Turkish Airlines Boosts Links

As part of its goal to become one of the largest carriers in the world and develop its Istanbul Atatürk Airport base as a major hub, Turkish Airlines (THY) has announced frequency increases across a wide part of its network.

From this month additional summer rotations are being introduced to Kuwait (from daily to ten a week from June 2), Rome (14 to 18 a week from June 10), Erbil (doubling from two to four a week from June 16 and up to daily from July 4), Sarajevo (five a week to a daily schedule from June 20), Doha (daily to ten a week from June 27), Malaga (three to four a week from June 28) and Damascus (eleven to 14 a week from June 30). From next month new flights will also be introduced on a number of city routes, including to Athens and Brussels (from 21 to 24 a week from July 1), Amsterdam (from 21 to 23 a week from July 3) and Lisbon (from five a week to a daily schedule from July 4).

The airline is to also modify its schedules to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and Sana’a in Yemen, increasing travel options to both destinations. THY currently offers four flights per week on the Istanbul – Sana’a route, but from June 23 will increase this to a weekly schedule, albeit the aircraft will operate via Riyadh in both directions. The airline already offers a daily flight to Riyadh, meaning the Saudi city will now be served twice every day. It will solely target O&D traffic to Yemen as it does not have traffic rights between Riyadh and Sana’a.

Schedule:

Istanbul – Riyadh – Sana’a
TK836 IST2005 – 2340RUH0040+1 – 0215+1SAH 738 D
TK837 SAH0315 – 0430RUH0530 – 0920IST 738 D

Istanbul – Riyadh
TK140 IST2145 – 0120+1SRUH 738 D
TK141 RUH0220 – 0610IST 738 D