Turkish Airlines and Boeing have signed a collaboration agreement. In the agreement, Turkish Airlines and Boeing identified several potential areas of new cooperation, expanding on Boeing’s investment with Turkish industry.
Turkish Airlines’ chairman M Ilker Ayci and Boeing commercial airplanes’ president and CEO Ray Conner signed the strategic alliance agreement during a visit by the airline’s executives to Seattle for the delivery of their new Boeing 777-300ER and two Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft.
“Turkish Airlines is one of the world’s leading carriers that established its position through strategic investment in its fleet, product and network resulting in impressive passenger growth figures. With this signing, we deepen our relationship with Boeing, and continue to ways to grow Turkish Airlines,” said Ayci.
Ray Conner said, “Boeing is proud to further its relationship with Turkish Airlines in ways that support both companies’ profitable growth and Turkey’s long-term development. Together.”
Suppliers across Turkey currently support all five Boeing commercial airplanes programmes, delivering Turkish-made components valued at more than US$ 120 million annually. Building on these industrial ties, the new agreement between Boeing and Turkish Airlines identified several additional areas of long-term cooperation, which include development and training, activities to enable the global competitiveness of Turkey’s aviation manufacturers, and support for Turkey’s research and technology capabilities and aerospace infrastructure.
Turkish Technic, a subsidiary of the airline, is a maintenance centre for Boeing 737 airplanes, with certifications from regulatory authorities throughout the region and beyond. The Boeing Company has maintained a long-standing relationship with Turkey since the mid-1940s. In addition to providing commercial jetliners, Boeing is a supplier of defense products to the Turkish armed forces.
