Sky to start domestic flights within Turkey

Antalya-based Turkish charter carrier Sky Airlines, is to start scheduled domestic flights within the next two weeks.

Sky will be the seventh private carrier to fly domestically in Turkey, according to chief executive Talha Gorgulu –who confirmed the airline will connect six cities

Antalya, Ankara, Izmir, Diyarbakir, Van and Trabzon with Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul

According to Gorgulu the airline is investing $15 million to start its domestic operations. The airline has plans to transport 1 million passengers in 2011 utilising four aircraft.

Gorgulu has also speculated on extending its scheduled flights beyond Turkey’s borders by beginning a routing from Antalya to the German market. He added "We want to add Russia and other countries from the Middle East and Africa."

The route and subsequent fleet expansion will see Sky with as many as 20 aircraft within the next two years.