Turkish Airlines to Enter Australian Market in 2011

[badboys777]

Turkish Airlines plans to start flying into Australia from 2011, its chief executive announced Tuesday at a press conference in Sydney. (Wednesday, 5 August 2009)

After giving a presentation at the Australia Pacific Aviation Outlook Summit 2009 yesterday, CEO Temel Kotil told reporters that Australia was a destination it planned to serve two years from now.

With the carrier’s expansion to Jakarta scheduled to start at the end of this month, Kotil said a Boeing 777-300 aircraft would serve the Australian route from Istanbul via Jakarta.

Kotil was confident that the carrier would be able to compete in the Australian market as it “covers Europe better” than any other airline.

He expects the flights will bring in many tourists from Turkey and be able to serve Australians desiring to visit Turkey for ANZAC services.

The carrier plans to continue expanding its network and frequency, with the Philippines and Vietnam next on its destination wish list.

Kotil added that the carrier hopes to double its frequency in the next two to three years, with hopes to eradicate limitations on destinations such as Narita, Japan which it hopes to increase its four-weekly flights to daily operations.

To serve its expansion Turkish Airlines have ordered 19 aircraft, 12 of which are Boeing 777-300s in a 3-class configuration and 7 of which are Airbus 330-300s.

Regards,

GJ

[captainnick19]

Excellent news!! I love Turkish Airlines, its good to see them expanding into more long-haul routes!! I hope they do well with it!