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Istanbul, 17 February 2012 – Speaking at a recent conference held by the Union of European Turkish Democrats meeting in Germany, Mr Temel Kotli, Turkish Airlines General Manager, announced the company is adding 8 new flights to its African route network of 18 destinations. Kotli said . “Africa is increasingly important for Turkey and Turkish [...]
Turkish airlines finished 2011 with a big array of new flight routes, and has started 2012 in the same way. At the back end of last year Turkish airlines made the headlines for being quick to resume flights into Libya as soon as the infrastructure allowed it in September, it also launched a wide-array of [...]
We have the latest from Gazipasa airport in Alanya, and while it unfortunately contains no news of direct UK flights, we can tell you that the airport is set to bring online a much wider array of flights in 2012. Our contact, Murat Sen, a spokesperson for airport operators TAV told us that “quite large [...]
4 January 2012, Ankara – Data released by Turkey’s DHMI (General Directorate of State Airports Authority) shows Turkey’s 45 airports handled nearly 119 passengers in 2011 showing a 14.4 percent improvement over 2010. Of the total 59 million passengers took flights to foreign destinations and over 58 million took domestic flights. In addition over 1 [...]
20 December 2011, Istanbul – According to Turkish Airlines General Manager Temel Kotli, the airline has had a very successful 2011 and will add 10 new global destinations in 2012 as well as adding 18 new aircraft to fleet of 178 aircraft. “The new destinations to be added until the New Year will make THY [...]
Last week saw Istanbul Ataturk’s already award-winning global destination coverage increased further, when China Southern announced new flights to the airport from Beijing via Urumqi in the northwest. The flights start running Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, served by 191 seat 757-200s. However, there are plans to expand on this quickly if demand is sufficient on [...]
What’s the easiest way to get to Dalaman? This is a question that is as easy to answer as it is absolutely impossible. Straight off, the easiest way to get to Dalaman is to fly there, but within that there are a massive number of variables, and the biggest one is how many of those [...]
From its hub at Istanbul Ataturk, Turkish Airlines now offers a wider range of non-stop flights than any other carrier does from a single airport. Turkish Airlines now flies non-stop from Ataturk to 172 destinations around the world, leaving its nearest competitor Lufthansa some way behind flying to 158 destinations from Frankfurt, and Air France [...]
British Airlines is looking to further increase the number of transit flights to and from Istanbul, according to a manager with the firm. Gavin Halliday, who is the general manager of the firm’s Europe and Africa operations said: “Not only has the number of people visiting Turkey increased, the number of transit passengers has reached [...]
Yet more new flights to the bustling Istanbul Sabiha Gocken airport were announced this week, when Pegasus Airlines launched a new route, flying thrice weekly between the airport and Kosovo capital Pristina. Competing on the route from Istanbul’s other airport (Ataturk) are Turkish Airlines’ daily service as well as Atlasjet’s two flights a week. In [...]
