Turkish Airlines

A Turkish Airlines plane flying from Istanbul to Brussels was diverted to Liege Airport after twin explosions at Brussel Airport on March 22 killed at least one person.

Turkish Airlines flight TK 1937 had taken off from Istanbul at 8:24 a.m.

Turkish Airlines flight TK 1943, which was scheduled to depart at 11:50 a.m. from Istanbul to Brussels, was also canceled.

A total of four people who were injured in the March 19 suicide bombing on Istanbul's central ?stiklal Avenue remain in intensive care at hospitals in the city, Turkey's Health Ministry said in a statement on March 21.

Scheduled flights between Russia and Turkey by the two countries' flag carriers have dropped almost 50 percent along with the number of passengers after the downing of Russian jet by Turkey on Nov. 24, 2015, a tourism official has said. 

Hannover Airport in northern Germany has been closed due to a bomb alert involving a passenger plane of Turkish Airlines which took off from Istanbul, according to German authorities.

The number of passengers traveling on Turkey's national carrier rose by 11.2 percent to 9.2 million in the first two months of the year compared to the same period of 2015, Turkish Airlines said in a written statement to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on March 15. 

A Turkish-made basic training aircraft called the Hürku?, which was designed and manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), set a record high speed of 659 kilometers per hour on Feb. 28 in a test flight in Ankara. 

The two-seat Hürku? began a dive from 27,000 feet (9,000 meters) at the test site, reaching a top speed of 659 km per hour during the dive. 

SunExpress, a joint venture company of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has said it broke another revenue record in 2015, adding that 2016 would be a year for seeking new markets in a written statement on March 2. 

Turkey's national flag-carrier, Turkish Airlines, announced a record operating net profit of 2.99 billion Turkish Liras ($1.01 billion) for last year on March 1, with a 65 percent increase from a year earlier.

This was the first time the annual profit of the company exceeded $1 billion. 

The gross real operating profit stood at $895 million, another record for the company. 

Heavy fog blanketed Istanbul on Feb. 29 affecting transportation in the metropolis, including the cancelations of most ferry lines as well as disruptions in air traffic. 

Many city ferry lines were canceled due to the fog, which began to show its effects early in the morning.

However, ferry lines bound for the Prince Islands and the Golden Horn continued without disruption.

Turkey's flagship carrier, Turkish Airlines, has announced plans to begin operating flights to Bogota and Panama City beginning May 4.