ushuaia

http://airlineroute.net/2012/11/30/tk-scq-s13/

30NOV12

Turkish Airlines starting 21MAY13 will launch Istanbul Ataturk – Santiago de Compostela service, on board Airbus A319 aircraft. Service operates 3 times a week.

Schedule:
TK1319 IST0900 – 1245SCQ 319 257
TK1320 SCQ1350 – 1915IST 319 257

SCQ is TK’s 6th destination in Spain.

Dieuwer

Any idea when this route will start?

ushuaia

http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-in...cial/2012.aspx

07.12.2012

The Incorporation has decided to start operating scheduled flights; to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), N'Djamena (Chad), Kathmandu (Nepal), Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan), Juba (South Sudan), Lenkeran (Azerbaijan) and Friedrichshafen (Germany), subject to aircraft availability and obtaining the authorizations.

ushuaia

28.12.2012

The Incorporation has decided to start operating scheduled flights; to touristic town of Aqaba (Jordan), capital city of Bamako (Mali) and capital city of Bogota (Colombia), subject to aircraft availability and obtaining the authorizations.

Source:
Istanbul Stock Exchange
http://www.kap.gov.tr/yay/Bildirim/B...aspx?id=253427

ushuaia

As of December '12;
According to the recent official announcements, the new most probable destinations are as follows;

@ 2012 - http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-in...cial/2012.aspx
01- Abha - AHB (Saudi Arabia-SAU)
02- Aqaba - AQJ (Jordan-JOR)
03- Asmara - ASM (Eritrea-ERI)
04- Aswan - ASW (Egypt-EGY)
05- Bamako - BKO (Mali-MLI)
06- Bogota - BOG (Colombia-COL)
07- Boston - BOS (USA)
08- Caracas - CCS (Venezuela-VEN)
09- Colombo - CMB (Sri Lanka-LKA)
10- Constanta - CND (Romania-ROU)
11- Friedrichshafen - FDH (Germany-DEU)
12- Gassim - ELQ (Saudi Arabia-SAU)
13- Havana - HAV (Cuba-CUB)
14- Juba - JUB (South Sudan-SSD)
15- Kathmandu - KTM (Nepal-NPL)
16- Kharkiv - HRK (Ukraine-UKR)
17- Krakσw - KRK (Poland-POL)
18- Kuala Lumpur - KUL (Malaysia-MYS)
19- Lankaran - LLK (Azerbaijan-AZE)
20- Libreville - LBV (Gabon-GAB)
21- Luanda - LAD (Angola-AGO)
22- Luxembourg - LUX (Luxembourg-LUX)
23- Luxor - LXR (Egypt-EGY)
24- Malta - MLA (Malta-MLT)
25- Marseille - MRS (France-FRA)
26- Mazar-i Sharif - MZR (Afghanistan-AFG)
27- Mexico City - MEX (Mexico-MEX)
28- Montreal - YUL (Canada-CAN, Quebec-QUE)
29- N'Djamena - NDJ (Chad-TCD)
30- Salzburg - SZG (Austria-AUT)
31- San Francisco - SFO (USA)
32- Tallinn - TLL (Estonia-EST)
33- Vilnius - VNO (Lithuania-LTU)

Previous years announcements are as follows;

@ 2011 - http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-in...ouncement/2011
34- A Coruρa / La Coruρa - LCG (Spain-ESP, Galicia-GAL)
35- Abuja - ABV (Nigeria-NGA)
36- Kano - KAN (Nigeria-NGA)

@ 2010 - http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-in...ouncement/2010
37- Atlanta - ATL (USA)
38- Manila - MNL (Philippines-PHL)

@ 2008 - http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-in...ouncement/2008
39- Atyrau - GUW (Kazakhstan-KAZ)
40- Lahore - LHE (Pakistan-PAK)
41- Oran - ORN (Algeria-DZA)
42- Samara - KUF (Russia-RUS)

aw

Amen to that. Finally a decent transatlantic product for everyone.

starflyergold

On airlineroute:

PaulRO

What a list! No wonder people are complaining of inappropriate service levels!

Reminds me somewhat of Malaysian in the mid-1990s. (and of the 70s music hit and film in the UK: The Harder They Come, The Harder They Fall.)

Such non-organic growth never lasts. Can't. Not natural.
There is always someone, usually an insider, just waiting to pull the plug.

Wait and see, as one says.

A word to the board of TK. Your ambitions are high. That's fine. But paths are made by walking, not shouting. And a bit of listening. Example: Bamako has been going down the tubes for years, so sadly -- this is not a time to open. No-one told you? Or did you never ask? Exodus traffic never works.


- Paul

mecabq

Good point about Bamako. Now especially seems like not the best time.

But what do you mean by "non-organic"? TK seems to be looking at the same pattern as QR -- connecting under-served (or so the hypothesis goes) destinations with the network (as opposed to EK, which is more about adding frequencies and capacity to major destinations as much as adding new ones). They have the added ambition, it seems, of focusing on the Muslim world (some say that Fethullah Gulen seems to influence their route decisions, which might or might not be an interesting source of market intelligence.)

Still, one can't help but look at their ambitions as fanciful, especially given how slow they are to realize all of these preliminary announcements. And I also agree that capacity limitations at IST seem to be a constraint.

starflyergold

On airlineroute:

starflyergold

On airlineroute:

ushuaia

http://airlineroute.net/2013/01/18/tk-tllvno-jun13/

Turkish Airlines to Start Tallinn / Vilnius Service from June 2013

Update at 0700GMT 18JAN13

Turkish Airlines starting 11JUN13 expands operation to the Baltics, with the launch of 3 weekly Istanbul – Tallinn – Vilnius – Istanbul service, on board Airbus A319 aircraft. Reservation is now open.

TK1355 IST1100 – 1420TLL1520 – 1645VNO1745 – 2010IST 319 246

ushuaia

http://airlineroute.net/2013/01/18/tk-dackul-jun13/

Turkish Airlines Resumes Malaysia and Increase Bangladesh Service in S13

Update at 0740GMT 18JAN13

Turkish Airlines from April 2013 is resuming service to Malaysia, while increasing operation to Bangladesh from June 2013. Planned operation as follows.

Istanbul – Dhaka eff 05JUN13 Service increases from 5 weekly to daily, A330-200 operating
TK712 IST1820 – 0500+1DAC 332 D
TK713 DAC0620 – 1155IST 332 D

Istanbul – Kuala Lumpur eff 25APR13 Service resumes with 3 weekly A340-300 operation, 4 weekly from 18JUN13
TK060 IST0115 – 1650KUL 343 x257
TK061 KUL2315 – 0535+1IST 343 x257

TK last operated KUL service in 2002. From 25APR13 to 17JUN13, service operates Day 146

Bilguun

So TK's plan is to serve every single country in the world? I think they are pretty much close to cover all Asian and European capitals at least.

whiskey_sk

They still have MNL to cover...