In the end, it was on Melbourne that the choice fell to Turkish Airlines for its first Australia. Three weekly frequencies will be offered with a technical stop at Singapore until the Turkish airline received its first Airbus A 350-1000. Including this stop, the flight Istanbul-Melbourne will last 19 hours. Fares are already available by machine. While this opening has benefited from the support of the State of Victoria and Melbourne airport, other Australian destinations will follow, according to the company, including Sydney.
Four flights a week from Strasbourg
Melbourne will be the 346th destination (and Australia the 130th country) from Turkish Airlines which has also reopened Osakain Japan on 15 December, as well as the Seychelles. The company is also gradually increasing its frequencies to a number of destinations including China, Madagascar and the France where it will be increased to 4 flights a week between Istanbul and Strasbourgthe company serves 6 other airports (Paris-CDG of course, with up to 8 daily flights, but also Nice, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse and Bordeaux).
Relying on its gigantic Istanbul airport, a veritable hub, Turkish Airlines is setting its sights high with 450 aircraft ordered and a target fleet of 1,000 aircraft by 2030. In the meantime, the carrier, which operates some 1,300 flights a day, has carried 83 million passengers by 2023That's as many as the population of Turkey!
