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Turkish Airlines, a Star Alliance member, as announced today, will operate New York flights by Boeing 777… Starting on Monday September 28, 2009 the daily flights to New York will be operated by Boeing 777 offering First Class with fully flat beds. The flights to/from New York operating on Boeing 777 are as detailed below: [...]

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Turkish Airlines and Etihad Airways have signed codeshare agreement.The deal follows the launch of Etihad’s four flights a week service to the Turkish commercial capital, Istanbul, which began on June 1, 2009. Under the deal the Abu Dhabi-based airline will place its two-letter ‘EY’ code on Turkish Airlines’ flights from Istanbul to the UAE’s capital [...]

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Turkish Airlines has announced its Consolidated Financial Results for the year 2008. According to its financials, THY was able to achieve 26% increase on Net Profit of $874 mn. Revenues increased by 26% to $4,719 mn; 78% of scheduled revenue was from international traffic and 22% was from domestic traffic. In the operating costs, fuel [...]

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Turkish Airlines wins SkyTrax Award for Best Airline in Southern Europe… Turkish Airlines has been named best airline in Southern Europe in a survey conducted by well-known market research company Skytrax. Evaluation results of worldwide famous Skytrax market research company were announced on April 2, 2009. Skytrax Approved Airline Evaluation covers over 750 aspects of [...]

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Starting yesterday the flight of Turkish Airlines to Mashad (Iran) will be operated 3 times a week. As a part of an expansion program Turkish Airlines has launched a new direct flight to Mashad, one of the biggest cities of Iran. Turkish Airlines, in a statement issued today, said its new flight from Istanbul to [...]

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Starting today the flights of Turkish Airlines between Istanbul and Nairobi will be operated 3 times a week. As a part of an expansion program Turkish Airlines has launched a new direct flights to Nairobi from Istanbul. Beginning today this new flight service between Istanbul and Nairobi will be the 110th international route of Turkish [...]

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