They include Orlando, Newcastle, and Phnom Penh.
Turkish Airlines has highlighted 28 destinations that it plans to serve from its headquarters at Istanbul Airport. Not all, but several, have been previously discussed. There are seven in Africa and the Middle East, five in the Americas, ten in Europe, and six in Asia-Pacific. There is currently no indication of when these will occur, and it will depend on the availability of aircraft and bilateral traffic rights. Not that other things won’t happen first.
More to the Americas
Orlando, Detroit (already mentioned), and Denver are among the destinations Turkish Airlines hopes to travel to (previously mentioned). If and when they occur, the Star Alliance carrier will have 15 US flights utilising its own aircraft, a crucial market for the carrier’s future.
In addition to Washington Dulles, they would join Atlanta, Boston, Chicago O’Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth (which opened in September 2021), Houston, Los Angeles, and Miami as well as New York JFK, Newark (in May 2021), San Francisco, Seattle (in May 2022), and Washington JFK.
Turkish Airlines is eager to expand to South America, adding Santiago and Rio de Janeiro, presumably on a one-stop basis, though it is not apparent how. Currently, it connects the continent’s Bogota, Buenos Aires, Caracas, and So Paulo cities. It recently began operating the first nonstop flights between Istanbul and Panama from anywhere in Latin America.
More to Europe and the CIS
Turkish Airlines has identified certain cities in Europe as key route targets, including Bergen, Kraków, Iasi (Romania), Timişoara (Romania), A Corua (close to Santiago de Compostela), Lankaran (Azerbaijan), Makhachkala (Russia), Nantes, Newcastle, Palermo, and A Corua (which it served between May 2013 and June 2016). The French city of Nantes is fascinating since Transavia France has been providing up to three weekly flights this winter starting October 2019.
The sixth CIS destination for Turkish Airlines would be Lankaran, the fourth-largest city in Azerbaijan and a city close to the Caspian Sea. It would join Tbilisi (Georgia), Ganja (Azerbaijan), Baku (Azerbaijan), Batumi (Georgia), and (Georgia). Notably, there is no location in Armenia. Although a few other airlines now run a few flights to Yerevan, that is because of the links with Turkey.
Newcastle would complement existing service to the city provided by airlines including Air France, British Airways, Emirates (who just marked 15 years of providing service to the Northeast England airport), KLM, and Lufthansa. Turkish Airlines would concentrate on the larger Turkey, Middle Eastern, Asian, and African markets for Newcastle.
More to Asia-Pacific
Turkish Airlines intends to increase its service in the Asia-Pacific region by adding Atyrau, Aktobe, Penang, Phnom Penh, Sialkot, and Sydney (often mentioned).
Air Astana and SCAT are currently serving Istanbul-Atyrau, while SCAT is in charge of Aktobe. Turkish Airlines, in contrast to those companies, would prioritise linking Kazakh cities to Europe and beyond. Indeed, the carrier considers Central Asia to be a crucial territory, and not simply because of their shared historical background.
It provides service to 13 towns in Central Asia this winter, including Aktau (Kazakstan), Almaty (Kazakstan), Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Bukhara (Uzbekistan), Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Fergana (Uzbekistan), Nur-Sultan (Kazakstan), Samarkand (Uzbekistan), Tashkent (U (Uzbekistan).
More to Africa and the Middle East
These are intriguing regions for Turkish Airlines because it has an expanding network there, just like Central Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This winter, there are 25 cities in the Middle East that are served, including the brand-new Kirkuk, which is its sixth city in Iraq, as well as about 49 cities in Africa.
Notable is Brazzaville. Brazzaville, located across the Congo River from the major city of Kinshasa, has yet to receive service from Emirates or Qatar Airways. Kinshasa has been served by Turkish Airlines for ten years. Even though it is one of the largest untapped African markets in Dubai, Emirates is unable to serve it since its current aircraft are too large. Turkish Airlines might establish a presence before their impending arrival.
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