Turkish Airlines

[Kevin Farnell]

If I search FR24 for TK1968 and TK1970, both show as '32Q' on 20 Nov..

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Looks like Turkish are operating 2x Daily flights next summer.Including 2 different types of aircraft:
Mornings:B737
Evening:A321
Saying both of these aircraft on the Turkish website and google flights

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Turkish airlines goes 18 weekly summer 2024

 

[Jerry]

Turkish airlines goes 18 weekly summer 2024

Yep just seen Sean M on twitter post the good news!

 

[Brum X]

Awesome news, better get building that extension quicker then. Those 6 extra retail units in the old security hall will be full in no time.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Yep just seen Sean M on twitter post the good news!

Also got a bollocking for posting the news straight away.If it’s been made public then I have right to post it straight away

 

[A400]

Also got a bollocking for posting the news straight away.If it’s been made public then I have right to post it straight away

You can post if it’s made public but you should at least credit the source you have got it from.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

You can post if it’s made public but you should at least credit the source you have got it from.

Public on website or public when officially announced?

Please refer to this post on attributions to users on other websites or social media outlets.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Flights are bookable on TK website

 

[jfy1999]

According to Google flights:

3 daily flights on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The 3rd daily flight arrives at 12:10 and departs at 13:10.

The start date for this frequency increase appears to be June 11th.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Public on website or public when officially announced?

Please refer to this post on attributions to users on other websites or social media outlets.

If you got the information from a publicly accessible website then you have the right to post. It may help by stating the website the information was from, just to avoid any confusion.

If the information was from another source then it's only fair to give them credit. Someone like Seanm must put a huge amount of time and effort into doing what he does and definitely deserves the recognition.

Anyway, good to see the third flight finally added

 

[thunderchild]

Interesting timings - almost identical to the new Pegasus flights to SAW which operate Tue, Thurs & Sat! Four flights a day to Istanbul on those days. I remember the days when TK first launched they struggled with five weekly on A319s!

 

[mullion]

The market of THY and PGT is quite different so they live together OK, I was quite worried when PGT started up our way that they might struggle but now they are going to be SAW upto 3 daily plus AYT and Izmir and look how they have done at STN so I wouldn`t worry they can look after themselves. It doesnt seem long since if you wanted to see Turkish airliners you had to AMS or anywhere in Germany

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

You have to think about stopover flights.During COVID they suspended Turkmenistan and Pakistan flights. There must be a massive demand for them flights.21 weekly flights from both airports altogether shows proof that it’s stopover flights

 

[gulftraveller]

Flights to Turkmenistan were for transfers to ATQ, not because of point to point traffic BHX-ASB. PGT does not fly there and in Pakistan they fly only to Karachi. Demand for UK-Karachi flights is not great, with VFR passengers looking to travel from BHX to Islamabad. Do not underestimate the number of tourists flying from UK for holidays in Istanbul.

 

[laviation]

The entry restrictions for Turkmenistan aren’t much far off North Korea.

 

[Brum X]

The entry restrictions for Turkmenistan aren’t much far off North Korea.

Certainly not on my to do list, probably would be stoned to death

Oh well, Gran Canaria always welcomes me who needs Turkmenistan, ha

 

[Ray Finkle]

TURKISH AIRLINES TO INCREASE FROM 14 ISTANBUL FLIGHTS A WEEK TO 18

Turkish Airlines will offer Birmingham Airport (BHX) customers 18 flights a week to Istanbul (IST) from summer 2024, it was confirmed today.

Türkiye’s flag carrier currently serves this route twice a day (14 times a week). From June next year it will increase frequency to three times a day on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays while continuing its twice daily services on other days of the week.

Eren Ozturk Sales Manager from Turkish Airlines, said: “Customer demand from BHX to Istanbul is strong and growing stronger, so we’re pleased to be able to meet this demand with additional flights.”

Tom Screen, aviation director, added: “The popularity of Türkiye as a holiday destination continues to grow and we are seeing this strongly reflected in our customer number forecasts. More and more customers are also stopping in Istanbul before flying onwards to destinations on Turkish Airlines’ vast global network.”

In previous years, Turkish Airlines has flown twice daily to Istanbul in the summer before reducing to 10 a week in the winter months as demand dropped off.

This year, for the first time, it is maintaining its twice-daily service through the winter due to increased demand.

Forecasts of even greater demand next year have prompted the airline to increase summer frequency to 18 services a week.

https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/media-information/news/2023/12/turkish-airlines-to-increase-from-14-istanbul-flights-a-week-to-18/

 

[Nethercote2019]

TURKISH AIRLINES TO INCREASE FROM 14 ISTANBUL FLIGHTS A WEEK TO 18

Turkish Airlines will offer Birmingham Airport (BHX) customers 18 flights a week to Istanbul (IST) from summer 2024, it was confirmed today.

Türkiye’s flag carrier currently serves this route twice a day (14 times a week). From June next year it will increase frequency to three times a day on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays while continuing its twice daily services on other days of the week.

Eren Ozturk Sales Manager from Turkish Airlines, said: “Customer demand from BHX to Istanbul is strong and growing stronger, so we’re pleased to be able to meet this demand with additional flights.”

Tom Screen, aviation director, added: “The popularity of Türkiye as a holiday destination continues to grow and we are seeing this strongly reflected in our customer number forecasts. More and more customers are also stopping in Istanbul before flying onwards to destinations on Turkish Airlines’ vast global network.”

In previous years, Turkish Airlines has flown twice daily to Istanbul in the summer before reducing to 10 a week in the winter months as demand dropped off.

This year, for the first time, it is maintaining its twice-daily service through the winter due to increased demand.

Forecasts of even greater demand next year have prompted the airline to increase summer frequency to 18 services a week.

https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/media-information/news/2023/12/turkish-airlines-to-increase-from-14-istanbul-flights-a-week-to-18/

Plus of course using A321 is more seats than 737 … only a few but still more

 

[mullion]

20 odd extra