Showcasing its business management in relation to plane financing, Turkish Airways has been acknowledged with three prestigious awards on the Airline Economics Aviation 100 European & Sustainability Awards ceremony held in London on 17 September 2025.
Persevering with to diversify its world financing community and implement revolutionary financing constructions to mitigate foreign money dangers and acquire value benefits, Turkish Airways secured the “European General Deal of the Yr” award by an Islamic finance lease in Swiss francs for one Airbus A350 plane, financed by Dubai Islamic Financial institution (DIB).
The flag provider additionally obtained the “European Supported Finance Deal of the Yr” award for the financing of two Airbus A350 plane, executed below a Balthazar-guaranteed JOLCO construction in Japanese yen with a consortium comprising Natixis and ORIX. This recognition highlights the airline’s steadily strengthening presence within the Japanese market since 2007.
As well as, Turkish Airways was honored with the “Sustainability Aviation General Deal of the Yr” award for its revolutionary sustainability-linked JOLCO financing of two Airbus A321neo plane in 2024, organized by a Societe Generale-led consortium in Euro and Japanese yen—additional combining the airline’s sustainability imaginative and prescient with its financing technique.
Turkish Airways Chief Monetary Officer and Member of the Board of Administrators and Government Committee Affiliate Prof. Murat Şeker; “We’re honored to be acknowledged as soon as once more on a world platform with three totally different awards this 12 months. This achievement is a mirrored image of the Turkish Airways household’s dedication, in addition to the revolutionary financing constructions developed by our finance staff. It stands as a testomony to the monetary energy and strategic imaginative and prescient of our model. We are going to proceed to pursue our sustainable development targets with unwavering dedication.“
Turkish Airways plane financing staff achieves one of many lowest financing prices within the airline business with its skilled employees who has a complete information on a big array of plane financing constructions.
The nationwide flag provider has been deemed worthy of many financing awards by world-renowned organizations reminiscent of “World Transport Finance,” “Airline Economics,” “Airfinance Journal,” and “Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Turkey” with its artistic financing fashions, lots of which have been applied for the primary time, since 2009. Turkish Airways has topped its success on this regard, as having gained 30 worldwide plane finance awards within the final ten years for its profitable executions amounting to roughly 16 billion USD.
Earlier Awards
- 2025 Ishka – Sustainable Financing Pioneer Award
- 2024 World Banking and Markets – Leveraged Mortgage Deal of the Yr
- 2024 Airline Economics – World Lease Deal of the Yr Award
- 2024 Airline Economics – JOLCO Deal of the Yr
- 2024 Airline Economics – Supported Finance Deal of the Yr
- 2023 Airline Economics – Asia-Pacific Lease of the Yr
- 2022 Airfinance Journal – Europe Deal of the Yr
- 2022 Airfinance Journal – Structured Lease Deal of the Yr
- 2022 Airline Economics – World Lease Deal of the Yr Award
- 2022 Airline Economics – European Lease Deal of the Yr
- 2020 Airline Economics – Lease Deal of the Yr (Europe)
- 2020 Airline Economics – Supported Finance Deal of the Yr (Europe)
- 2019 Bonds, Loans and Sukuk – Transport Finance Deal of the Yr (Center East)
- 2019 Airline Economics – Supported Finance Deal of the Yr
- 2018 Airline Economics – Lease Deal of the Yr
- 2018 World Transport Finance – Tax Lease Deal of the Yr
- 2018 Bonds, Loans and Sukuk – Transport Finance Deal of the Yr (Center East)
- 2017 Airfinance Journal – Tax Lease Deal of the Yr
- 2017 World Transport Finance – Distinctive Deal of the Yr
- 2017 Bonds, Loans and Sukuk – Commerce & Export Finance Deal of the Yr (Center East)
- 2017 Bonds, Loans and Sukuk – Transport Finance Deal of the Yr (Center East)
- 2017 Bonds, Loans and Sukuk – Structured Finance Deal of the Yr (Center East)
- 2015 Airfinance Journal – Capital Markets Deal of the Yr
- 2015 Airfinance Journal – Tax Lease Deal of the Yr
- 2015 Airline Economics – Editor’s Deal of the Yr
- 2015 Airline Economics – European Deal of the Yr
- 2015 World Transport Finance – EETC Deal of the Yr (Europe)
- 2015 Bonds, Loans and Sukuk – Commerce & Export Finance Deal of the Yr (Center East)
- 2015 Airfinance Journal – Engine Deal of the Yr
Improvements
- First airline to safe Chinese language Yuan denominated plane financing exterior of China (2024)
- The primary ever Itasca Re Insurance coverage Coated Finance Lease (2023)
- The primary ever ACG Plane Financing Options (AFS) assured Italian tax lease (2021)
- The primary ever UKEF assured French tax lease (2020)
- The primary ever ACG Plane Financing Options (AFS) assured finance lease (2019)
- The primary ever BALTHAZAR assured French tax Lease (2019)
- The primary ever AFIC assured Italian tax lease (2018)
- The primary ever SACE assured French tax lease (2018)
- The primary ever AFIC assured French tax lease (2017)
- The primary ever JPY denominated EETC JOLCO (2015)
- The primary ever US Ex-Im assured French Tax Lease (2015)
- The primary ever EECA assured Italian tax lease (2014)
- The primary ever Bond Convertible JPY Ex-Im assured engine lease (2014)
- The primary ever EECA assured Italian Tax Lease in JPY denomination (2014)
- The primary ever US Ex-Im assured JPY denominated Convertible Bond (2013)
- The primary ever EECA assured JOLCO Lease (2011)