More departures on Turkish Airlines
[2008-08-28 09:58]
Photo: Stefan Sjögren
Turkish Airlines is rapidly expanding its number of departures to Stockholm. On September 7 it will offer two flights from Turkey and back on Sundays as well.
Turkish Airlines has flown one daily round trip between Istanbul and Stockholm for a long time. But as it has enlarged the role of Istanbul as a hub for travel to the Middle East and East Asia, demand has increased. The airline has also started flying to India and Thailand.
In February, as an experiment Turkish Airlines started offering two Istanbul-Stockholm round trips on Mondays. As early as April 3, the airline added a second round trip on Thursdays, and on September 7 it will thus also begin providing two round trips on Sundays.
To make Turkish Airlines an even more attractive alternative, the airline is offering passengers who change aircraft in Istanbul a free sightseeing tour or stay at a day hotel if their waiting time on the same day is more than seven hours for business class passengers or ten hours for economy class passengers.
Turkish Airlines flies modern aircraft such as the Airbus 320/321 and Boeing 737-800. Last year 19.6 passengers flew on the airline to and from 140 destinations in 69 countries. Since April 2008, Turkish Airlines has been a member of the world’s largest airline alliance, STAR.
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