Turkish Airlines lands in San Francisco with a new Istanbul-San Francisco Boeing 777-300 logo jet

Turkish 777-300 TC-JJU (15-Nose-Istanbul-San Francisco) SFO (MDB)(LRW)

Turkish Airlines (Istanbul) yesterday (April 13) launched its new route from Istanbul to San Francisco, its seventh U.S. destination.

 

Turkish 777-300 TC-JJU (15-Tail-San Francisco) SFO (MDB)(LRW)

The pictured Boeing 777-3F2 ER TC-JJU (msn 60401) is painted in this special Istanbul-San Francisco color scheme with scenes on the left side of San Francisco (above) and Istanbul on the right side (below).

Turkish 777-300 TC-JJU (15-Tail-Istanbul) SFO (MDB)(LRW)

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Turkish San Francisco meet Istanbul

This is how you inaugurate a new route. Well done Turkish Airlines.

All aircraft copyright photos by Mark Durbin/AirlinersGallery.com.

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All others below by Turkish Airlines and San Francisco International Airport. The ribbon is cut in the departure from SFO.

Turkish SFO ribbon cutting ceremony (LRW)

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