Thai and Turkish Airlines team up on Europe routes

[buksida]

Thai Airways International and Turkish Airlines signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday with the aim of forming a joint-venture partnership and working together on keenly contested Asia-Europe routes.

Airline partnerships typically involve coordinating schedules and sharing revenue. Qantas Airways and Emirates, for example, collaborate on Europe-Australia services. Tie-ups require approval from competition authorities in the airline operators’ countries.

An agreement would help the carriers expand their networks. THAI said it plans to launch daily flights between Bangkok and Istanbul, with a start date scheduled to be announced on Wednesday. Turkish Airlines already flies twice daily to the Thai capital.

THAI is still under court-monitored debt restructuring after filing for bankruptcy protection in 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic added further strain to an airline that had already suffered multiple losses over a decade.

The national carrier now operates about 65 aircraft compared with over 100 before the pandemic, but a strong post-pandemic recovery in travel demand has led it to draw up a new fleet expansion plan.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/ge ... ope-routes

[Benroon]

One airline full of rickety old jets that have seen better days and an uber modern fleet that regularly wins awards.

Guess which ones which!

[pharvey]

Certainly surprises me! I've loved flying on Turkish Airlines and there's simply no comparison with Thai. I'd be pi$$ed off if I booked and paid for Turkish only to be put on a Thai aircraft!!
What are Turkish Airlines getting out of this deal - though it is only a Memorandum of Understanding between the two as it stands.

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