Atlasjet Launches to Tehran and Pristina from Istanbul

Turkish carrier Atlasjet Airlines has started flights from Istanbul Ataturk to Tehran Imam Khomeini and Pristina International.

The airline is offering six flights per week to Tehran, a route that is also served twice daily by Turkish Airlines (THY), four times per week by Iran Air and twice weekly by Caspian Air. Mahan Air also served the route but temporarily suspended its flights this week and has subsequently added a flight to Istanbul’s second airport, Sabiha Gökçen, from the Iranian capital instead. Around 260,000 O&D passengers travelled on the route in the past year with THY holding a 41 per cent share.

Meanwhile, a twice weekly service is being offered to Pristina, a route that is again dominated by THY. The national carrier offers a daily schedule and carried around 48,000 O&D passengers in the past year. With average fares on the route of between $134 and $140 each way, Atlasjet will compete on price, offering an alternative travel option to price sensitive customers. In fact the airline did offer a limited number of flights on the route in the past year with fares almost half those offered by THY.

Schedule:

Istanbul Ataturk – Pristina
KK625 IST0950 – 1010PRN 320 37
KK626 PRN1130 – 1400IST 320 37

Istanbul Ataturk – Tehran
KK6570 IST2230 – 0300+1IKA 320 x2
KK6571 IKA0600 – 0745IST 320 x3

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NOTE: Schedule data extracted from Flightbase for week commencing May 14, 2011; Traffic data extracted from IATA BSP system for the year ending January 2011.