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Flag carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) and Boeing have announced an order for four 777 Freighters to further strengthen the airline's position in the global air cargo market.

With this order, THY will operate 12,777 Freighters.

Aegean Airlines has won the title of "Best Regional Airline in Europe" at the World Airline Awards 2024, for a 13th consecutive year and the 14th overall in its 25 years of operation.

It also held the second position among the best airlines in "World's Best Regional Airline 2024" and the third position in the ranking for "Best Airlines in Southern Europe 2024."

Turkish Airlines has said that it was named "Best Airline in Europe" by Skytrax at the 2024 World Airline Awards.

Based on results from the independent surveys carried out by Skytrax, the flag carrier also won two other top awards at the ceremony, including the "World's Best Business Class Catering" and "Best Airline in Southern Europe."

A commercial aircraft operated by Austrian Airlines en route from Palma, Majorca encountered severe hail damage during its descent toward Vienna on Sunday afternoon

The turnover of Greece's flagcarrier Aegean Airlines rose 17% to 268.8 million euros in the first quarter of 2024 on an annual basis.

Following the positive momentum of 2023, Aegean continued its upward trend with a further increase in capacity in the winter months.

Turkish Airlines' (THY) financials have shown that the flag carrier made a net profit of $266 million in the first quarter of 2024.

Total revenues grew 9.6 percent in the January-March period to reach $4.77 billion, with passenger revenue rising 4.8 percent to $3.82 billion.

Cargo revenues amounted to $750 million in the first quarter, up 27 percent from a year earlier.

Rattled travellers and crew landed in Singapore Wednesday after a terrifying high-altitude plunge on a flight from London during which an elderly passenger died and more than 80 were injured.

Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 hit "sudden extreme turbulence" over Myanmar 10 hours into its journey on Tuesday, abruptly rising and plunging several times.

A tragic incident occurred aboard a Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 traveling from London to Singapore, resulting in one fatality and at least 20 injuries due to severe turbulence.

Turkish Airlines (THY), renowned for its extensive global network and marking its 91st anniversary, aims to expand its fleet to 813 aircraft and serve 171 million passengers yearly by 2033, as part of its strategic plan.

Aegean Airlines, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, is offering a greater number of available seats during the summer season of 2024, placing particular emphasis on further reducing seasonality.

As stated by Yannis Rasoglou, director of Network and Airline Partnerships, this summer the airline will have 13.4 million seats, up 6% from last year.