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A Turkish Airlines Airbus A321 plane takes off in front of the control tower at Istanbul Airport on the first day after moving from Ataturk International airport on April 6, 2019 in Istanbul. - Ataturk International airport has moved on late April 5, 2019, moving from its old base at Ataturk Airport to the newly built Istanbul Airport. Moving took 45 hours and involved 707 trucks and 800 staff members. 10,000 pieces of equipment weighing 47,000 tons has been moved by trucks piece by piece. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Turkish Airlines has decided to purchase 10 additional Airbus A350-900s aircraft, nearly doubling its existing fleet of the widebody planes, the Turkish flag carrier said in a public filing.
It disclosed no financial details in a brief statement, saying only that a decision to acquire the jets in three batches between 2025 and 2027 has been approved by the company board.
Turkish Airlines now has 14 A350-900s and 20 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, which is the European jet's main competitor in the long-range, widebody market, according to a company spokesman.
An A350-900 was worth 317.4 million euros ($343 million) in 2018, when the aircraft manufacturer's price catalogue was last released.
Manufacturers rarely sell their planes at the advertised prices, usually offering discounts for large orders.
