TK CEO met with VIctoria Governor and Ambassador of Australia and announced TK desires to launch flights by the end of the year 3x weekly, provided they receive new widebodies as scheduled. The flights initially will be with a fuel stop. He asked his followers where TK should fly first, Sydney or Melbourne?

Source in Turkish: https://www.airporthaber.com/havacil...elburn-mu.html

Google Translated:

If the delivery of our new generation wide-body aircraft is carried out as promised by the manufacturers, we aim to start with 3 flights a week from Istanbul to Sydney or Melbourne before the end of 2023.

Both Sydney and Melbourne are two beautiful cities that have a great contribution to our country and our company. Flying to these destinations, even by connecting, will increase the quality of service we offer and reduce our "profit" a little. Despite this, in December of this year, there was a certain will in the senior management to increase the number of continents under our wings to six.
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Our main goal is to fly directly to both Sydney and Melbourne every day, with the production of a new generation of ultra-long range aircraft.