Airbus A300B4-200 - 1 (1999-2004)
 * Airbus A310-200 - 7 (1985-2014)
 * Airbus A310-300 - 7 (1988-2009)
 * Airbus A321-100 - 2 (2004-2007)
 * Airbus A340-300 - 9 (1993-2019)
 * Avro RJ70 - 4 (1996-2007)
 * Avro RJ100 - 10 (1993-2007)
 * Boeing 707-100B - 7 (1974-1978)
 * Boeing 707-300 - 4 (1971-1975)
 * Boeing 707-300B - 3 (1978-1985)
 * Boeing 707-300C - 2 (1981-1988)
 * Boeing 727-200 - 9 (1974-2000)
 * Boeing 737-400 - 32 (1991-2013)
 * Boeing 737-500 - 2 (1992-2004)
 * Boeing 737-700 - 4 (2009-2019)
 * De Havilland DH.86B Express - 4 (1937-1953)
 * De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide - 2 (1936-1959)
 * De Havilland DH.89B Dominie - 2 (1944-1959)
 * De Havilland DH.114 Heron - 2 (1954-1967)
 * De Havilland Canada DHC-7 - 3 (1983-1986)
 * Douglas C-47 Skytrain - 27 (1945-1971)
 * Douglas C-53 Skytrooper - 3 (1946-1968)
 * Douglas DC-9-15 - 1 (1967-1973)
 * Douglas DC-9-32 - 10 (1968-1995)
 * Fairchild F-27 - 5 (1960-1974)
 * Fokker F27-100 - 5 (1960-1975)
 * Fokker F28-1000 - 6 (1973-1987)
 * McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 - 3 (1972-1989)
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-90 - 2 (2005-2006)
 * Vickers Viscount - 5 (1958-1972)

= Routes = Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within Turkey.

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Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (ABJ) Cotonou (COO) Istanbul (IST)

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AUH) Istanbul (IST)

Abuja, Nigeria (ABV) Istanbul (IST)

Accra, Ghana (ACC) Istanbul (IST)

Addis Abeba, Ethiopia (ADD) Istanbul (IST)

Aktau, Kazakhstan (SCO) Istanbul (IST)

Al Najaf, Iraq (NJF) Istanbul (IST)

Alexandria, Egypt (HBE) Istanbul (IST)

Algiers, Algeria (ALG) Istanbul (IST)

Almaty, Kazakhstan (ALA) Ankara (ESB) Istanbul (IST)

Amman, Jordan (AMM) Antalya (AYT) Dalaman (DLM) Istanbul (IST) Trabzon (TZX)

Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Antananarivo, Madagascar (TNR) Port Louis (MRU)

Aqaba, Jordan (AQJ) Istanbul (IST)

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (ASB) Istanbul (IST)

Asmara, Eritrea (ASM) Istanbul (IST)

Astana, Kazakhstan (NQZ) Ankara (ESB) Istanbul (IST)

Athens, Greece (ATH) Istanbul (IST)

Atlanta, Georgia, USA (ATL) Istanbul (IST)

Baghdad, Iraq (BGW) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Baku, Azerbaijan (GYD) Ankara (ESB) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Bamako, Mali (BKO) Istanbul (IST)

Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) Istanbul (IST)

Banjul, Gambia (BJL) Dakar (DSS) Istanbul (IST) Nouakchott (NKC)

Barcelona, Spain (BCN) Istanbul (IST)

Bari, Italy (BRI) Istanbul (IST)

Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, Switzerland, France, Germany (BSL) Ankara (ESB) Gaziantep (GZT) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Basra, Iraq (BSR) Istanbul (IST)

Batumi, Georgia (BUS) Istanbul (IST)

Beijing, PR China (PEK) Istanbul (IST)

Beirut, Lebanon (BEY) Antalya (AYT) Bodrum (BJV) Dalaman (DLM) Istanbul (IST)

Belgrade, Yugoslavia (BEG) Ankara (ESB) Istanbul (IST) Izmir (ADB)

Berlin (Tegel), Germany (TXL) Adana (ADA) Ankara (ESB) Gaziantep (GZT) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Izmir (ADB) Samsun (SZF) Trabzon (TZX)

Bilbao, Spain (BIO) Istanbul (IST)

Billund, Denmark (BLL) Istanbul (IST)

Birmingham, United Kingdom (BHX) Istanbul (IST)

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (FRU) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST)

Bogotá, Colombia (BOG) Istanbul (IST) Panama City (PTY)

Bologna, Italy (BLQ) Istanbul (IST)

Bordeaux, France (BOD) Istanbul (IST)

Boston, Massachusetts, USA (BOS) Istanbul (IST)

Bremen, Germany (BRE) Istanbul (IST)

Brussels, Belgium (BRU) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Bucharest, Romania (OTP) Istanbul (IST)

Budapest, Hungary (BUD) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE) São Paulo (GRU)

Bukhara, Uzbekistan (BHK) Istanbul (IST)

Cairo, Egypt (CAI) Istanbul (IST)

Cancún, Mexico (CUN) Istanbul (IST) Mexico City (MEX)

Cape Town, South Africa (CPT) Istanbul (IST)

Caracas, Venezuela (CCS) Havana (HAV) Istanbul (IST)

Casablanca, Morocco (CMN) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST)

Catania, Italy (CTA) Istanbul (IST)

Cebu, Philippines (CEB) Manila (MNL)

Chicago (O'Hare), Illinois, USA (ORD) Istanbul (IST)

Chișinău, Moldova (KIV) Istanbul (IST)

Cologne-Bonn, Germany (CGN) Ankara (ESB) Elazig (EZS) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Kayseri (ASR) Konya (KYA) Samsun (SZF)

Colombo, Sri Lanka (CMB) Malé (MLE)

Conakry, Guinea (CKY) Ouagadougou (OUA)

Constanța, Romania (CND) Istanbul (IST)

Constantine, Algeria (CZL) Istanbul (IST)

Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Konya (KYA)

Cotonou, Benin (COO) Abidjan (ABJ) Istanbul (IST)

Dakar, Senegal (DSS) Banjul (BJL) Istanbul (IST) Nouakchott (NKC)

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA (DFW) Istanbul (IST)

Damascus, Syria (DAM) Istanbul (IST)

Dammam, Saudi Arabia (DMM) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Trabzon (TZX)

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (DAR) Istanbul (IST) Lusaka (LUN) Zanzibar (ZNZ)

Delhi, India (DEL) Istanbul (IST)

Denpasar, Indonesia (DPS) Istanbul (IST)

Dhaka, Bangladesh (DAC) Istanbul (IST)

Djibouti, Djibouti (JIB) Istanbul (IST)

Doha, Qatar (DOH) Istanbul (IST)

Douala, Cameroon (DLA) Istanbul (IST)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (DXB) Ankara (ESB) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Dublin, Ireland (DUB) Istanbul (IST)

Dubrovnik, Croatia (DBV) Istanbul (IST)

Durban, South Africa (DUR) Johannesburg (JNB)

Dushanbe, Tajikistan (DYU) Istanbul (IST)

Düsseldorf, Germany (DUS) Adana (ADA) Ankara (ESB) Gaziantep (GZT) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Kayseri (ASR) Ordu (OGU) Trabzon (TZX)

Edinburgh, United Kingdom (EDI) Istanbul (IST)

Erbil, Iraq (EBL) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Ercan, Northern Cyprus (ECN) Ankara (ESB) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Trabzon (TZX)

Fergana, Uzbekistan (FEG) Istanbul (IST)

Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) Adana (ADA) Ankara (ESB) Elazig (EZS) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Kayseri (ASR) Ordu (OGU)

Freetown, Sierra Leone (FNA) Ouagadougou (OUA)

Ganja, Azerbaijan (GNJ) Istanbul (IST)

Geneva, Switzerland (GVA) Ankara (ESB) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST)

Göteborg, Sweden (GOT) Istanbul (IST)

Guangzhou, PR China (CAN) Istanbul (IST)

Hamburg, Germany (HAM) Adana (ADA) Ankara (ESB) Elazig (EZS) Gaziantep (GZT) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Ordu (OGU) Samsun (SZF)

Hannover, Germany (HAJ) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Trabzon (TZX)

Hanoi, Vietnam (HAN) Istanbul (IST)

Havana, Cuba (HAV) Caracas (CSS) Istanbul (IST)

Helsinki, Finland (HEL) Istanbul (IST)

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (SGN) Istanbul (IST)

Hong Kong (HKG) Istanbul (IST)

Houston (Intercontinental), Texas, USA (IAH) Istanbul (IST)

Hurghada, Egypt (HRG) Istanbul (IST)

Isfahan, Iran (IFN) Istanbul (IST)

Islamabad, Pakistan (ISB) Istanbul (IST)

Jakarta, Indonesia (CGK) Istanbul (IST)

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (JED) Ankara (ESB) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Trabzon (TZX)

Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB) Durban (DUR) Istanbul (IST) Maputo (MPM)

Juba, South Sudan (JUB) Istanbul (IST)

Karachi, Pakistan (KHI) Istanbul (IST)

Karaganda, Kazakhstan (KGF) Istanbul (IST)

Kathmandu, Nepal (KTM) Istanbul (IST)

Katowice, Poland (KTW) Istanbul (IST)

Kazan, Russia (KZN) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST)

Kharkiv, Ukraine (HRK) Istanbul (IST)

Khartoum, Sudan (KRT) Istanbul (IST)

Kherson, Ukraine (KHE) Istanbul (IST)

Kigali, Rwanda (KGL) Istanbul (IST)

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (JRO) Istanbul (IST) Zanzibar (ZNZ)

Kinshasa, DR Congo (FIH) Istanbul (IST)

Kirkuk, Iraq (KIK) Istanbul (IST)

Kolozsvár, Hungary (KZV) Istanbul (IST)

Krasnodar, Russia (KRR) Istanbul (IST)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (KUL) Istanbul (IST)

Kuwait City, Kuwait (KWI) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Trabzon (TZX)

Kyiv (Boryspil), Ukraine (KBP) Istanbul (IST)

Lagos, Nigeria (LOS) Istanbul (IST)

Lahore, Pakistan (LHE) Istanbul (IST)

Leipzig, Germany (LEJ) Istanbul (IST)

Libreville, Gabon (LBV) Istanbul (IST) Luanda (LAD) Pointe-Noire (PNR)

Lisbon, Portugal (LIS) Istanbul (IST)

Ljubljana, Slovenia (LJU) Istanbul (IST)

London (Gatwick), United Kingdom (LGW) Antalya (AYT) Bodrum (BJV) Istanbul (IST)

London (Heathrow), United Kingdom (LHR) Istanbul (IST)

London (Stanstead), United Kingdom (STN) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST)

Los Angeles, California, USA (LAX) Istanbul (IST)

Luanda, Angola (LAD) Istanbul (IST) Libreville (LBV)

Lusaka, Zambia (LUN) Dar es Salaam (DAR)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LUX) Istanbul (IST)

Lviv, Ukraine (LWO) Istanbul (IST)

Lyon, France (LYS) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Madrid, Spain {MAD) Istanbul (IST)

Mahé, Seychelles (SEZ) Istanbul (IST)

Málaga, Spain (AGP) Istanbul (IST)

Malé, Maldives (MLE) Colombo (CMB) Istanbul (IST)

Manama, Bahrain (BAH) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Manchester, United Kingdom (MAN) Istanbul (IST)

Manila, Philippines (MNL) Istanbul (IST)

Maputo, Mozambique (MPM) Johannesburg (JNB)

Marrakech, Morocco (RAK) Istanbul (IST)

Marseilles, France (MRS) Istanbul (IST)

Mashhad, Iran (MHD) Istanbul (IST)

Medina, Saudi Arabia (MED) Ankara (ESB) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Trabzon (TZX)

Mexico City, Mexico (MEX) Cancún (CUN) Istanbul (IST)

Miami, Florida, USA (MIA) Istanbul (IST)

Milan (Bergamo), Italy (BGY) Istanbul (IST)

Milan (Malpensa), Italy (MXP) Istanbul (IST)

Minsk, Belarus (MSQ) Istanbul (IST)

Mogadishu, Somalia (MGQ) Istanbul (IST)

Mombasa, Kenya (MBA) Istanbul (IST)

Montreal (Mirabel), Quebec, Canada (YMX) Istanbul (IST)

Moscow (Vnukovo), Russia (VKO) Ankara (ESB) Antalya (AYT) Bodrum (BJV) Dalaman (DLM) Istanbul (IST)

Mumbai, India (BOM) Istanbul (IST)

Munich, Germany (MUC) Adana (ADA) Ankara (ESB) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Kayseri (ASR) Ordu (OGU) Samsun (SZF) Trabzon (TZX)

Muscat, Oman (MCT) Istanbul (IST) Trabzon (TZX)

Nairobi, Kenya (NBO) Istanbul (IST)

Nakhchivan (NAJ) Istanbul (IST)

Naples, Italy (NAP) Istanbul (IST)

N'djamena, Chad (NDJ) Istanbul (IST) Niamey (NIM)

New York (John F. Kennedy), New York, USA (JFK) Istanbul (IST)

Newark, New Jersey, USA (EWR) Istanbul (IST)

Niamey, Niger (NIM) Istanbul (IST) N'djamena (NDJ)

Nice, France (NCE) Istanbul (IST)

Nouakchott, Mauritania (NKC) Banjul (BJL) Dakar (DSS) Istanbul (IST)

Nuremberg, Germany (NUE) Istanbul (IST)

Odesa, Ukraine (ODS) Istanbul (IST)

Oran, Algeria (ORN) Istanbul (IST)

Oslo, Norway (OSL) Istanbul (IST)

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (OUA) Conakry (CKY) Freetown (FNA) Istanbul (IST)

Palermo, Italy (PMO) Istanbul (IST)

Panama City, Panama (PTY) Bogotá (BOG) Istanbul (IST)

Paris (Charles de Gaulle), France (CDG) Ankara (ESB) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Phuket, Thailand (HKT) Istanbul (IST)

Podgorica, Yugoslavia (TGD) Istanbul (IST)

Pointe-Noire, Rep. Congo (PNR) Istanbul (IST) Libreville (LBV)

Port Louis, Mauritius (MRU) Antananarivo (TNR) Istanbul (IST)

Porto, Portugal (OPO) Istanbul (IST)

Prague, Czechia (PRG) Istanbul (IST)

Priština, Yugoslavia (PRN) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Riga, Latvia (RIX) Istanbul (IST)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (RUH) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Rome (Fiumicino), Italy (FCO) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Rostov, Russia (ROV) Istanbul (IST)

Rovaniemi, Finland (RVN) Istanbul (IST)

St Petersburg, Russia (LED) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST)

Salzburg, Austria (VIE) Istanbul (IST) Ordu (OGU)

Samarkand, Uzbekistan (SKD) Istanbul (IST)

San Francisco, California, USA (SFO) Istanbul (IST)

São Paulo, Brazil (GRU) Buenos Aires (EZE) Istanbul (IST)

Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (SJJ) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Seattle, Washington, USA (SEA) Istanbul (IST)

Seoul (Incheon), South Korea (ICN) Istanbul (IST)

Shanghai (Pudong), PR China (PVG) Istanbul (IST)

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (SHJ) Istanbul (IST)

Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (SSH) Istanbul (IST)

Shiraz, Iran (SYZ) Istanbul (IST)

Singapore (SIN) Istanbul (IST)

Skopje, Macedonia (SKP) Antalya (AYT) Bodrum (BJV) Istanbul (IST)

Sochi, Russia (AER) Istanbul (IST)

Sofia, Bulgaria (SOF) Istanbul (IST)

Stockholm (Arlanda), Sweden (ARN) Istanbul (IST)

Strasbourg, France (SXB) Istanbul (IST)

Stuttgart, Germany (STR) Adana (ADA) Ankara (ESB) Gaziantep (GZT) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Kayseri (ASR) Samsun (SZF) Trabzon (TZX)

Sulaymaniyah, Iraq (ISU) Istanbul (IST)

Tabriz, Iran (TBZ) Istanbul (IST)

Ta'if, Saudi Arabia (TIF) Istanbul (IST)

Taipei (Taoyuan), Rep. China (TPE) Istanbul (IST)

Tallinn, Estonia (TLL) Istanbul (IST)

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (TAS) Istanbul (IST)

Tbilisi, Georgia (TBS) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Tehran, Iran (IKA) Ankara (ESB) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV) Antalya (AYT) Dalaman (DLM) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Thessaloniki, Greece (SKG) Istanbul (IST)

Tivat, Yugoslavia (TIV) Istanbul (IST)

Tokyo (Haneda), Japan (HND) Istanbul (IST)

Tokyo (Narita), Japan (NRT) Istanbul (IST)

Toronto (Lester B. Pearson), Ontario, Canada (YYZ) Istanbul (IST)

Toulouse, France (TLS) Istanbul (IST)

Tunis, Tunisia (TUN) Istanbul (IST)

Turkistan, Kazakhstan (HSA) Istanbul (IST)

Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan (CRZ) Istanbul (IST)

Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan (KRW) Istanbul (IST)

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (UBN) Istanbul (IST)

Ungvár, Hungary (UNV) Istanbul (IST)

Urgench, Uzbekistan (UGC) Istanbul (IST)

Urmieh, Iran (OMH) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)

Valencia, Spain (VLC) Istanbul (IST)

Valletta, Malta (MLA) Istanbul (IST)

Varna, Bulgaria (VAR) Istanbul (IST)

Venice (Marco Polo), Italy (VCE) Istanbul (IST)

Vienna, Austria (VIE) Ankara (ESB) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW) Kayseri (ASR) Samsun (SZF)

Vilnius, Lithuania (VNO) Istanbul (IST)

Warsaw, Poland (WAW) Antalya (AYT) Istanbul (IST)

Washington (Dulles), DC, USA (IAD) Istanbul (IST)

Xi'an, PR China (XIY) Istanbul (IST)

Yaoundé, Cameroon (NSI) Istanbul (IST)

Yekaterinburg, Russia (SVX) Istanbul (IST)

Zagreb, Croatia (ZAG) Istanbul (IST)

Zanzibar, Tanzania (ZNZ) Dar es Salaam (DAR) Istanbul (IST) Kilimanjaro (JRO)

Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (OZH) Istanbul (IST)

Zürich, Switzerland (ZRH) Istanbul (IST) Istanbul–Sabiha (SAW)