AnadoluJet

The first Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul Airport, the new home of the airline, is up to Ankara, just like it was 86 years ago.

Just like the first flight of the carrier 86 years ago, the final destination and this is the Turkish capital. With 172 passengers and 8-member cabin crew aboard, the plane took off at 2:00 pm from Istanbul Airport to Ankara Esenboga Airport.

A number of flights to and from Istanbul are canceled today because of the bad weather in the area, Turkish television CNN Turk said.

Passengers of an Istanbul-bound Anadolujet flight out of Erzurum Airport in Turkey's east voiced frustration and anger after their airplane's right wing engine suddenly caught on fire on May 5.

Turkey?s first indigenous integrated flight watch system, OpsEye, has become online in the Atatürk Airport, said Turkish Airlines in a press release on Oct. 6. 

The system, developed by Turkish Airlines and Turkey?s defense firm STM, has been launched at the main flight operation control center of the national carrier. 

Turkish Airlines is considering starting flights with its low-cost unit AnadoluJet to Germany, France and Britain, although no decision has yet been taken, the carrier's chief executive told a German paper.

Turkish Airlines will add seven new direct foreign flight destinations from Turkey's capital Ankara beginning from Oct. 1, 2015, officials said on May 14.

Ankara Chamber of Industry head Nurettin Özdebir told Anadolu Agency that Turkish Airlines had promised to add 27 flights per week from Ankara to seven new foreign destinations.

Turkish Airlines expects reaching $12 billion in revenue and carrying 63 million passengers in 2015, as announced by a written statement late Dec. 31, 2014.

"By the end of 2015, the fleet size is planned to reach 293, including 214 narrow-body, 68 wide-body and 11 cargo aircrafts," said the statement.