Aviation Haberleri - Son Dakika Aviation Haber Güncel Gelişmeler

The countdown has begun for the Approved Air Travel Awards

"Forbes Travel Guide (FTG) will launch the 'Approved Air Travel Awards' on October 22, based on data from the world's leading luxury travel consultants and distinguished global travelers. According to the announcement, voting will take place in more than 20 categories, including Best Airlines, Best Airports, and Best Private Jet Services. Emmy Award-winning travel journalist Peter Greenberg stated, 'The Approved Air Travel Awards are important because the criteria are based on real-world experience and real-world accountability.' Jeff Arnold, Chairman of Forbes Travel Guide, emphasized a holistic approach to luxury travel, saying, 'In today's luxury travel environment, the quality of both air and hotel experiences is inseparable for a flawless journey. Our Verified Air Travel Awards are a natural extension of FTG's commitment to excellence, ensuring that discerning travelers can rely on the highest standards of service and comfort from takeoff to landing.'"

Türkiye's largest tech, space festival opens its doors in Izmir

The five-day festival held at Izmir's Çığlı Airport will offer its visitors a diverse array of technology and space-themed events, ranging from air shows, exhibitions and workshops, to competitions, vertical wind tunnels, simulations and planetarium shows. It has been jointly organized every year by the Turkish Technology Team (T3) Foundation and the country's Ministry of Industry and Technology since 2018, in cooperation with other ministries and dozens of other public institutions, private companies and universities. Exciting shows in the sky are also scheduled to take place, performed by the Turkish Air Force's Turkish Stars aerobatic demonstration team, as well as the Bayraktar Akıncı and TB2 drones developed by Turkish company Baykar, and Anka by Turkish Aerospace Inc., another tech giant in the country. Also slated to make appearances are the Turkish air show team F-16 SoloTürk, as well as the Hürküş trainer aircraft, BELL-429 helicopter, paramotors, gyrocopters and the T-129 Atak helicopter. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the festival, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır emphasized the role of youth while building Türkiye of the future, noting that the steps undertaken in the past five years demonstrate the beginning of a great social mobilization. “Just as we achieved a significant breakthrough in the defense industry, we will also achieve great successes in all fields, from environmental energy to climate, from health to tourism, and from barrier-free life technologies through the technology initiatives established by our youth," Kacır said. Emphasizing that they broke unique records in the world with 337,000 teams and 1 million competitors this year, Kacır said, "We hosted a total of 3.5 million visitors in Istanbul and Ankara. We are grateful for our nation's interest in Teknofest and for encouraging our youth in line with our ‘National Technology Move’ goals." The first edition of the event this year was held at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport in May, welcoming a record of 2.5 million visitors. The second was held earlier in September in the capital Ankara, attracting nearly 1 million people. Teknofest is being held with the participation of 121 institutions, public- and private-sector organizations, academic institutions and media companies.

Alarko Holding is entering the aviation sector

Alarko Holding announced that it decided to establish an aviation company with a capital of thirty million TL. The company to be established will carry out the conversion and modification of large-bodied passenger aircraft and the development of related prototypes. Alarko Holding operates in 6 fields on 3 continents with its energy, contracting, industry, land, tourism and venture capital activity groups. The statement sent by Alarko Holding to KAP regarding the issue is as follows: “Alarko Holding A.Ş. It has been decided by the Board of Directors to establish a joint stock company with a capital of 30,000,000 TL (thirty million Turkish Liras) to operate in the aviation sector. The aim of the new company in question is to make conversions and modifications, especially in large-bodied passenger aircraft, and to develop relevant prototypes, to obtain the relevant international licenses, to produce parts for this purpose, and to apply these parts and these transformations and modifications to passenger aircraft in hangars with international standards and authorizations, and to install the relevant aircraft. It is planned to include buying and selling businesses. Within the scope of the project, intensive cooperation with international foreign engineering and production companies is envisaged. It will be announced to the public.”

#Aviation

The countdown has begun for the Approved Air Travel Awards

Türkiye's largest tech, space festival opens its doors in Izmir

Alarko Holding is entering the aviation sector