Turkish Airlines Places a Massive 150 Boeing Narrow Body Order

Turkish Airlines seals a 150 aircraft supply deal with Boeing with 100 firm aircraft orders for the Boeing 737 MAX 8 and upgrade options to the MAX 10

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All world leaders are the in US at the moment for the UN general assembly. It seems though that some aviation related deals are also going down during this time with Turkish president helping smoothen out the creases for a massive Turkish Airlines 150 Boeing aircraft order.

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The Boeing 737 MAX Secures 150 Orders In One Go

Turkish Airlines is one of the global aviation heavyweights. An airline that simply is too big to be ignored by any manufacturer, and constantly trying in every way to secure orders with. Simply because orders with Turkish Airlines are on another level, without tiptoeing around it, they are massive.

Turkish Airlines latest announced order is no exception. The Turkish flag carrier ha just placed an order for up to 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to further expand and renovate its narrow body fleet.

The order was announced today, September 23rd 2026, and the Boeing press release states it was finalized in presence of Erdogan, the Turkish president. Meaning it must have taken place during Erdogan’s trip to the US for the UN general assembly.

Erdogan present at 150 aircraft order placed by Turkish Airlines with Boeing. The order includes 100 firm orders for the Boeing 737 MAX 8
Erdogan present at 150 aircraft order placed by Turkish Airlines with Boeing. The order includes 100 firm orders for the Boeing 737 MAX 8

The Order Composition

As mentioned above the order is for up to 150 aircraft. That means that they are not all 150 firm orders, nonetheless this remains the airline’s largest single-aisle aircraft order.

Turkish Airlines placed a firm order for 100 aircraft with options for 50 more.

Those 100 aircraft are Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes with the remaining options left open with the possibility to order a different variant. Speaking of different variants the agreement between Boeing and Turkish Airlines also includes options to upgrade part or all those firm orders to the largest aircraft of the family, the 737 MAX 10.

This new order follows up with the airline’s wide body order in 2025, when Turkish Airlines ordered 75 Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

Where Will These Aircraft Fly To?

The aircraft will enable Turkish Airlines to continue renovating its fleet and further expanding its operations. Turkish Airlines still operates a significant number of 737NG aircraft which are most definitely on their way out and the arrival of more MAX generation planes will facilitate that.

These planes will be deployed on Turkish Airlines’ routes to Europe, North Africa and Central Asia.

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Ex Emirates Cabin Crew and long time aviation enthusiast. I can remember loving aviation and planes since I was a very little boy. I have developed my passion into a deep knowledge of the sector and industry to offer on my sites in depth and precise analyses of what is going on. I also completed cabin crew training with Ryanair, however, I never worked for the company (more on that another time). Finally I also have taken flying lessons completing my first solo flights.