Turkish Airlines continues to expand in Saudi Arabia

5/3/2016 4:34:20 AM

(MENAFN- Bangladesh Monitor) _A Monitor Report
Riyadh : Turkish Airlines the national carrier and the best airline of Europe for the fifth consecutive years continues to expand in Saudi Arabia as well by adding new routes as part of its global and regional growth strategies.
The airline is planning to grow its global capacity by 21 per cent in 2016 building upon its spectacular growth of the last decade. To support this growth the airline will expand its fleet from 299 aircraft at the end of 2015 to 339 by the end of 2016.
Being No. 1 airline flying to more countries and international destinations than any other airline in the world Turkish Airlines carried approximately 61.2 million passengers in 2015 and aiming to carry 72.4 million passengers in 2016.
Currently Turkish Airlines is operating in 7 destinations in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including Jeddah Riyadh Madinah Dammam Yanbu Taif and Al Qassim. The airline recently launched SAW (Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Anatolian side of Istanbul) flights by 7 weekly flights from Jeddah Riyadh and 4 weekly flights from Medina as of 27 March.
Turkish Airlines Jeddah General Manager Muham-med Bilal Doner stated "New destinations are in the offing and the airline will very soon start operating direct flights to Trabzon (TZX) and Ankara (ESB) from Jeddah (JED) Riyadh (RUH) and Madinah (MED)."
"Turkish Airlines started its operations in Jeddah for the first time in KSA 37 years ago by 1979. Since we have succeeded to inaugurate 6 more destinations and caught tremendous growth over the years distinguished by the services and products offered to our customers. All these developments are indicating the importance we attribute to the Saudi Arabian market and our Saudi brothers and sisters. We are seeking to inaugurate other destinations in the Kingdom" he said.
Doner has also referred to the construction of new airport in Istanbul which will increase the annual passenger capacity to 150-million is expected to become one of the biggest in the world and the biggest air transfer hub in Europe as well. In order to respond the growth and capacity increase the airline ordered new aircrafts by recently signing landmark deals with both Boeing and Airbus for remarkable purchases.

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