Turkey · Commercial / Private · Formed 20 May 1933
Turkey's flag carrier, founded in 1933, and the airline with flights to more countries than any other.
Turkish Airlines was founded on 20 May 1933 as Turkish State Airlines, starting out as a department of the Ministry of National Defense. It was renamed the General Directorate of State Airlines in 1935.
It joined Star Alliance on 1 April 2008 and flies from Istanbul Airport, with Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen as a secondary hub. In December 2024 it received a Guinness World Record for connecting 131 countries, more than any other airline. The fleet includes the Airbus A330 and A350 and the Boeing 737, 777 and 787.
Istanbul, Turkey
