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• 2013-07-22 B777-300ER Option Exercised : The airline has bought 5 Boeing 777-300ER planes, which will be delivered in 2016 & 2017.

• 2013-06-18 117 more Planes Ordered : Turkish Airilnes have ordered another 117 planes from Airbus at the Paris Airshow; including 4 A320s, 25 A321s, 53 A21 Neos, as well as options for another 25 A321s.

News

• 28 February 2020. Turkish Airlines has changed its baggage allowance policy for all ticket sold from the 2nd March 2020 for flights departing from the 4th of May 2020. Economy class passengers departing from Cape Town, Durban or Johannesburg to anywhere in Turkish Airlines' network each get two bags at 23kg. Business class passengers will get two bags at 32kg each. Certain country exemptions apply for Turkey and Cyprus arrivals/departures, where passengers will be subject to varying piece of weight restrictions.

• 6 July 2017. The airline announced yesterday that they have met additional US security measures which now means that passengers can once agian travel with their electronics in the cabin on all flights to the US. The US instated an electronics ban in March which affected airlines departing from certain countries. Among those affected were Turkish Airlines, Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways. Business travellers will be among the happiest with the latest development.

• 5 May 2017. The airline is changing their baggage policy to align with that of their Star Alliance partners. The airline is moving over to the piece concept, allowing travellers 2 pieces of up to 23 kg each (in economy). The new policy came into effect on the 1st of May 2017 and will be applied from the 1st of July 2017. Therefore if your ticket was issued before the 1st of May 2017 but you are travelling after the 1st of July 2017, the new policy applies. Otherwise the policy as printed on your ticket is applicable.

• 13 Jan 2017. The airline will kit their new narrow-body aircraft with the latest and greatest in entertainment and communication technology courtesy of Panasonic's eX1. Passengers will also be able to make use of social media and access the internet during flights. The customised Live Text News will also keep passengers up to date with the latest developments. They'll also have access to live television and global Wi-Fi. No reason to reschedule flights in order to catch a World Cup Final anymore!

• 27 Aug 2015. The airline announced today that they will be expanding in South Africa with Durban flights. Official dates have not yet been released.

• 1 Dec 2014. They will be offering direct flights to Istanbul from Cape Town and Johannesburg from 26 October 2015 on their A330-300 Aircraft, effectively doubling the capacity. This is in accordance with the increasing demand from the South African market.

• 27 Dec 2013. An airline employee is stabbed and killed by robbers in the company's offices in Tripoli, Libya; and another employee injured.

• 13 December 2013 : They have cancelled 81 flights due to heavy snowfall in Istanbul. Travellers are advised to contact the airline (0861 88 7547) before their flight.

• 2013-12-11 A Turkish Airlines plane on its way from Istanbul to the Iranian city of Isfahan, is struck by lightning and makes an emergency landing.

• 2013-09-08 The airline launches a fragrance called TK1933 to improve brand recognition.

• 2013-08-29 The airline's net operating profit increased by 190% in the first half of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, and number of passengers increased by 26%.

• The airline has introduced their "flying service chef" on business flights from Istanbul to Doha.

• 2013-07-22 Marketing Award : They won The Airline Strategy Award for marketing, with ads like the Manchester United soccer team playing inside a plane.

• 25 Jun 2013 The airline appoints Sprinklr to provide its presence on social media. "Being able to connect with our customers quickly and consistently, regardless of where there they are traveling in the world is a key business priority for usm. Our passengers are socially engaged with our brand and Sprinklr's sophisticated, yet simple platform gives us peace of mind that each of our business units are in synch when communicating with customers online and that they are speaking in a unified brand voice." said Turkish Air's marketing manager, Neset Dereli.

• Jan 2012 The airline's safety video featuring the Manchester United soccer team:

• 30 Nov 2012. Air Canada enters into a code sharing agreement with Turkish Airlines. The airline's President, Temel Kotil, says that "We are extremely delighted to sign the code share agreement with Air Canada, as this code share partnership serves as an example of our target to maximize the travel opportunities offered to passengers through the extensive networks of both airlines. This new code share agreement enables the customers to enjoy both the global network and the seamless service arising from the cooperation. We will have a chance to transfer our passengers to more US and Canadian domestic destinations via Toronto by connecting our networks."

• 19 Oct 2012. The first phase of a large-scale implementation of SAP software has been concluded. The Chief Executive, Temel Kotil, said: "With this step, we made a significant progress on our journey to operational excellence. We will keep moving toward this target with the next phases of the project."

• 10 May 2012. A Turkish Airways flight TK-40 from Instabul to Johannesburg is diverted to Entebbe, after the crew had to shut an engine down. The plane was an Airbus A330-300 (registration TC-JNM). A replacement aircraft, also an Airbus A330-300 (registration TC-JNL) ferried the passengers from Entebbe to Johannesburg with a 22 hours delay.

Awards

2013-06-19 Best Airline in Europe : Turkish Airlines have been awarded the Best Airline in Europe award by Skytrax at the Paris Airshow.

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Baggage Allowance

Turkish Airways has one of the most generous baggage allowances in the industry, offering a free checked-in baggage allowance of 30kg to most destinations, but on flights to the United States offering two pieces at a maximum of 23kg each.

Baggage enquiries may be made by phoning 011 390 8222 or 011 921 6710, or emailing jnbbags@thy.com  or jnbbaggage@menziesaviation.com

Destinations

Flights to Turkey: Adana, Adiyaman, Agri, Ankara, Antalya, Amasya Merzifon, Arbil, Batman, Bodrum, Dalaman, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Istanbul, Isparta, Izmir, Karamanmaras, Kars, Kayseri, Konya, Malatya, Mardin, Mus, Samsun, Sinop, Sivas, Sanliurfa, Trabzon, Van, Usak. 

International Flights: Abu Dhabi, Accra, Addis Ababa, Agri, Aleppo, Alexandria, Algiers, Almaty, Amman, Amsterdam, Ashgabad, Astana, Athens, Baghdad, Bahrain, Baku, Bangkok, Barcelona, Basle, Basra, Batumi, Beijing, Beirut, Belgrade, Benghazi, Berlin, Birmingham, Bishkek, Bologna, Bremen, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cairo, Cape Town, Casablanca, Chicago, Chisinau, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dammam, Dakar, Damascus, Dar Es Salaam, Delhi, Dhaka, Dnepropetrovsk, Doha, Donetsk, Dubai, Dublin, Dushanbe, Dusseldorf, Ekaterinburg, Entebbe, Frankfurt, Geneva, Genoa, Goteborg, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Hannover, Helsinki, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Hong Kong, Houston, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kabul, Karachi, Kazan, Khartoum, Kiev, Kilimanjaro, Kuwait, Lagos, Nicosia, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Los Angeles, Lvov, Lyon, Malaga, Madrid, Manchester, Mashad, Medina, Milan, Minsk, Misurata, Mombasa, Moscow, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Novosibirsk, Nairobi, Naples, New York, Nice, Nuremberg, Odessa, Osaka, Oslo, Paris, Podgorica, Prague, Pristina, Riga, Riyadh, Rome, Rostov, Saigon, Sanaa, Sao Paulo, Sarajevo, Seoul, Shanghai, Simferepol, Singapore, Skopje, Sochi, Sofia, St Petersburg, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Sulaymaniyah, Tabriz, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tehran, Tel Aviv,  Tirana,Thessaloniki, Tirane, Tokyo, Toronto, Toulouse, Tripoli, Tunis, Turin, Ufa, Valencia, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw, Washington, Zagreb, Zurich.