ISTANBUL: Turkish Airlines Chief Executive Temel Kotil has resigned to take on a new role in the country's aerospace industry, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Friday, citing what it said was his farewell message to staff.
Asked whether Kotil had left Turkish Airlines, a spokesman for the national carrier said the issue would be discussed at a board meeting later, but declined to comment further.
"I have taken the decision to leave Turkish Airlines as I have been offered a new post related to aerospace and space technologies," Kotil was quoted by Anadolu as saying in his farewell message.
The Hurriyet Daily News said that Kotil, who had been in charge of Turkish Airlines since 2005, had taken a new role as head of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). He is already a TAI board member, according to its website.
Turkish Airlines has been one of the world's fastest-growing carriers in recent years, and its passenger numbers have continued to rise steadily this year, despite Turkish tourism being hit by a spate of attacks by Islamic State and Kurdish militants, and a failed military coup in July.
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