FROM next year, Turkish
Airlines will offer daily
direct flights from Cape
Town to Istanbul and
Johannesburg to Istanbul,
splitting the current
service that operates
to/from Cape Town via
Johannesburg.
Both services will
use A330-300 aircraft,
doubling present capacity
on the South African route,
effective October 26. “Our
load factors are very high
and agents are supporting
the demand,” Turkish
Airlines commercial
manager, Ibrahim Ethem
Ozdemir told TNW.
“Most of the business
on these routes is
transit passengers,”
says Muhammed Mehdi
Tunc, gm of Turkish
Airlines South Africa.
“From Istanbul, we fly to
around 100 destinations
in Europe and 42
destinations in Africa. We
also fly to New York.”
For international transit
passengers whose waiting
time is between 09h00
and 18h00, the airline
offers free ‘Touristanbul’
packages at no extra
charge. No reservations
are needed; guests can
sign up at the ‘Hotel
Desk’ at the airport after
customs control. A guide
will host them on a city
tour of three or six hours
(with meals included) and
return them to the airport
in time for their flight.
Muhammed added
that the airline was
planning to expand its
African operation further,
including new routes to
Nigeria (Abuja) and Angola
(Luanda).
Turkish Airlines to fly direct to CPT
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