ISSN 2667-8624 VOLUME 1 - ISSUE 1 - YEAR 2019 By 2025, a Large Portion Welcoming Global of European MRO Visitors via Istanbul Activity Will Move to Airport World Class Low Cost Destinations Setting New Standards How Can of Excellence Turkey Win This Opportunity? Global Aviation’s Trendsetter Turkish The Future of Aviation Airlines What Awaits Us? VOLUME 1 - YEAR 2019 - ISSUE 1 contents ISSN 2667-8624 Publisher & Editor in Chief Managing Editor Ayşe Evers Cem Akalın [email protected] cem.akalin@aviationturkey. com International Relations & Advertisement Director Administrative Şebnem Akalın Coordinator sebnem.akalin@ Yeşim Bilginoğlu Yörük aviationturkey.com y.bilginoglu@ aviationturkey.com Chief Advisor to Editorial Board Editors Can Erel / Aeronautical Muhammed Yılmaz/ Engineer Aeronautical Engineer Translation İbrahim Sünnetçi Tanyel Akman Şebnem Akalin Saffet Uyanık 20 Proof Reading & Editing Mona Melleberg Yükseltürk Photographer Sinan Niyazi Kutsal Graphic Design Welcoming Gülsemin Bolat İmtiyaz Sahibi Global Görkem Elmas Hatice Ayşe Evers Advisory Board Basım Yeri Visitors via Aslıhan Aydemir Demir Ofis Kırtasiye Istanbul Serdar Çora Perpa Ticaret Merkezi B Blok 8 Renan Gökyay Kat:8 No:936 Şişli / İstanbul Airport Murat Keleş Tel: +90 212 222 26 36 Lale Kaplan Selamoğlu Turkey’s World Class Setting New demirofiskirtasiye@hotmail. Standards of Excellence Assoc. Prof. Ferhan Kuyucak com Local and Şengür www.demirofiskirtasiye.com International Adress Basım Tarihi Administrative Office Haziran- 2019 Civil Aviation DT Medya LTD.STI İlkbahar Mahallesi Galip Yayın Türü Potential Erdem Caddesi Sinpaş Süreli Altınoran Kule 3 No:142 Soars Çankaya Ankara/Turkey The Future is in the Skies Tel: +90 (312) 447 1320 [email protected] www.aviationturkey.com © All rights reserved. No part of publication may be Global reproduced by any means without written permission. Aviation’s Trendsetter Turkish Airlines Reflections on Rapid Rise and 32 Outstanding Future Outlook contents 86 Partnership with Collins Aerospace for Exceptional Future 46 Products in Turkish The Most Aviation Violent An Exclusive Interview Turbulence with Mr. Colin R. Mahoney Collins Aerospace VP of in Boeing’s Business Development for History: Interiors 102 737 MAX! The aircraft, during its The ICAO 38 short life span of just 3-years, managed to and the By 2025, break sales records and Large Portion success charts; it also international of European experienced two fatal Community MRO Activitiy accidents, banned flights, dozens of contradictions, Consider Turkey’s Civil Will Move hundreds of question Aviation Sector to be one to Low Cost marks, negligence of Fastest Growing Civil Destinations claims, and much more. Aviation Sectors in the Now, Boeing faces the World How Can Turkey Win toughest days in its This Opportunity? history. 134 Emerging 54 Threats from Worldwide Unmanned Opportunity Aerial Exceptional Vehicles and Competitive Power Anti-Drone Systems FROM EDITOR Yesterday’s Dreams Shape the Future “Yesterday, the sunlight trickled through the clouds ... Today, as we ascend, it shines on our faces with all of its brilliance... Tomorrow, we will soar together into the future…” With Aviation Turkey be published in English and Akalın, who is my valued Magazine, the dream we had will be regarded by both partner and beloved yesterday is radiant with a Turkish and global aviation brother, with his deep new beginning today, and professionals. knowledge, meticulous we all embrace the future approach, respect for his As a media institution with open arms and ascend work and the kindness active especially in the together. Our journey that he shows to everyone field of the aviation industry we started with Defense on the team; Şebnem we will also present our Turkey Magazine 14 years Akalın, our International readers with advancing ago gains momentum today Relations Director, who technological developments with our new publication has devoted herself to by transferring our Aviation Turkey Magazine. aviation as an amateur for knowledge, experience many years evolving into United with our deep and network to our new a true professional with sectoral knowledge and magazine Aviation Turkey. her previous experience of the experience that we have We will launch the first issue cooperation with global acquired over the years, I of our magazine at the Paris companies; Yeşim Bilginoğlu think our greatest success Airshow, as we were proudly Yörük, our Administrative has been to become a selected as the only media Director, who has been harmonious team with very much a favorite in the partner from Turkey at this managing all kinds of the stakeholders in the aviation sector despite his prestigious international administrative services for sector. This perspective young age; our other Editors aviation event. Aviation our publications for years, and approach encouraged İbrahim Sünnetçi and Saffet Turkey will continue to having a deep sense of us to be the voice of the Uyanık, who are “gurus” participate in international belonging and does her job Turkish aviation industry in aviation technologies fairs with the Dubai Airshow perfectly and delicately; on global platforms and and work devotedly with after the Paris Airshow in Chief Advisor to the at the same time to be a dedication; our Designers 2019 and in other reputable Editorial Board Can Erel, publication providing a Gülsemin Bolat and Görkem aviation events in the who encouraged us for this two-way information flow Elmas, who work day and coming period. publication, with his years of by following developments night without a single experience and has set his regarding the global I would like to take this complaint even in the dead heart on aviation; our Editor aviation industry. For this opportunity to thank our of night while preparing Muhammed Yılmaz, who is reason, our magazine will Managing Editor Cem a new design version; 4 FROM EDITOR our Photographer Sinan Advisory Board Members our journey, one of my way I felt at that moment is Kutsal, who does wonders Ferhan Kuyucak Şengür, first visits was made to really indescribable. even in small spaces and Lale Selamoğlu Kaplan Güliz Öztürk, the Chief “Welcome Everyone, One perspectives; our translator and Aslıhan Aydemir, who Commercial Officer of and All” Tanyel Akman, who is are very precious airwomen Pegasus Airlines. After painstaking, reliable and will and I have felt as a team discussing our projects, I felt take the time to research member among them from that she appreciated my hours for a single technical day one, and Serdar Çora, enthusiasm, she displayed term; Mona Melleberg Murat Keleş and Renan empathy and paused for Ayşe EVERS Yükseltürk, our creative Gökyay who have devoted a moment, smiled at me, Editor in Chief editing professional and and made great efforts in and looked into my eyes proofreader who ensures aviation. with sincerity and said, the exceptional quality of “Welcome Aboard”. This left During the first days of our English content;our an impression on me, as the 5 TEAM Şebnem Akalın Can Erel International Saffet Uyanık Chief Advisor to Relations & Editor Editorial Board Advertisement Director Ayşe Evers Publisher & Editor in Chief 6 TEAM Yeşim Bilginoğlu Cem Akalın İbrahim Sünnetçi Editor Yörük Managing Editor Administrative Coordinator 7 INTERVIEW Turkey’s Local and International Civil Aviation Potential Soars The Future is in the Skies In an exclusive interview Mr. Bahri Kesici, Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) discusses the aim strengthen Turkey’s position through bilateral cooperation. Turkish Civil Aviation Academy has the capacity to fulfill Turkey’s training requirements for the countries of the region. 8 © Sinan Niyazi Kutsal INTERVIEW Aviation Turkey: Dear Mr. Kesici, first of all we would like to thank you for your time. As the Director General of the DGCA, last year we conducted an interview with you for our sister magazine Defence Turkey. This time, we come together once more for the first issue of Aviation Turkey magazine. During the past one-year period, Istanbul Airport officially launched its services after the great move. You assumed operational preparation maintaining the launch of a critical role in this Aviation process as the DGCA. stages and launching the the airport in line with the Turkey: In respect to Could you please share airport to the flights. As international standards. passenger and cargo with us your activities the Directorate General, The DGCA’s certification transportation, we regarding the airport prior to the opening, we commission finalized the observe that the certification in line exerted great efforts in process by tracking all the number of aircraft in Turkey increased by with the international order to maintain that requirements regarding the 200% in the last fifteen civil aviation rules and all standards were and physical conditions of the the terminal licensing, years, exceeding 500 continue to be provided airport, security, aviation and that in parallel the the difficulties you at the maximum level, safety and navigation faced, the solutions number of passengers with examinations and services fields every day you put forward as well and cargo capacity maintenance supervision for four months and prior as the experiences you are continuously gained? of the airport providing to its launch on October increasing. Upon the its services in accordance 29, 2018, the license was launch of the first two Bahri Kesici: Firstly, I with the international delivered to the