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  • Turkish Airlines records 85.6 % load factor in August

    Turkish Airlines has announced the results of passenger and cargo traffic in August achieving the highest monthly load factor in its history with 85.6 per cent.

    On top of the strong base effect of August 2017, growth in the number of passengers, revenue per kilometer and load factor, is an important indicator of the continued growing interest in Turkey and Turkish Airlines.

    According to August 2018 Traffic Results; the passenger growth trend continued in August, thus total number of passengers carried went up by 2.4 per cent  reaching 7.6 million passengers, and Load Factor went up to 86 per cent.

    Also, in August 2018, Total Load Factor improved by 1.3 points, with a minimal increase of 0.5 per cent  in capacity Available Seat Kilometer, while international Load Factor increased by 1.1 points to 85.3 per cent , domestic Load Factor increased by 2.4 points to 87.6 per cent.

    Excluding international-to-international transfer passengers (transit passengers), number of international passengers went up by 3.4 per cent.

    In August, cargo/mail volume continued the double digit growth trend and increased by 21 per cent, compared to the same period of 2017. Main contributors to the growth in cargo/mail volume, are North America with 32 per cent  increase, Europe with 24 per cent  increase, Far East with 22 per cent  increase and Middle East with 18 per cent  increase. Far East, Domestic Lines and N. America showed load factor growth of 3.1 points, 2.3 points, 2.2 points and 2.1 points, respectively.

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    According to the January-August 2018 Traffic Results; there was an increase in demand and total number of passengers which was 12 per cent and 13 per cent respectively. Over the same period of last year, total number of passengers reached to 51 million.

    Also, during January-August, total Load Factor improved by 3.4 points up to 82 per cent. While international Load Factor increased by approximately 4 points exceeding 81 per cent  domestic Load Factor went up by  two points exceeding 85 per cent , thus recording the highest load factor in Turkish Airlines history for the period of January-August.

    Excluding international-to-international transfer passengers (transit passengers), number of international passengers went up significantly by 16 per cent. Cargo/mail carried during the seven months increased by 26 per cent and reached 898 thousand tons.

  • Turkish Airlines launches partnership with Warner Bros

    Turkish Airlines has launched a new animated safety video, featuring popular characters from The LEGO Movie franchise in surprising new roles.

    The custom-animated safety video for Turkish Airlines was created by the teams who assembled The LEGO Movie, The LEGO Batman Movie, The LEGO NINJAGO Movie and the highly anticipated sequel The LEGO Movie 2 which is due in cinemas beginning February 2019. In partnership with Warner Bros, the safety video will be shown on all flights and will also debut online.

    The safety video, which is the first LEGO safety video ever made, demonstrates step-by-step safety procedures to passengers in a fun, unique style–complete with sensible airline-approved humour, celebrity cameos and an unforgettable song and dance number.

    Turkish Airlines is proud to have one of the youngest fleets in the world and strives to achieve the best in aviation safety standards.  Whether frequent travellers or first-time fliers, the video aims to inform and entertain passengers, alongside an extensive selection of movies, TV shows, music and games available in different languages on the in-flight entertainment system.

    The safety video will mark the beginning of the biggest partnership guaranteed to entertain and delight, hinting there is much more to come from the Turkish Airlines and LEGO Movie franchise alliance. Leading up to the worldwide release of The LEGO Movie 2, Turkish Airlines will roll-out a global TV campaign film themed Wrapped Airplanes

  • Turkish Airlines posts $258 million net profit for first half of 2018

    Turkish Airlines total revenue increased significantly during the first half of the year approximately by 30 percent compared to the same period of last year, reaching USD 6 billion.

    Thus, having displayed a remarkable growth performance in 2017, Turkish Airlines managed to increase both passenger and cargo revenue in the first half of 2018.

    During the first half of the year, Turkish Airlines managed to increase net operating profit up from USD 17 million to USD 258 million, due to the increasing demand and unit revenues despite the increasing fuel prices.

    In the first half of the year, EBITDAR (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and rent), which is used as a cash generation indicator, stood at USD 1.28 billion, with a 38 percent increase. EBITDAR margin improved by 1,5 percentage points to 21,5 percent. This value is the highest first half EBITDAR value that Turkish Airlines, that continues to be one of the most profitable airlines in the sector, has so far achieved.

    During the first half of the year, total Load Factor climbed 4,3 percentage points to 80.4 per cent , recording the highest load factor in Turkish Airlines history for the first half. During the same period, increase in total number of passengers carried, capacity (available seat kilometer) and demand (revenue per kilometer) was 18 percent, nine percent and 16 percent, respectively, over the same period of last year. Turkish Airlines carried more than 35 million passengers during this period. According to International Air Transport Association (IATA) first five month figures, the global aviation sector realized capacity growth of six percent and demand growth of seven percent.

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    Turkish Airlines, which continues to strengthen its identity as a leading global airline with its ever-expanding flight network and the implementation of other significant investments, currently operates flights to 49 domestic and 255 international destinations, a total of 304 destinations in 122 countries, along with Freetown, Samarkand, Krasnodar and Moroni, which have launched within this year. The fleet of Turkish Airlines, one of the youngest and most modern in the world, operates a total of 325 aircraft, comprising 215 narrow body, 92 wide body and 18 cargo aircraft, as of today.

    Investing in the most advanced and environmentally friendly new generation aircraft, Turkish Airlines aims to reach a fleet of 500 aircraft by 2023.

    Targeting to become one of the world’s largest air cargo carriers, Turkish Cargo forms a wide corridor from Asia to Africa and Europe to Latin America. In the first half of 2018, Turkish Cargo managed to increase not only the amount of cargo carried by 28 percent, compared to the same period of last year, up to approximately 660 thousand tons, but also the cargo revenue by 35 percent, up to USD 784 million.

    Despite the strong global competitive environment, economic and political uncertainties in the nearby region and severe operating conditions due to the fuel price and currency fluctuations, Turkish Airlines, having around 52 thousand employees with its subsidiaries, continues to generate successful results and will continue its trend in the sustainable growth path as the global brand of Turkey.

  • Turkish Airlines signs pact for wildlife protection

    Turkish Airlines signs pact for wildlife protection

    Amid the renewed fight to protect wildlife, a European carrier, Turkish Airlines, has expressed its commitment to tackling illegal wildlife trade with its resolve to increase its passengers, customer, client, and staff awareness about the  consequences of illegal wildlife trade.

    To further strengthen the awareness, the Airline says it is developing mechanisms that will enable the transport sector receive timely information about the transport of suspected illegal wildlife and their products, including methods of transportation, key routes, ports and other locations.

    Such information, Turkish Airlines further revealed, will be made available to relevant customs and law enforcement authorities, where permitted by law; just as it plans to support the development of mechanisms by the World Customs Organisation and national customs authorities to aid the detection and prevention of trade in illegal wildlife and their products.

    Turkish Airlines Deputy Chairman and CEO, Mr. Bilal Eki, disclosed this at the signing ceremony of the United for Wildlife Buckingham Palace Declaration (UFW), where parties in attendance pledged zero-tolerance regarding the illegal wildlife trade.

    “With this declaration, we as Turkish Airlines are not only underlining one of the most important environmental issues of our times, that is, trafficking of wildlife, but we are also setting an example of responsibility. Today with this signature we hope that we are contributing to the level of awareness on the issue and smoothing the path for legal enforcement procedures against the traffickers,” he said.

    Eksi noted that governments alone could not curb this phenomenum, and, therefore, called on international organisations, more importantly airlines, who are key players in the international wildlife trade, to play a more important role in preserving the wildlife diversity in global economy.

    Wildlife is a very important component of the ecosystem and it is expedient to stop its illegal trade in order to conserve wildlife for posterity and ecological balance. It is important to note that different species in nature are connected through various food webs, and the disappearance of one species could affect several others down the line. The need for innovative solutions and improved data to facilitate interventions to stop illegal wildlife trade has been noted by the United Nations and USAID-supported Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge. Organisations with the power and influence to effect change should take it upon themselves to champion this intiative helping to secure a safer future for not only the human species but also to wildlife, including plants.

    “The illegal wildlife trade threatens to extinguish many of the world’s most iconic and special creatures, forcing them to the brink of extinction and threatening our global biodiversity. This illegal activity has deeper socio-economic impact, fuelling organised crime, undermining the prosperity of economies and feeding insecurity across the globe,” Eksi said.

    In Nigeria, stakeholders in the environmental protection movements are worried that it is a common sight in the country to see hawkers displaying for sale the remains of various animals killed in the course of hunting. Rural as well as some urban communities in the country have gone as far as legalising the hunting and killing of wildlife to the extent that certain days are set aside every year in various communities for hunting.

  • Turkish Airlines posts $939m Q3 profit

    Turkish Airlines recorded operating net profit of $939 million in third quarter 2017, the highest third quarter performance in the history of the company.

    There was a 23 per cent increase on total revenues compared to the same period of 2016, reaching $3.6 billion. The nine-monthly average on total revenues stood at $8.2 billion, an increase of eight per cent. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased 90 per cent to $1.5 billion.  The 41 per cent EBITDA margin confirms the Airlines’ position amongst the most profitable airlines of the industry.

    Chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee, Turkish Airlines,  Ýlker Aycý said the net profit recorded in the third quarter 2017 clearly demonstrated the capacity of the company to generate cash.

    “As the Turkish Airlines family with our common aim to become one of the leading five star airlines of the world, we will continue this growth trend without ever compromising form our service quality. As largest exporter of Turkey, our march will continue to position Istanbul as a major hub for international airport,” Ayci said.

    The results also showed that with 81.5 per cent, Turkish Airlines this year reached the highest September occupancy capacity over the past five years. The company’s occupancy capacity increased by 17 per cent compared to third quarter of 2016, with the airline serving 21.3 million passengers. The nine-monthly average reached 79 per cent occupancy reaching 52 million passengers. Financial measures applied translated as six per cent decrease in the nine-monthly operational costs.

    Turkish Cargo increased destinations from 55 to 72 by third quarter 2017, loading up to 294 thousand tonnes of cargo, an increase of 29 per cent. Turkish Cargo also increased revenues by almost 40 per cent to $343 million, riding on the wave of industry applause that won it the “Best Air Cargo Carrier in Asia” award.

    Along with the new destinations of 2017 such as Samara and Phuket, the number of destinations served by the flag carrier reached 300 in third quarter of 2017, including 49 domestic and 251 international destinations in 120 countries. The fleet of Turkish Airlines, one of the youngest globally, includes 223 narrow body planes, 90 wide body planes and 16 cargo planes, a total of 329 aircrafts.

     

  • Turkish Airlines extends stopover service to Nigerian passengers

    Turkish Airlines has extended its ‘Stopover’ service to include transfer passengers departing from Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Australia, Algeria, South Africa and Nigeria travelling to selected destinations.

    The destinations include :  United States, Europe, South America,  United Kingdom,  Ireland, the Far East, Middle East, North Africa and Asia.

    According to the airline, passengers  travelling from Algeria, South Africa and Nigeria will have more than 20 hours of connection time in Istanbul.

    The airline said the service was previously offered to passengers departing from Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Australia.

    According to the airline, passengers  will receive an accommodation voucher from Turkish Airlines’ authorised staff after booking their flight.

    Using the voucher,  the airline said economy class passengers will receive a one  night stay at a 4-star hotel; and business class passengers a two night stay at a 5-star hotel in Sultanahmet and Taksim; popular neighbourhoods widely regarded as the central points of Istanbul.

    Ahmet Olmustur, Turkish Airlines’ Chief Marketing Officer, said: “After receiving a positive response from our passengers we are excited to extend our ‘Stopover’ programme to more countries. We want to provide our passengers an opportunity to experience Turkish hospitality and other attractions that the beautiful city of Istanbul has to offer. We are confident that our passengers will benefit from our service and will make the most out of it.”

    Olmustur said Turkish Airlines will continue to introduce measures to further improve customer satisfaction rates. Hesaid the global carrier picked up the world’s “Best Business Class Lounge Dining” Skytrax award in 2017 for the third consecutive year according to this year’s survey results.

    According to the results of the global survey, the customer satisfaction rate for the food & beverage services that Turkish Airlines offer at the Lounge has increased by seven per cent  to 89 per cent .

     

  • ‘Why Turkish Airlines can’t sign code share agreement with Nigeria’

    Turkish Airlines is  disposed to signing a code share agreement with Nigeria, but for the lack of a functional national carrier, Country Manager for Turkish Airlines in Nigeria, Mr. Tarkan Ince, has said.

    He said in Lagos that Turkish Airlines and Copa Airlines had begun code share flights between Europe and Latin America.

    According to Ince, ”We have had many code sharing deals with many national carriers across the world and we would have loved to strike similar deal in Nigeria. This would have facilitated more flexible flight operations between Nigeria and other countries where Turkish Airlines has flight rights.”

    He, however, noted that the fact that Nigeria does not have a national carrier makes it impossible for foreign airlines to have effective codeshare agreements.

    Meanwhile, with the new codeshare agreement between Turkish Airlines and Copa Airlines, passengers from several destinations in Latin America and Europe will enjoy seamless connections through the carriers’ ideally located hubs in Panama (Americas), and in Turkey, the bridge country that connects the East and the West.

    Copa Airlines, subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A., and Turkish Airlines, both members of Star Alliance, the leading global airline network, signed a Codeshare Agreement which will offer passengers more flight options with seamless connections through Copa’s Hub of the Americas, in Panama City, and Turkish’s seamless gateway to Europe through the company’s Hub, in Istanbul, Turkey

    The strategic Hub of the Americas of Copa Airlines, in Panama City, will allow passengers coming from Istanbul fast and efficiently connect to 74 destinations in America and the Caribbean, including the most important cities of the region

  • Turkish airlines provide help to Somalia

    Turkish airlines provide help to Somalia

    As a global carrier and Turkish brand, Turkish Airlines takes pride in being the airline that flies to the most countries in the world, and that delivers an experience deeply-rooted in the legendary hospitality for which our nation is known.

    So Turkish Airlines listened when a humanitarian aid campaign that began completely organically on social media and called on our company – as the only airline that flies to Somalia – to use our global network and reputation for hospitality to help the people of Somalia.

    Jerome Jarre, a French social media star with 1.3 million followers on Twitter, drew attention to the hunger and drought in Somalia with his video, viewed 2.5 million times, calling for our help with the hashtag #TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia, on Wednesday, March 15.  Following this call for action, high-profile Twitter accounts including Hollywood star Ben Stiller added their voices to the call for Turkish Airlines to support this campaign.

    The #TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia campaign was immediately noticed and followed closely by our Directorate, and within the hour we had contacted Jerome by telephone. Turkish Airlines has worked with the popular French YouTuber in previous years on past digital projects.

    After responding that Turkish Airlines would like to answer their call quickly, Jerome and 5 friends from New York created content with the hashtag #TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia, and then #LoveArmyforSomalia. The team of 6 had a network of more than 10 million followers and a primary purpose to raise social awareness globally, with their supporters snowballing in a few days to generate 1.3 billion potential views around the world.

    Following these developments, Turkish Airlines got involved in the project with its post “We love Somalia. We got the call for this meaningful flight” on Thursday, March 16 on its local and global Twitter accounts.

    “On Friday, March 17 – within two days of the start of the #TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia hashtag – we granted official consent for carriage of 200-tonns of aid throughout 6 months, and transportation of the first 60-ton aid by a cargo flight dedicated to this campaign, which we announced via video captioned “Ready for take-off to help Somalia” on our Twitter and Facebook accounts.

    Following Turkish Airlines’ commitment to fly aid to Somalia, the social media stars launched a financial support campaign on “gofundme.com” to raise funds for the basic needs. With the goal of $2 million USD, the campaign has raised $1.8 million USD from 66,000 donors in just three days.

    Reaching millions of people in just a few days, this humanitarian aid campaign will undoubtedly provide contributions to Somalia.

     

  • Turkish Airlines gets awards

    Turkish Airlines gets awards

    Europe’s Best Airline Turkish Airlines has won gold in one of the most-coveted global advertising awards – Epica Awards.

    The airline’s blockbuster award-winning “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” advertising campaign made a cameo with its Boeing 777 aircraft.

    The idea was to claim that Turkish Airlines was flying to the movie’s imaginary cities of Gotham City and Metropolis. Outside the on-screen reality, Turkish Airlines was committed to the unveiling of innovative movie-themed experiences that gave fans around the world the possibility to look into the world of the iconic superheroes, including the possibility for travellers to “book” flights to the airline’s two “new” additions to its route network.

    Turkish Airlines was awarded under the Product & Brand Integration category, which awards “operations promoting branded products or services via appearances in pre-existing films, television shows or other media, enabling brands to gain or reinforce status from the context in which they are placed.”

    ”We are proud of this prize that shows Turkish Airlines’ commitment in offering always new delightful and unexpected experiences to its passengers and followers worldwide,” Turkish Airlines’ Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Ahmet Olmutur, said.

  • Turkish Airlines to increase flights, routes

    Turkish Airlines plans to increase the number of routes and flights it offers in Nigeria.

    The  airline’s  Vice President, Mr. Said Samil Karakas,  at a briefing at the weekend in  Istanbul,  said: “We currently offer the largest number of origin and destination  pairs in Africa – a total of 11,472 origin-to-destination pairs on the African continent.

    “Within Africa, we do 2,448 Origin and destination; Africa to Europe 5,184; Africa to the Middle East 1,632; Africa to the Far East 1,632; and Africa to America 576, which brings our total to 11,472 Origin and destinations.

    ‘’No other airline in the world covers Africa like we do nor are they as well-priced as we are.”

    Karakas added that Turkish Airlines  currently fly from three locations in Nigeria,including, Lagos, Abuja and Kano.

    He said the airline would like to also fly from Port Harcourt and a few other locations.

    He said: ”In addition to that, the airline also wants to double its daily flights in and out of the three current locations. These requests, Karakas said, have since been tabled before the presidency as well as the aviation ministry.”