Turkish Airlines

A plane on a flight from Istanbul to Rome operated by the Turkish firm Pegasus Airlines made an unscheduled stop at Sarajevo on Feb. 25 to evacuate five drunken passengers who had insulted crew members, police said.

Turkish Airlines CEO Temel Kotil has called for tourism representatives to create a task force and to focus on Asia and Africa as the sector players have voiced their concerns amid escalating risks affecting the country's tourist numbers. 

A number of people have apparently been confused by the latest Turkish Airlines (THY) commercial for the upcoming "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" movie featuring fictional destinations, phoning call centers to demand tickets to "Gotham City" and "Metropolis."

The success of Turkish Airlines, the country's national flag carrier, has become a case study at Harvard Business School (HBS), one of the world's most prestigious institutions.

A suspected suicide bomber who blew a hole in the fuselage of a Daallo Airlines plane last week and forced it to make an emergency landing in Mogadishu was meant to be on a Turkish Airlines flight, the Daallo chief executive said on Feb. 8. 

Turkish Airlines and Boeing on Jan. 29 signed a collaboration agreement which will strengthen the Turkish carrier's long-term industry leadership, as well as the country's aerospace and technology capabilities, while building on their 70-year relationship. 

Traffic fines worth 1.5 million Turkish Liras were issued to around 9,000 Istanbul drivers every day on average last year, according to police department reports.

Some 3.3 million drivers were fined a total of 550 million liras in Istanbul in 2015, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

Turkish Airlines on Jan. 27 signed a code-sharing agreement with Hawaiian Airlines that will expand options for customers traveling from Turkey to Hawaii via points in the Far East.

A forecasted snowfall in Istanbul has affected a number of flights and ferries on Jan. 25, as carriers have announced cancelations in both domestic and international transportation.

Turkish Airlines announced on Jan. 25 that a total of 143 domestic and international flights scheduled from Istanbul Atatürk Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport had been canceled for Jan. 26 and Jan. 27.

Turkish Airlines has inked a sponsorship deal with Warner Bros Pictures for "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," the long-awaited movie that will bring the legendary superheroes together. 

The national carrier has thus added the cities of these superheroes, Gotham City and Metropolis, to its "flight network."