Turkish Airlines boosts Dubai capacity
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Turkish Airlines recently announced launch of daily flights to Dubai from Sabiha Gokcen International Airport.
Effective 25 December 2015, the airline will start flying from Istanbul’s second international airport to Dubai.
The airline currently flies 14 weekly flights to Dubai from Istanbul Ataturk Airport. The inclusion of seven additional flights per week from and to Sabiha Gokcen, will increase capacity on routes to Dubai by nearly 50%.
From March 2016, the airline will increase its weekly flights to 10 per week between Dubai and Sabiha Gokcen, further increasing frequencies and capacity.
Emre Ismailoglu, general manager, Dubai and Northern Emirates, Turkish Airlines, said: “The local market in Dubai, and UAE in general, continues to generate strong sales.”
Until third quarter of 2015, passengers carried from the UAE increased by 2.2%, to approximately 320,000. Business class passengers increased by 6.3% for the same period whilst available seat kilometres (ASK) increased by 3.2% as compared to 2014.
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