Images of the wreckage of the world's largest plane appeared!

Ukraine shared the images of the wreckage of the world's largest aircraft Antonov An-225 Mriya, which was shot down by Russian forces at Kyiv Gostomel Airport.

Turkish Airlines will get a pilot!

Turkish Airlines intensified its operations with the increase in passenger demand after the effect of the pandemic disappeared.

THY, which employs flight crews close to normal flight hours due to its busy flight plan, decided to employ pilots for some fleets. The fact that even the winter leave rights of the flight crews were not given due to the density and that many fleets were flying close to 100 hours per month prompted the THY management.

At the first stage, work has started to recruit 30 experienced captain pilots of this type for the Airbus A330 fleet. It was learned that THY is working to purchase narrow body as well. 

In addition to the captain employment, it is expected that there will be experienced second pilot employment

Aeroflot stops international flights!

Russia's flag carrier, Aeroflot, will stop all international flights, except Belarus, from 8 March.

Aeroflot's aforementioned decision came after the recommendation of the Russian Federal Aviation Agency Rosaviatsiya to suspend flights from Russia to abroad from 6 March and from foreign countries to Russia from 8 March.

After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the EU, the USA, the UK and some other countries decided to close their airspaces to Russian airlines

Boeing donates $2 million to Ukraine!

American aircraft manufacturer Boeing has announced that it will donate $2 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

While Russia's occupation of Ukraine continues, humanitarian aid to Ukraine continues. 

Boeing, the world's largest aircraft manufacturer, announced that it will provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. In the statement made by the company, it was stated that 2 million dollars will be donated.

Airbus suspends operations in Russia

After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many countries, especially the European Union and the USA, decided to impose sanctions on Russia. EU-based aviation giant Airbus also decided to support the sanctions.

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced that it has suspended support to Russian airlines and supply of spare parts to Russia.

The giant aircraft manufacturer also added that in line with the sanctions, it has suspended all operations of its engineering center in Russia.

BOEING WILL ALSO SUPPORT SANCTIONS!

On the other hand, US-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing took a similar decision after US President Joe Biden announced that the airspace would be closed to Russian planes and that the sanctions would continue to increase.

It was stated that Boeing will suspend technical support to Russian airline companies and stop supplying spare parts

DHL Express also decided to impose sanctions against Russia

DHL Express, one of the world's largest logistics and cargo companies, has decided to impose sanctions on Russia.

DHL Express also participated in the sanctions imposed on Russia from various parts of the world after the Russia-Ukraine war. DHL Express, one of the most important transporters in the world, has decided not to accept shipments whose destination is Russia.

According to the information obtained; Parts, components, documents and miscellaneous shipments to Russia are rejected by DHL Express. It was reported that DHL Express, which took the aforementioned decision, would not accept shipments during the war

Boeing suspends support for Russian Airlines

While many countries continue to impose sanctions on Russia after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US aerospace giant Boeing has decided to impose sanctions against Russian airlines.

In a statement made by the US aerospace company Boeing, it was stated that the company will suspend its support to Russian airlines.

"We have suspended our main operations in Moscow and temporarily closed our office in Kiev, Ukraine. We are also suspending parts, maintenance and technical support services for Russian airlines. As the conflict continues, our teams are focused on ensuring the safety of our teammates in the region," Boeing said in a statement. ' he said

Aeroflot made a forced landing at Istanbul Airport!

The plane of the Russian airline company Aeroflot, making the Moscow-Verona flight, made a forced landing at Istanbul Airport.

The Aeroflot plane, which took off for the Italian city of Verona, was not allowed to enter the Greek airspace. Aeroflot aircraft, which had been circling in the air for a while, landed at Istanbul Airport

Russia closed its airspace to 36 countries

After Russia's attack on Ukraine, the Kremlin retaliated against the airspace decision taken by the EU countries. Russia closed its airspace to aircraft of 36 countries.

In the statement made by the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency ( Rosaviatsiya

), it was reported that in accordance with the norms of international law, European states responded to the closure of the airspace to Russian planes or the flights of civil planes registered in Russia.

In the statement, which stated that restrictions were imposed on airline companies of 36 countries, the countries whose Russian airspace was closed are listed as follows:

“Austria, Albania, England, Belgium, Bulgaria, British Virgin Islands, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Denmark, (including Greenland, Faroe Islands) Jersey, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Cyprus, Latvia , Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland, Croatia, Czechia, Sweden, Estonia” 

Singapore Airlines reports profit for the first time since the start of the pandemic

Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) posted a net profit of $85 million at the end of the third quarter for the first time since the start of the pandemic. This was thanks to the significant increase in air travel to and from Singapore in the October-December 2021 period, as well as continued strong demand and strong returns in the cargo market.

Singapore's initiation of Vaccinated Travel Route (VTL) regulations and subsequent developments, as well as the Group's immediate sale of all existing routes, whose travel bans have been lifted, resulted in meeting pending demands during the year-end travel period. The group carried 1.1 million passengers in this quarter, which is 5 times more than the same period last year and twice as much as in the second quarter of the 2021/22 financial year. Passenger capacity (measured in terms of available seats-kilometers) grew by 183.8% on an annual basis, thanks to the increase in flights with the VTL application. At the end of this quarter, Group passenger capacity reached 45% of pre-Covid-19 levels.