With over 300 aircraft in its commercial passenger fleet, Turkish Airlines connects the world to and through Turkey and its hub at the new Istanbul airport. The airline offers service to well over 200 international destinations. This is a defining feature of the Star Alliance member. With narrowbodies and widebodies from both Airbus and Boeing, let’s take a deep dive into the extensive and diverse fleet of Turkish Airlines in today’s article.
Before we begin, it’s important to note that we’ll only be focusing on the carrier’s commercial passenger jets. As such, we won’t be discussing in detail the carrier’s 10 Airbus A330-200 freighters or its eight Boeing 777 freighters. We also won’t really discuss the fleet of its subsidiary Anadolu Jet.
Airbus A320 family
As of April 2022, Turkish Airlines’ passenger fleet consists of some 309 aircraft. Going type by type, let’s begin with the smallest Airbus jet.
The airline has six Airbus A319-100s, which collectively average 11 years of age. Turkish Airlines had operated a total of 14 A319s. Eight have now been retired from the fleet, with many of these initially going to Pakistan’s Shaheen Air. However, one is with Air Albania, a carrier created by Turkish Airlines that took off in 2019. Moving up, the carrier has just 11 Airbus A320-200s with an average age of 14 years.
Things intensify greatly when it comes to the longest A320 family member, the Airbus A321. Turkish has a whopping 98 Airbus A321s, which divide into 66 -200s and 32 neos. The average age of the A321-200s is approaching 10 years, while the A321neos average just two years of age! In fact, the airline has dozens more A321neos on the way- which is something we’ll definitely discuss further down in this article.
Airbus widebodies
Moving up to Airbus widebodies, the airline operates a fleet of 50 passenger Airbus A330s. This divides into 13 -200s and 37 of the longer -300. The -200s are nearing an average age of 12…