The Development of Turkish Air

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the evolution of Turkey’s air transportation industry until 2024 by focusing on the growth patterns and the demand structure of passengers/cargo, aircrafts and maintenance repair stations that comprise the industry. Passenger/cargo numbers will continue to increase in the upcoming years in the world. In particular, Eastern Europe including Turkey and Asia will experience the highest growth rates in the next decade and hence the number of aircrafts operating in the industry will mount up as well. Therefore, airline operators will purchase or lease more aircrafts and the required number of skilled workers and maintenance repair stations will rise to ensure safetiness and airworthiness of aircrafts. The paper analyses Turkey’s passenger and cargo traffic growth in the next decade, aircraft orders to meet this growth, the capacity of maintenance repair and overhaul organizations (MROs) to serve additional fleet and potential maintenance market in the nearby countries. Thus, it provides a future outlook of the development of Turkish air transport industry and interactions between its subsectors