Turkish Airlines has presented their Roadshow presentation by outlining its expansion objectives.
The flag carrier now has the most destinations served by any airline in the world (291 in 128 countries), and it has identified about 30 additional routes for the future.
In the UK these include Glasgow and Newcastle, which would add to existing UK airports served by the carrier including Birmingham, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester and Stansted.
Other future destinations include:
Detroit, Denver, Orlando, Lima, Santiago and Rio de Janeiro in the Americas
Sydney, Melbourne, Phnom Penh, Atyrau and Osaka in the Asia-Pacific region
Bergen, Iasi, Katowice, Nantes, Timisoara, Bayburt and Yozgat in Europe
Abha and Salalah in the Middle East
Aswan, Brazzaville, Hargeisa, Lome, Monrovia, Port Sudan and Windhoek in Africa
No dates have yet been set for the above routes – Turkish Airlines had been planning to launch flights to Australia at the end of this year, but it now understood these will not happen until 2024.
The airline also highlighted new destinations added in the last couple of years including long-haul services to Seattle, Newark, Dallas and Vancouver.
Turkish said that in August this year it surpassed respective 2019 capacity levels by 24 per cent.
In April this year the carrier outlined a target of expanding its fleet to over 800 aircraft by 2033 – up from around 400 aircraft now. | Turkish Airlines planning routes to Glasgow and Newcastle
(source: businesstraveller)
