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TC-JRF

2023-

The Republic of Turkey celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2023. Titles in Turkish on the port side and in English on the starboard side.

Image © Björn Strey (HAJ)
Tags Commemoration

400th aircraft

TC-LGH

A350-941

2023-

Another major milestone for the THY fleet took place in February 2022 with the delivery of its 400th plane.

Image © Peach Air (ATL)
Tags Fleet

Biofuel

TC-LJH	B777-3F2ER	Turkish Airlines		2023-
TC-JSU	A321-231	Turkish Airlines		2022-

In Spring 2022 THY unveiled a new decal promoting the use of biofuel which is regularly used on the Stockholm, Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Paris and London routes. Other initiatives towards a more sustainable aviation were also showcased during the first flight of the plane.

Images © Yiran (PEK) & Dirk Grothe (HAM)
Tags Green-themed

Miles & Smiles 30 years

Miles & Smiles 30 years 30. yil

TC-JTE

2019-20

In June 2019 TK added additional decals on this A321 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its loyalty program.

Images © Marlin Lehmann (MUC)
Tags Loyalty Program

#LoveArmyForSomalia

TC-JDP

A330-243F

Turkish Cargo

2017

A campaign launched by high profile social media personalities raised over $1 million in less than 24 hours to fund sending aid over to famine-stricken Somalia in 2017. The campaign aimed to convince Turkish Airlines, the only airline serving the country, to send aid to the country, which it did, adding hashtag titles to one of its A330 cargo.

Image ©
Tags Initiative

300th aircraft

TC-LNC

A330-303

2016-

Another major milestone for the THY fleet took place in early 2016 with the 300th addition.

Image © Kevin Cleynhens (BRU)
Tags Fleet

Eid Mubarak

Eid Mubarak عيد مبارك

TC-JSL

2015-16

Eid Mubarak or Blessed Feast is a traditional Muslim greeting celebrating the end of the Holy month Ramzan and the beginning of Eid al-Fitr festival. The livery was designed in-house by Turkish Airlines. Note the iconography similarities with the Istanbul-San Francisco-themed 777 unveiled a few months earlier.

Images © Björn Strey (HAJ)
Tags Religious Events, Season's Greetings

Istanbul-San Francisco

San Francisco-Istanbul

TC-JJU

B777-3F2ER

2015

The Istanbul-San Francisco nonstop route was launched with a lot of fanfare at TK and the airline commissioned its in-house design team to come up with colourful graphics to represent both cities, with San Francisco landmarks displayed on the port side of this 777 while the monuments of Istanbul were visible on the starboard side. The marketing campaign associated with the route launch also included videos emphasizing the similarities between the two cities.

Images © Gail Snyder (SFO) & Andrew Pope (LHR)
Tags Network

200th Aircraft

We cover more countries than any other airline.

TC-JYI

B737-9F2ER

2012-13

Promoting the airline's growing network and the 200th addition in the fleet. As of November 2012 the airline served 205 destinations in 90 countries.

Both sides were different with the port side displaying the Burj Al Arab (Dubai), the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Taj Mahal, what looks like a Japanese Temple, Taipei 101, the Oriental Pearl Tower (Shanghai), the Kuwait Towers and the Gizah Pyramids.

The starboard side shows the Statue of Liberty, Saint Basil's Cathedral (Moscow), the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Eiffel Tower, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Big Ben as well as an African savannah scenery with a baobab tree.

Images © Olivier Mouhot (GVA)
Tags Network, Fleet

Globally Yours

TC-JHL

2012-13

The livery was made of thousands of pictures of Turkish Airlines employees worldwide.

Images © Andreas Fietz (BRE) & Thomas Ingendorn (IST)
Tags Airline Marketing, Image Patchwork, Staff

Turkish Aid for Somalia

TC-JCT

A310-304F

Turkish Cargo

2011-12

The Somalia famine of 2011 was the first instance of actual famine in nearly a decade, and by far the worst famine of the 21st Century so far. The airline participated in the effort to bring assistance to the country. The airline would also shortly after start a passenger service from Istanbul to Mogadishu, which materialized on March 6th, 2012.

Image ©
Tags Initiative

50 years in Germany

50 Jahre in Deutschland

TC-JRK

2010-11

Turkish Airlines launched flights to Frankfurt in 1960, its first station in Germany. Titles in English on the port side and in German on the starboard side.

Images © Kevin Cleynhens (BRU) & Wingnut (LHR)
Tags Flag, Network

Higher together!

Higher together! Birlikte daha yükseğe!

TC-JGO

2008

These titles were added in April 2008 to celebrate the milestone of the airline joining Star Alliance (on the port side only).

Image ©
Tags Airline Marketing

100th Aircraft

TC-JGU

2006-07

When TC-JGU was delivered in August 2006 Turkish Airlines passed the 100 aircraft mark for the first time in its history. Later celebrations of the 200th and 300th would follow...

Image © Thomas Ingendorn (LHR)
Tags Fleet

Retro

Since 1933 1933' ten beri

TC-JNC	A330-203	Turkish Airlines		2015-
TC-JLC	A320-214	Turkish Airlines		2005-06

The Retro A320 was unveiled in December 2005 with "1933 ten beri" (Since 1933) titles on the port side. The aircraft only kept the retro livery a year before leaving the fleet. As most THY planes, it was named afer a Turkish city (Kahramanmaraş in eastern Turkey) and didn't change name after the Retro scheme was applied.

Ten years later the Retro livery was painted again, this time on A330 TC-JNC. The original Kushimoto-named plane was a DC-10 in this livery. Kushimoto village in Wakayama prefecture (Japan) is where part of the Turkish crew of the Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul was saved in 1890 after the damaged ship hit rocks and sunk. The accident created a general sympathy for Turkish people in Japan and led to the establishment of a strong basis for which friendship between Turkey and Japan was to later flourish.

In 1985 the DC-10 was deployed to rescue 215 Japanese passengers stranded in Tehran during an aviation blockade of the Iran-Iraq war. TC-JNC took part in commemorations 30 years after the flight and 125 years after the Ertuğrul shipwreck.

Images © Kevin Cleynhens (AMS & BRU)
Tags Retro

Casablanca

TC-JFT