PICTURES | Turkish Airlines adds a Special Livery on an A321

Promoting the Turkish city destination of Troy, Turkish Airlines has added a special livery on one of its A321s. TC-JTP, an Airbus A321-231 has had the special chance of being repainted into a unique livery which is promoting the Turkish city. The livery is named 'The Year of Troy'.

The Airbus A321-231 is 1.3 years old, so fairly new, and had the test registration, D-AZAO. Currently, Turkish Airlines have a fleet of 68 Airbus A321-200s, however it has 92 Airbus A321Neos on order. The Airbus A321s play a big part in the airlines' operations, as flights from Istanbul are becoming increasingly popular even though they already were. Many airlines choose to use the Airbus A320 as the baseline of their short/medium haul fleet, including British Airways, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines, however Turkish Airlines is not following. The demand on flights to and from Istanbul is immense, with airlines eager to acquire slots at the airport however limited they may be.