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Turkish Airlines in Talks With Boeing to Order Eight 747-8Is

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Turkish Airlines (THY) is reported to have initiated talks with the U.S. aerospace company Boeing for the purchase of eight 747-8i, also known as the Super Jumbo Jet. (www.dailysabah.com) More...

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FredRio
Fred J. 5
Long live Turkish Airlines and the Queen of the Skies!!! I'll fly to Europe via Turkey from my Brazil is it is needed to keep the 747 alive!!!
:)
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williamba
William Balch 0
Cheers!
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jkcooney
Joseph Cooney 4
Good news for Boeing. Didn't realize this model had been festering since 2008.
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sergiok70
Sergio Khayat 4
Long live to the most beautiful queen of the skies!!! Every time I see this kind of news it makes me feel happy,knowing my kids will see it flying in many, many years from now.
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chrisatflightaware
Chris Janssen 2
Maybe they will cancel this order for some Russian planes....
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rklima
Richard Klima 3
The logic of Turkish sounds reasonable. As noted, they must be getting a very good deal.
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jbsimms
James Simms 2
Good deal !!!
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iflyrjs
terry gersdorf 2
I'll go out of my way to fly THY
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williamba
William Balch 1
Yep.
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FilmAvPhotographer
FilmAvPhotographer 1
Truly excellent news! I'm glad we'll see new 747-8i's continue to "come off of the line."
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Peterbsmith
Peter Smith 1
Check the date it was published: July of '17. Cheap click bait, for shame Flightaware!!
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