TÜRK HAVA YOLLARI ANONİM

ORTAKLIĞI AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Financial Statements as at and

for The Year Ended 31 December 2021

with Independent Auditor's Report

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

To the Board of Directors of Türk Hava Yolları Anonim Ortaklığı

Our opinion

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Türk Hava Yolları Anonim Ortaklığı (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (together the "Group") as at 31 December 2021, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS").

What we have audited

The Group's consolidated financial statements comprise:

  • the consolidated balance sheet as at 31 December 2021;
  • the consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the year then ended;
  • the consolidated statement of changes in equity for the year then ended;
  • the consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended and
  • the notes to the consolidated financial statements, which include a summary of significant accounting policies.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing ("ISA"). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements section of our report.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Emphasis of matter

Impacts of Covid-19 pandemic

Negative impacts of COVID-19 over aviation industry have continued in 2021. We draw attention to Note

2.8 to the consolidated financial statements, which describes the Group's assessments regarding the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Our opinion is not qualified in respect of this matter.

Independence

We are independent of the Group in accordance with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants' Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants ("IESBA Code"). We have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the IESBA Code.

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Key audit matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period. Key audit matters were addressed in the context of our independent audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Key audit matters

How our audit addressed the key audit

matter

The recognition of the revenue, passenger

flight liabilities and the frequent flyer

program liabilities

Revenue and passenger flight liabilities

The following procedures were performed to

(Please refer to Note 2.3.1, 14 and 26)

audit of the revenue and passenger flight

liabilities:

The major part of the Group's revenue consists of

the passenger revenue. The passenger revenue is

-

Through involvement of our IT experts,

recognized when the transportation service is

we have tested the effectiveness of

completed. Total passenger revenue recognized in

internal controls on IT systems that are

the consolidated financial statements of the Group

designed to account passenger revenue.

amounted to USD6,390 million for the year ended

Additionally, we have tested accuracy and

31 December 2021. Unused tickets are recognized

completeness of the reconciliations

as passenger flight liabilities, until the flights are

among IT systems which have been

completed. Total passenger flight liabilities

determined as key systems by us.

amounted to USD1,018 million as of 31 December

2021.

-

We have understood the business

processes and controls over accounting of

We focused on this area in our audit due to the

the passenger revenue.

following reasons:

-

We have tested key controls over

-

Significant estimates and judgments based

accounting of the passenger revenue

on historical data and trends are used in

processes.

calculation of revenue from unused tickets

which are accounted for passenger revenue

-

We have tested unredeemed tickets

in the consolidated financial statements,

through sampling method.

-

Recognition of passenger revenue upon

-

We have tested consistency and

completion of the services includes complex

mathematical accuracy of the methods

and different integrated information

used in calculation of unused ticket

technology ("IT") systems which processes

revenue which are estimated based on

high volume of transactions and data,

historical data.

  • The necessity for our IT experts to be involved in the audit process due to the complexity of the systems.

Key audit matters

How our audit addressed the key audit

matter

The recognition of the revenue, passenger

flight liabilities and the frequent flyer

program liabilities

Frequent flyer program liabilities

The following procedures were performed to

(Please refer to Note 2.3.19 and 14)

audit of the frequent flyer program liabilities:

The Group provides a frequent flyer program

-

We have understood the business

named "Miles and Smiles" in the form of free

processes and controls over accounting of

travel award to its members on accumulated

the frequent flyer program liabilities.

mileage earned from flights. Miles are recognized

as a separately identifiable component of each

-

Through involvement of our IT experts,

sales transactions. Frequent flyer program

we have tested the effectiveness of

liabilities amounted to USD198 million in the

internal controls on IT systems and

consolidated financial statements as of

internal controls that are designed to

31 December 2021.

account frequent flyer program liabilities.

The amount deferred as a liability is measured

-

We have tested consistency and

based on the fair value of the awarded miles. The

mathematical accuracy of the methods

fair value is measured on the basis of the value of

used in calculation of frequent flyer

the awards for which they could be redeemed. The

liabilities which are estimated based on

amount deferred is recognized as revenue when

historical data.

Miles and Smiles members fly using their miles or

when the Group does not expect that the miles to

-

We have controlled consistency of

be redeemed by its customers ("breakage").

frequent flyer program liabilities

calculated at the end of the reporting

We focused on this area in our audit due to the

period with frequent flyer program.

following reasons:

-

We have controlled breakage estimates

-

Breakage estimate ("the estimate of miles

through comparing the ratio with the

earned that will not be redeemed") are

historical usage data.

complex and highly judgmental due to the

significant assumptions used in the

estimate,

  • Complex calculations are performed in determination of the value of the awards for which they could be redeemed,
  • The necessity for our IT experts to be involved in the audit process due to the complexity of the systems.

Key audit matters

How our audit addressed the key audit

matter

The Component accounting of aircrafts

(Please refer to Note 2.3.3, 2.3.4 and 15)

The carrying values of aircrafts' components

-

The following procedures were performed

accounted for property, plant and equipment and

to audit of the component accounting of

right of use assets amounted to USD16,455 million

aircrafts:

in the consolidated financial statements as of

31 December 2021.

-

We have inquired with the management

to understand the accounting policies

The Group accounts for the cost of aircrafts which

applied and how they meet the provisions

of IAS 16, "Property, plant and

are acquired directly or through leases separating

equipment".

into the components (fuselage, engine, fuselage

overhaul and engine overhaul). Useful lives of

-

The useful life and residual value

these components are determined separately and

estimates were controlled by comparing

each components are amortized during their

the fleet plan of the Group and the

useful lives.

contracts of the aircraft purchases and

We focused on this area in our audit due to the

leasing transactions recently made.

following reasons:

-

We have compared the consistency of the

-

The impacts to the consolidated financial

components and their useful lives with

the sectoral applications.

statements as of 31 December 2021 is

significant,

-

We have recalculated current year's

depreciation expenses.

  • The assessment of determination of components involves significant level of management's estimates,
  • The assessment of determination of useful lives of each components and residual values involves managements' significant estimates.

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