Turkish Airlines looking to update its agreement with SIA

Singapore

THE new chief of Turkish Airlines wants to refresh its collaboration with Singapore's national carrier - and by extension, its links with the city-state, as it tries to shrug off an "extraordinary", bad 2016.

Turkish Airlines has been flying to Singapore for over 30 years and has had a "good commercial agreement" with Singapore Airlines (SIA), but "times are changing and you cannot keep the commercial agreement as it is", said Bilal Eksi to the Singapore media on Tuesday.