Turkish Airlines plans major flights boost
Istanbul, August 25, 2011
Turkish Airlines, the national carrier of Turkey, will increase the frequencies of its flights to a number of international destinations including Donetsk, Kiev, Odessa, Washington DC and Los Angeles.
The current twice-weekly schedule to Donetsk (Ukraine) will be doubled to four, operating on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays as from September 9.
On September 12 the schedules to both Kiev and Odessa will also be increased, with 12 weekly services to Kiev and 11 each week to Odessa, increasing connections to and from these cities.
Flights to both Washington, DC and Los Angeles will each gain an additional frequency. As from August 30, Los Angeles will add a Wednesday flight resulting in five weekly services. As from the August 29, flights to Washington, DC will grow from 5 to 6 weekly, operating daily except Saturday.
Flights between Istanbul and Lviv, suspended due to runway maintenance, are resuming today (August 25), and will operate three times weekly, on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays. – TradeArabia News Service