Turkish Airlines
Turkish returns to South Africa
Turkish Airlines resumed services to South Africa this week following a 5-year hiatus. The airline now serves Cape Town via Johannesburg 3x per week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays using A332 aircraft.
TK080 IST - JNB: 2320 - 0910
TK080 JNB - CPT:1030 - 1240
TK081 CPT - JNB: 1720 - 1930
TK081 JNB - IST: 2025 - 0605
Kenya Airways to codeshare with Turkish Airlines
Kenya Airways and Turkish Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement that will see the latter placing its code on KQ’s 3x per week flights between Nairobi and Istanbul. Furthermore, the agreement allows for KQ to increase its frequency to 5x per week.
Turkish Airlines posts schedules to Addis Ababa, Khartoum and Lagos
Turkish Airlines’ expansion into Africa, which was announced last year to include services to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, Khartoum in Sudan and Lagos in Nigeria, sees the following schedules out of Istanbul.
Khartoum and Addis Ababa - Mondays and Thursdays
TK1146 IST - KRT: 1700 - 2120
TK1146 KRT - IST: 2220 - 0020
TK1147 ADD - KRT: 0150 - 0350
TK1147 KRT - IST: 450 - 910Lagos - Thursdays and Saturdays
TK1123 IST - LOS: 1715 - 2155
TK1124 LOS - IST: 2355 - 755
Turkish Airlines to open new African routes
Turkish Airlines has indicated that having an outstanding order of 59 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, it is to open 23 new routes begining next year to bring its international destinations to 102 cities. Among these new routes are the African cities of Lagos (Nigeria), Khartoum (Sudan) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).
