Turkish Technic and HAVELSAN have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Inmarsat on development of integrated inflight connectivity and entertainment solutions. 

As part of the collaboration, the three companies will offer a joint solution for emerging markets, which integrates Inmarsat’s award-winning GX Aviation inflight broadband solution with the Turkish Technic-HAVELSAN inflight entertainment system.

Ahmet Karaman, CEO of Turkish Technic, said: “The Turkish aviation market is the centre of growth in this region. We continue to make major strides in fulfilling the product and maintenance requirements of operators with high-end solutions. Our inflight entertainment system developed with HAVELSAN, provides a seamless travel experience and will become even more desirable to operators with the addition of Inmarsat inflight connectivity.” 

Ahmet Hamdi Atalay, CEO of HAVELSAN, said: ”Turkish Technic and HAVELSAN’s inflight entertainment system will gain increased synergy and power through our collaboration with Inmarsat. From serving the fastest growing aviation market of the world, in Turkey, the system is now a global product.”

Philip Balaam, President of Inmarsat Aviation, said: “This region is home to one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world and offers significant opportunities for inflight connectivity and entertainment providers. We look forward to joining hands with two of Turkey’s leading companies in this field, Turkish Technic and HAVELSAN, to provide airlines with a truly world-class integrated offering that combines our key strengths.”

About Turkish Technic

Turkish Technic (IATP: TKT), an association of Turkish Airlines group companies (Istanbul Stock Exchange: THYAO), is one of the world’s leading aviation services providers, where comprehensive maintenance, repair, overhaul, modification and reconfiguration services are performed with a highly qualified workforce of about 7,500 staff within Istanbul Ataturk Airport and Sabiha Gokcen Airport facilities on two separate continents. Aside from its engineering and maintenance activities, Turkish Technic supports aircraft operators and owners globally with encompassing component pooling, design, and certification and production services.

About HAVELSAN

HAVELSAN, which was one of cornerstones in the establishment of Turkey’s modern defence and aerospace industry, has been operating as a company with a mission for 34 years with its more than 1,400 expert staff and a total of six facilities in Turkey and the United States. Having undersigned many reference projects in the national and international markets, HAVELSAN is a reliable and sustainable provider of high technology products and services in its fields of activity, owing to innovative and sustainable strategies.

HAVELSAN has 4 main business lines;

• Command Control and Defence Systems,

• Training and Simulation Technologies,

• Information and Communication Technologies and

• Homeland Security and Cyber Security Solutions

Aiming to become a global player by rapidly developing its indigenous technologies, and having already achieved this position in certain areas, HAVELSAN is taking strategic steps toward the future.

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About Inmarsat 

Inmarsat is the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services. Since 1979, Inmarsat has been providing reliable voice and high-speed data communications to governments, enterprises and other organisations, with a range of services that can be used on land, at sea or in the air. Inmarsat operates around the world, with a presence in the major ports and centres of commerce on every continent. Inmarsat is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ISAT.L). For more information, please visit www.inmarsat.com.

Onur Air has signed component repair and access (pool) contract with Turkish Technics for its Airbus A330 aircraft. The contract will be effective until 2023. 

The contract comprises component repair and access on ATA (The Air Transportation Association) Chapter basis. Access to components will be available from Turkish Technic Istanbul main base and worldwide pooling stations. Repair work of the components will be carried out at the Turkish Technic Sabiha Gokcen facilities, the biggest MRO facility in the region.  The contract has enhanced the existing strong business partnership between the parties, and will be contributing to the development of the Turkish global aviation industry.

Turkish Technic CEO Ahmet Karaman declared: “Offering its services to the most important A330 operating airline, Turkish Airlines; Turkish Technic is an important trademark providing MRO services to more than 700 aircraft through 3 continents. We have been delivering high-end services for Onur Air’s A320 fleet since 2012, and we thank our counterparts for their renewed confidence in choosing Turkish Technic component repair and access services for their A330 fleet.    

Onur Air CEO Teoman Tosun said: “We are pleased to entrust the leading trademark, Turkish Technic, with the maintenance of our aircraft. We put our confidence in the globally recognized services provided by Turkish Technic. He also added that the services to be provided by Turkish Technic were selected for being the ideal solutions for Onur Air Airbus A330 operations.”

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About Turkish Technic Inc.

Turkish Technic (IATP: TKT), an association of Turkish Airlines group companies (Istanbul Stock Exchange: THYAO), is the leading maintenance center in the region, providing technical services for airframe, engine, APU and components for a wide range of airlines from Europe, Middle East, Asia, CIS and Northern Africa at its bases in Istanbul, with a highly qualified and well-trained workforce over 7000 personnel.

About Onur Air:

Onur Air is the successful carrier, a frontier and is dedicated to flight safety. Onur Air operates from main hub Istanbul, Antalya and Jeddah, providing ultimate experience of flying with affordable rates. Onur Air (IATA: 8Q, ICAO: OHY), operates with a fleet comprising 14 Airbus A320/A321 and 11 A330. Celebrating its 26th year in the industry, Onur Air provides scheduled domestic flights as well as international routes. Onur Air Technic being EASA 145 facility provides maintenance services to its own fleet as well as reputable 3rd party operators.

Safran Electrical & Power signed a contract with Turkish Technic Inc., the leading MRO in its region, to maintain electrical equipment in the Airbus A320 and A330 airplane operators in Europe, CIS and Asia.

The 5-year contract includes maintenance of airplane fans, brake cooling systems, and APU generators (Auxiliary Power Unit) supplied by Safran Electrical & Power. Today, the fleet covered by Turkish Airlines includes 173 Airbus planes in the A320 and A330 family.

“We are very pleased we took the next step with Turkish Technic Inc. We won the contract thanks to innovative solutions, strengthening our 10-year collaboration with this pacesetter client. In the future, we hope to expand maintenance for Turkish Technic Inc. to new product lines,” added Vincenzo Guerriero, Head of Support & Services at Safran Electrical & Power. 

Irfan Demir, CCO of Turkish Technic Inc., said; “This scope expansion in cooperation with Safran Electrical & Power is yet another step extending our current world class component services. We are on the way of having a wider component capability coverage. With our blend of services and superior quality we continue to look for ways to improve the experience that we meticulously offer to our customers.”

Safran is a high-tech international group and a leading parts manufacturer in the aerospace, defense, and security industries (business in security is intended to be sold). Operating on all continents, the Group employs 66,500 people (including in security) and earned 15.8 billion euros* in revenue in 2016 (not including security). Safran is listed on Euronext Paris and is part of the CAC 40 and Euro Stoxx 50 indexes. 

Safran Electrical & Power is one of the world market leaders in electrical systems in aeronautics, number 1 in wiring and number 2 in power systems. A key player in the field of more electric aircraft, the company employs more than 13,000 people in 12 countries.

TURKISH AIRLINES Flies with SKYFE

The Wireless Inflight Entertainment System, “SKYFE”, developed jointly by HAVELSAN and TURKISH TECHNIC has won the Turkish Airlines tender. According to the results of the tender, 44 airplanes of Turkish Airlines will fly with the first “Made in Turkey” IFE System, SKYFE.

The Wireless Inflight Entertainment System, SKYFE, developed within the scope of the Strategic Partnership Agreement between Turkish Technic and HAVELSAN is now in the sky… Turkish Airlines, flying to more points than any other airlines in the world, and a Star Alliance member, will have 44 of its airplanes equipped with SKYFE. 

The Turkish Airlines tender, where Turkish Technic and HAVELSAN participated jointly, was won with two important IFE products: Wireless Inflight Entertainment System and Tablet Based Inflight Entertainment System. According to the results of the tender, Turkish Technic and HAVELSAN partnership crossed the finish line ahead of seven other firms. The tender was won with the participation of two family products, the Wireless Inflight Entertainment System known as SKYFE-W and the Tablet Based Inflight Entertainment System known as SKYFE-T.  

Targeting to be a strong brand name among Wireless Inflight Entertainment systems with innovative design and the advantages it provides, SKYFE-W is demonstrating a successful performance even during the certification process completed in a short period. The Inflight Entertainment System, is one of the services that is emphasized by many airlines in recent years in order to increase passenger satisfaction, and the SKYFE-W, presents an innovative approach with passengers able to download applications from the platforms such as Google Play and Apple Store to their own personal electronic devices (tablets, laptops, smart mobile phones) during preflight and access wireless entertainment system which provides Audio and Video on Demand, Flight Map, Electronic Publications, Surveys and other services during the flight.  

The SKYFE-T System, in particular on flights where Inflight Entertainment System is not available, provides an entertainment service to Business Class passengers by providing high resolution tablets. With the preloaded tablets (films, music, magazines, documentary, surveys etc.), Business Class passengers will have a special entertainment opportunity with high video quality. The SKYFE-T System, when used on airplane with the Wireless Inflight Entertainment System (SKYFE-W), will automatically connect to the existing server on the airplane will access a 1.8 Tbyte media content while at the same time provide access to maps and flight information (height, speed exterior temperature etc.). 

Selected as the "Best Airline Company in Europe"* for five years in a row, Turkish Airlines, by providing a unique opportunity with SKYFE as the perfect entertainment in inflight experience for its passengers, is able to install the system in its Boeing 737 airplane and continues its activities to install the system in its Airbus A320 airplane family. 

ATN Awards are the only international prizes that award 14 main categories of the air transport industry. Finalists for each category are voted for by more than 4000 readers of Air Transport News and the winners decided by 8 worldwide known executives of industry.

According to the results of the 2016 , Turkish Technic has been chosen as the winner of "MRO Company of the Year" in category. Ahmet KARAMAN, Turkish Technic’s CEO, accepted the award at the 2016 Air Transport News Award Gala Dinner Ceremony in Salzburg, Austria, said: “On behalf of Turkish Technic, I am honoured to receive such an iconic award, "MRO Company of the Year" from a jury of distinguished experts in the aviation industry. This award records that Turkish Technic is the worlds new rising brand of MRO business.”

Turkish Technic and Citilink signed an Airbus A320 component support contract yesterday. The signing ceremony was held in MRO Middle East included the participations of the Citilink CEO M. Arif Wibowo Albert Burhan and Turkish Technic CEO Ahmet Karaman. 
 

The contract comprises component supply and repair on part number basis. Components will be supplied from Istanbul/Turkey main base and Turkish Technic pooling stations in Middle Eeast as well as Jakarta main base.  and all Repair and overhaul work of the components will be done at the Turkish Technic sites in Istanbul/Turkey. The contract also aims business development with GMF Aero Asia, as a vendor and component capability development for GMF, to support Citilink – Turkish Technic contract.

The Air Arabia GroupCitilink CEO, Arif WibowoAlbert Burhan, expressed Citilink’s trust in Turkish Technic’s quality of services and also feeling appreciation to have the support of one of the leading MRO of the world. The CEO Mr. Burhan also added “We are so glad recognized for being provided high quality services of Turkish Technic which will to support component supply will be an ideal solution to our Airbus A320 technical operations. After the assessment process we agreed on that it is the most ideal solution for us.”

Turkish Technic CEO Ahmet Karaman said “We thank Citilink for choosing Turkish Technic for component support services. This is an another a bold step we have achieved in 2015 after successor of pool contracts in 2014Air Arabia, and we keep broadening our component pooling to South East Asia. We reached a fleet size more than 500 aircraft in component pool market.”

Citilink is the successfull Low Cost Carrier (LCC) of Sout East Asia, a frontier , dedicated to flight safety, and a a member of Garuda Indonesia group. Citilink operates from Jakarta and two main hubs in Surubaya and Batam in Indonesia, providing ultimate experience of flying with affordable rates. Citilink (IATA: QG, ICAO: CTV), operates with a fleet comprising 27 33 Airbus A320, 10 with on orders. Citilink provides scheduled domestic flights as well as international routes over xx destinations.

Turkish Technic (IATP: TKT), an association of Turkish Airlines group companies (Istanbul Stock Exchange: THYAO), is the leading maintenance center in its region, providing technical services for airframe, engine, APU and components for a wide range of airlines from Europe, Middle East, Asia, CIS and Northern Africa at its bases in Istanbul, with a highly qualified and well-trained workforce over 5000 personnel together with Turkish HABOM Inc.; a Turkish Airlines group MRO company.

TURKISH TECHNIC signed component pool services agreement for B737-800 fleet with SunExpress for 10 years period. Pool agreement covers, component stock at SunExpress main base Antalya, access to all TURKISH TECHNIC component stocks, logistic support, engineering support and shop visits for components of 25 each B737-800 aircraft as the beginning. 

TURKISH TECHNIC declared that “Thanking SunExpress for choosing TURKISH TECHNIC for Component Pool services, TURKISH TECHNIC is proud to be the main maintenance service provider of SunExpress fleet”.

SunExpress officers expressed their happiness in keeping on the strong partnership and good relationship between two important actors of Turkish civil aviation. 

TURKISH TECHNIC, an association of TURKISH AIRLINES group companies (Istanbul Stock Exchange: THYAO), is the leading maintenance center in its region, providing technical services for Airframe, Engine, APU and components for a wide range of Airlines from Europe, Middle East, CIS, Northern Africa and Turkey in its base in Istanbul, with a highly qualified and well-trained workforce of 3.000 personnel. 

SunExpress operates a fleet of 26 airplanes currently with an average age of 6.8 years and a seating capacity of more than 5,000 seats. The fleet shows highest industry and environmental standards. By this year May 1st, SunExpress celebrated its 20th year and has carried more than 20 million passengers since 1990. SunExpress is a joint venture company of TURKISH AIRLINES and Lufthansa. 

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Turkish Airlines’ sector-leading subsidiary, Turkish Technic Inc. increases its manufacturing scope with the ‘Production Organization Approvals’ received from Turkish DGCA and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

Turkish Technic Inc. informed about its ‘Production Organization Approvals’ from Turkish DGCA and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) at “Istanbul Airshow”, the most important civil aviation fair in its region held for the 10th time but this year with the name of “Istanbul Airshow aviation industry supply chain platform” for the first time. 

Aviation industry, as one of the most important sectors to reshape the future continues its development at full speed. Turkey’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines and its prominent subsidiary in its region Turkish Technic Inc. take firm steps forward for greater goals by improving themselves constantly.

Besides increasing its maintenance and repair capabilities, Turkish Technic Inc. also focuses on R&D, Design and Manufacturing to differentiate itself from its competitors and to be one of the leading actors in global aviation industry in the near future.

Ahmet Karaman, CEO of Turkish Technic Inc., said “It is our observation that the countries with advanced aviation industry also have a better economic stance. We have a strong belief that the path for Turkey's target as being listed one of the top 10 great economies as part of its national vision for the year 2023 lies with the penetration through the areas with high added value such as aerospace industry. Turkish Technic Inc. made the first production attempts via its joint ventures Turkish Cabin Interior (TCI) and Turkish Seats Industries (TSI) incorporated in 2011. Today, Turkish Technic Inc. is capable of designing and manufacturing galleys and aircraft seats.” He also remarked that, “The main obstacle to manufacture in aviation is ‘certification’. To overcome that, we have obtained the ‘Design Organization Approval Certificate’ in 2011. And in 2014, we became the first ‘DGCA-approved Production Organization’, followed our POA application to EASA which was approved in mid-September, 2014.” 

Upon these authorizations, it has become possible for Turkish Technic Inc. to design, produce and certify all cabin interior parts, and secondary metallic aircraft structures. 

These developments are the significant milestones to trigger the establishment and development of an ecosystem in the aviation field of Turkey. A local aviation supply chain must be established for the domestic aircraft manufacturing as part of Turkey’s national vision for the year 2023. While moving towards this target the local aviation should be able to produce a wide range of aviation products in many different areas of the industry at the same time.

Turkish Technic Inc. started its mission to develop and support domestic aviation supply chain with TUHESFO (Turkish Aviation Industry Exhibition and Forum) events between 2010 and 2012, and has taken the lead in for developing regional aviation. Turkish Technic Inc. continues its support by being one of the main sponsors of “Istanbul Airshow” which is being held for the 10th time at Istanbul Ataturk International Airport’s General Aviation Apron. 

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About Turkish Airlines:
Established in 1933 with a fleet of five aircraft, Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines is a 4-star airline today with a fleet of 264 (passenger and cargo) aircraft flying to 260 destinations worldwide with 217 international and 43 domestic. According to Skytrax survey of 2014, Turkish Airlines was chosen "Europe's Best Airline" for the fourth and "Best Airline in Southern Europe" for the sixth consecutive time. Having won in 2010 the world's "Best Economy Catering Service" and in 2013 the world’s "Best Business Catering Service" awards, Turkish Airlines was this year awarded the world's "Best Business Catering Service" and “Best Business Class Lounge Dining” prizes in the Skytrax survey. More information about Turkish Airlines can be found on the following website; www.turkishairlines.com.

About Star Alliance:
The Star Alliance network was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer worldwide reach, recognition and seamless service to the international traveller. Its acceptance by the market has been recognized by numerous awards, including the Air Transport World Market Leadership Award and Best Airline Alliance by both Business Traveller Magazine and Skytrax. The member airlines are: Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Avianca, Brussels Airlines, Copa Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, SWISS, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, THAI and United. The integration of Avianca Brasil is currently in progress. Overall, the Star Alliance network currently offers more than 18,500 daily flights to 1,316 airports in 192 countries.

About Turkish Technic Inc.:
As an association of Turkish Airlines group companies Turkish Technic is the leading maintenance center in its region, providing technical services for Airframe, Engine, APU and components for a wide range of Airlines from Europe, Middle East, Asia, CIS and Northern Africa at its bases in Istanbul, with a highly qualified and well-trained workforce over 5,500 personnel. More information about Turkish Technic Inc. can be found on the following website;

www.turkishtechnic.com

Turkish Airlines has, in the past decade, become one of the world’s fastest growing and most influential players in global aviation. The airline has steadily grown its network and now has service to more cities than any other carrier. Its fleet has expanded as well, giving Turkish Airlines one of the world’s most modern. And its innovations on the ground and in the air have earned the airline numerous awards. All of these investments have made Turkish Airlines a truly global brand.

Aviation, an industry that helps to shape the future, continues to develop and change at a rapid pace. Turkish Airlines, given its preeminent position in the industry, also continues to constantly renew and upgrade itself and its infrastructure.

In line with this forward thinking, Turkish Airlines has now launched its new maintenance and repair center, HABOM, which is an anagram for the Turkish words that describe it. It is, in full description, a state of the art MRO. The opening ceremony was held in the new MRO center, located at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. In attendance were the Esteemed Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Finance Minister of Turkey, Mr. Mehmet Şimşek, Transport - Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister of Turkey, Mr. Lütfi Elvan, Turkish Defense Industry Undersecretary, Mr. İsmail Demir, Turkish Airlines' Board Chairman, Mr. Hamdi Topçu, Turkish Airlines' CEO, Mr. Temel Kotil Ph.D. and Turkish Technic Inc.’ CEO, Mr. Ahmet Karaman.

HABOM represents an investment of about USD 550 million by Turkish Airlines’ industry-leading subsidiary; Turkish Technic Inc. It was designed to create a world-class facility at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to increase the technical maintenance and repair capacity and capability available to both Turkish Airlines and 3rd party customers. With the start of operations at this facility, Turkish Technic aims to become one of the top 5 MRO providers in the world.

HABOM’s location makes it a convenient MRO option for 39% of the world’s civilian aircraft and has 55 countries lying within a 3,5 hour flying radius. HABOM facilities, when fully operational, will have 7.000 personnel and is expected to produce annual revenue of USD 1,5 billion.


The facility has an integrated structure and a closed area of 380,000 m2. It has the capacity to provide simultaneous maintenance, repair and overhaul services for 11 narrow body aircraft in the dedicated narrow body hangar and 3 wide body aircraft in the wide body hangar. A section of the wide body hangar was designed to be partitioned off to provide paint services for either 2 narrow bodies or a single wide body aircraft. In the annex, many shops will provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for aircraft components, including APUs and landing gear. The HABOM facility, designed to be a center of excellence in operational terms, has been outfitted with the most modern maintenance equipments using the latest technology. Additionally, it is structured to be part of a modern aviation campus that also includes social facilities for the employees.

With the HABOM facilities, Turkish Technic’s narrow body aircraft maintenance capacity will increase by 57%, wide body aircraft maintenance capacity by 43%, and closed area capacity by 193%.

The aim of the HABOM project, beyond setting up a campus that provides maintenance repair and overhaul services, is the creation of an aviation complex that attracts, and provides space for, firms operating in other areas of aviation, particularly companies that are manufacturing products for the aviation industry. In line with this goal, the Turkish Cabin Interior (TCI) company, an aircraft galley and galley equipment manufacturer, is located within the HABOM boundaries and Turkish Seat Industries (TSI), a manufacturer of aircraft seats, is expected to soon relocate to the HABOM area.

Bringing the HABOM aviation complex on line raises the bar in the field of aviation maintenance and is an important milestone on the road to the production of a national civil passenger aircraft, part of the Turkish Republic’s 2023 Vision.

Turkish Technic and SpiceJet expanded their relations with an agreement for Landing Gear Overhaul Services. Turkish Technic will be providing Landing Gear repair and overhaul services including spare support for SpiceJet for its whole Boeing 737-800 fleet between 2013 and 2018. Landing Gear Services will be carried out for a total of 23 sets at Turkish Technic’s facilities in Istanbul, Turkey.

Turkish Technic, an association of Turkish Airlines group companies (Istanbul Stock Exchange: THYAO), provides MRO services for Boeing and Airbus airframes, engines, auxiliary power units, landing gear and components. The company serves more than 100 airlines in Europe, the Middle East, Northern Africa, Turkey and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) with its maintenance bases in Istanbul & Ankara and highly qualified workforce of more than 3,000 personnel.

SpiceJet (IATA: SG, ICAO: SEJ), operates in Chennai International Airport (Chennai), Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi), Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad) operates 36 Boeing 737-800 / 737-900ER and 15 Bombardier Q400. SpiceJet provides scheduled domestic flights as well as scheduled international flights over 350 flights daily to 51 Indian cities and 7 international destinations.