joorinainen

It also says in the beginning of the article: "After failing to secure Fifth Freedom Rights from Bangkok, Turkey�s national flag carrier, Turkish Airlines (THY), has decided to fly to the Philippine capital direct beginning winter of 2011."

Confusing.

jexelot

I wish this will be soon. They have to load the availability before xmas :-)

Mr. Roboto

One need's to not rely solely on one article (especially from a blog post).

THY opens Manila office with eye to direct flights from İstanbul

Quote:

"THY’s Manila office is currently cooperating with Philippine Airlines to offer flights from Manila to İstanbul via Hong Kong. According to that cooperation, passengers first take a Philippine Airlines plane to Hong Kong and then a direct THY flight to İstanbul. They can buy tickets for both flights at THY’s office in the Philippine capital......"

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THY, Manila'da ofis a�tı

Quote:

"Şu anda THY olarak bilet satışımız ger�ekleşiyor, u�uşumuz Filipin Havayolları ile Hong Kong'a kadar, oradan da THY'ye bağlıyoruz...."

joorinainen

That clarifies things greatly. Hopefully this route is opening soon and we will get some juicy fares! Anyone know when TK is going to receive those 739's so MNL could get the widebodies?

tcm

The start of direct flights to MNL has nothing to do with the 739ERs. The remaining 2 777ERs on order will be delivered by end year and this is when MNL will be served. The 739ERs will relief some of the A330s. BTW, you guys should work on your reading comprehension

joorinainen

Bad day at the office? 739ERs will release some widebodies to other destinations outside Africa and in my opinion the 77W are going to fill up the existing routes because they are upping frequencies on several 77W routes. They are running out of widebodies soon if they keep expanding.

tcm

Look, with all respect, there are no 77W routes that the 739ER will replace on the TK network. The 739ERs will free up some 330s and will be utilized to expand the African network. My day gets bad when I read posts with nonsense , no offense intended

joorinainen

Talking about reading comprehension, where did i say so? I don't want to start any argument over this matter but it's nice to discuss and follow TK expanding and even throw some opinions & ideas in the air.

tcm

There is no problem is sharing and discussing our ideas. However, when we throw ideas and opinions around that are based on our limited knowledge, we risk devaluing the forum. My sincere advise to you is to re-read some of replies you have posted in this thread and on the TK forum and do some reflection. Anyway, TK is starting MNL this winter and I wish you a plesant day.

whiskey_sk

Until MNL is flown directly from IST it is useless to M&M people like myself. Connecting flights to MNL (even on *A metal, which is not the case if flying HKG-MNL) can be had today via BKK or SIN. Let's hope the direct flights are here really soon!

ushuaia

http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-IN...cial/2011.aspx

05.08.2011
The Incorporation has decided to extend Istanbul-Sao Paulo-Istanbul route to Buenos Aires in the year 2011, based on aircraft availability and upon obtaining the Civil Aviation authorizations.

joorinainen

WOW! This is great news! Hopefully it will materialize soon!

Travelite

If that happens would be a great route and of course destination.
It could have lot of chances as there are no other flights from around here to Buenos Aires ...hope will come true

tcm

Much sooner than I anticipated. EZE is a route that was on the agenda for quite a while now and should prove to be quite a success. TK likes to start new destinations as a tag-on and after establishing themselves serve them directly. Smart move.

joorinainen

GRU as a destination hasn't been on the top of my "to-do-list" but it's certainly more attractive when i could sample EZE also. When seeking more information about this matter i stumbled upon this:

Air Services Agreement Was Signed With Mexico

The representatives of the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Mexico have reached an agreement following the civil aviation negotiations held on 22-23 June 2011 in Ankara.
Negotiations headed by Bilal EKŞİ on behalf of Turkish Government and Salvador Retena ROZANO on behalf of Mexican Delegation have resulted in the agreement to enable the airlines to be designated by the Contracting Parties operate air services to any point in both countries.
According to the agreement the airlines to be designated by the Contracting Parties are going to be able to operate unlimited passenger and cargo services to any point in both countries from Lisbon and Porto with fifth freedom traffic rights.

Source: http://web.shgm.gov.tr/dgca.php?page...1&news_id=1758

Certainly seem's interesting!