Editing Turkish Airlines (section)

== Fleet ==
{{Main|Turkish Airlines fleet}}
[[File:Turkish Airlines A350-900 (TC-LGC) @ AMS, Feb 2021 (cropped).jpg|thumb|220px|The [[Airbus A350]] is the newest addition to the fleet]]
{{As of|2024|05|post=,}} Turkish Airlines operates a fleet of 407{{efn|The number of aircraft listed comes from the website of Turkish Airlines, 492,<ref name="THY Filo"/> subtracted by the aircraft of AJet, 85.<ref name="Hakkımızda">{{Cite web|url=https://ajet.com/tr/kurumsal/hakkimizda|title=Hakkımızda|access-date=4 April 2024|website=[[AnadoluJet]]|language=Turkish}}</ref>}} aircraft,<ref name="THY Filo">{{cite web|title=Fleet|url=https://investor.turkishairlines.com/en/financial-and-operational/fleet|access-date=11 January 2023|publisher=Turkish Airlines|archive-date=1 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301113632/https://investor.turkishairlines.com/en/financial-and-operational/fleet|url-status=live}}</ref> consisting of 13 passenger aircraft types.<ref name="Simplify">{{Cite web|url=https://www.haberturk.com/yazarlar/guntay-simsek-1019/3217658-thy-ucak-filosunu-sadelestiriyor|title=THY uçak filosunu sadeleştiriyor|date=11 October 2021|access-date=21 January 2022|author=Güntay Şimşek|website=[[Habertürk]]|archive-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027002334/https://www.haberturk.com/yazarlar/guntay-simsek-1019/3217658-thy-ucak-filosunu-sadelestiriyor|url-status=live}}</ref> The airline started operations in 1933 with five aircraft, which grew to 52 in 1945 after the addition of [[Douglas DC-3]]s used in the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/turkiyenin-kuresel-markasi-thy-88-yasinda/2246733|title=Türkiye'nin küresel markası THY 88 yaşında|date=19 May 2021|access-date=19 January 2022|author=Uğur Aslanhan|website=[[Anadolu Agency]]|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520092235/https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/turkiyenin-kuresel-markasi-thy-88-yasinda/2246733|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Sfn|Albayrak|1983|p=55}} This made Turkish Airlines the largest carrier in the Middle East.{{Sfn|Şekerli|2021|p=854}} The first jet-engined aircraft of the airline was a [[Douglas DC-9]], which joined the fleet in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 August 2022|website=Turkish Airlines|url=https://investor.turkishairlines.com/tr/hakkimizda/tarihce |archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429134243/https://investor.turkishairlines.com/tr/hakkimizda/tarihce|url-status=live|title=Türk Hava Yolları - Yatırımcı İlişkileri }}</ref> The first wide-body [[Douglas DC-10]] was added in 1972.{{Sfn|Ayas|1990|p=29}} The airline made major changes to its fleet development in the late-1980s,{{Sfn|Ayas|1990|p=30}} when the first [[Airbus A310]] arrived,{{Sfn|Şekerli|2021|p=863}} and the [[Airbus A340]] was ordered.{{Sfn|Kozlu|2007|p=104–105}} The first [[Boeing 737]] arrived a few years later.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://investor.turkishairlines.com/tr/thy-anonim-ortakligi/tarihce|title=Yatırımcı İlişkileri — Tarihçe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201041657/https://investor.turkishairlines.com/tr/thy-anonim-ortakligi/tarihce|archive-date=1 December 2013|url-status=dead|website=Turkish Airlines}}</ref>

Throughout 2004, the airline ordered over 50 aircraft both from Boeing and Airbus.<ref name="Dünya">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dunya.com/ekonomi/thy039nin-ucak-sayisi-127039ye-ulasti-haberi-64755|title=THY'nin uçak sayısı 127'ye ulaştı|date=7 January 2009|access-date=2 February 2022|website=[[Dünya (newspaper)|Dünya]]|archive-date=2 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202124334/https://www.dunya.com/ekonomi/thy039nin-ucak-sayisi-127039ye-ulasti-haberi-64755|url-status=live}}</ref> Three [[Boeing 777-300]]s were leased in 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/thy-nin-ilk-boeing-777-si-geliyor-10633219|title=THY'nin ilk Boeing 777'si geliyor|date=24 December 2008|access-date=22 January 2022|website=[[Hürriyet]]|archive-date=22 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122180541/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/thy-nin-ilk-boeing-777-si-geliyor-10633219|url-status=live}}</ref> and later ordered 12 more from Boeing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iha.com.tr/haber-thy-boeinge-7-ucak-siparis-etti-82337/|title=THY, Boeing'e 7 uçak sipariş etti|date=28 July 2009|access-date=22 January 2022|website=[[İhlas News Agency]]|archive-date=22 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122180533/https://www.iha.com.tr/haber-thy-boeinge-7-ucak-siparis-etti-82337/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, the airline ordered almost 200 aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haberturk.com/ekonomi/is-yasam/haber/827852-thyden-117-ucak-siparisi|title=THY'den 117 uçak siparişi!|date=15 March 2013|access-date=22 January 2022|website=[[Habertürk]]|archive-date=1 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501112624/http://www.haberturk.com/ekonomi/is-yasam/haber/827852-thyden-117-ucak-siparisi|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bigpara.hurriyet.com.tr/haberler/genel-haberler/thy-den-dev-bir-siparis-daha_ID858756/|title=THY'den dev bir sipariş daha|date=9 April 2013|access-date=23 January 2022|website=[[Hürriyet]]|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123134859/https://bigpara.hurriyet.com.tr/haberler/genel-haberler/thy-den-dev-bir-siparis-daha_ID858756/|url-status=live}}</ref> The airline ordered 25 each of the [[Boeing 787-9]] and [[Airbus A350-900]] in March 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/thynin-boeing-ve-airbusa-verdigi-ucak-siparisleri-kesinlesti-940185|title=THY'nin Boeing ve Airbus'a verdiği uçak siparişleri kesinleşti|date=9 March 2018|access-date=23 January 2022|website=[[Cumhuriyet]]|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123134859/https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/thynin-boeing-ve-airbusa-verdigi-ucak-siparisleri-kesinlesti-940185|url-status=live}}</ref> which started delivery in 2019 and 2020 respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/ekonomi/thynin-ruya-ucagi-istanbulda/1516549|title=THY'nin 'rüya uçağı' İstanbul'da|date=26 June 2019|access-date=20 January 2022|author=İzzet Taşkıran|website=[[Anadolu Agency]]|archive-date=27 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627155323/https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/ekonomi/thynin-ruya-ucagi-istanbulda/1516549|url-status=live}}</ref>

The airline announced on 11 May 2023, that they will be purchasing around 600 new aircraft which will arrive in a period of 10 years. The Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, Ahmet Bolat has said that the majority of the aircraft will be Airbus and Boeing, with some considered being from "another manufacturer"<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=11 May 2023 |title=Turkish Airlines set to order 600 aircraft, chairman says |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/turkish-airlines-set-order-600-aircraft-june-chairman-2023-05-11/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517073226/https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/turkish-airlines-set-order-600-aircraft-june-chairman-2023-05-11/ |url-status=live }}</ref>