Air Kazakhstan

Air Kazakhstan, Bombardier'den 10 adet uçak satın aldı

Kazakistan'ın, havayolu şirketi Air Kazakhstan, Kanadalı uçak üreticisi Bombardier'den 10 adet Q400 Nextgen modeli uçak satın aldı. Air Kazakhstan'dan yapılan açıklamaya göre, iç hatlarda kullanılmak üzere Bombardier'den alınan Q400 Nextgen uçaklarının her biri 23 milyon dolara mal oldu.

Kazakhstan Airways yeniden faaliyete geçiyor

Kazakistan'ın, 1920 yılında kurulan ve 2004 yılında iflas edip operasyonlarına son veren havayolu şirketi Air Kazakhstan yeniden kuruldu.

International plane crashes

Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed in 1985. It remains the single most deadly aircraft disaster, killing all but four of the 520 on board. The aircraft suffered explosive decompression that destroyed its vertical stabilizer and severed hydraulic lines, making the 747 virtually uncontrollable.

NATO holds Georgia war games, Russia critical

TBILISI - NATO started military exercises in Georgia on Wednesday that have angered neighboring Russia, which fought a brief war with the former Soviet state last year.

Kyrgyzstan parliament approves U.S. military base closure

Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted Thursday to close a key U.S. air base in the country - a move that could hamper President Barack Obama’s efforts to increase the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Explosive claims from key Ergenekon suspect

ANKARA - Ergenekon suspect İbrahim Şahin named the Chief of Staff General İlker Başbuğ as the man behind the new anti-terror unit he would be asked to head, according to details of his testimony revealed yesterday. Air force command proceeded with its own investigation

Russia allows transit of U.S. military supplies

Russia granted transit rights to non-lethal U.S. military supplies headed to Afghanistan but only after apparently pressuring a former Soviet state to close an air base leased to the Americans.

Russia and post-Soviet allies to create joint air defense system

Russia and its post-Soviet allies are planning to create a joint air defense system stretching from NATO's borders to China, news agencies quoted an official from their Moscow-led regional security group as saying on Friday.

TAV to sell minority stake

ISTANBUL - TAV Havalimanları, the Turkish airport operator, aims to sell a 30 percent stake in its profitable ground-handling business to pay debts that fall due this year and fund new bids for regional infrastructure projects, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

Turkey's TAV to sell minority stake in ground handling business

TAV Airports, Turkish airport operator, aims to sell a 30 percent stake in its profitable ground-handling business to pay debts that fall due in 2009 and fund new bids for regional infrastructure projects, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Monday.

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON JULY 22

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on July 22, 2008. Hurriyet English does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Kazakstan's national airline grounded in Istanbul

Kazakhstan's national carrier, Air Astana, has now been granted permission to resume regular flights to Turkey after a Turkish court ruled that the impounding of Kazakh planes come to an end on Thursday night. The Kazakh planes were grounded on Thursday morning because of an $8 million debt by the Kazakhstan's National Bank to a Turkish citizen, Turgut Tirali.The court ruled that only the planes owned by the airline be grounded, but that planes rented could not be impounded.