Summary
- Turkish Airlines to begin flights to Melbourne on March 2, 2024, with a layover in Singapore.
- Turkish’s operations expanded in 2023 with 29 latest aircraft, aiming to supply direct flights after layovers.
- Melbourne Airport and Turkish Airlines each eagerly anticipate upcoming flights, encouraging travel growth.
Turkish Airlines inaugurated flights to Melbourne today. The flight saw a layover in Singapore before touching down in Australia.
Turkish Airlines scaling up its operations
Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s flight carrier, has seen its operations widen from Asia through Oceania over the past 12 months. In the midst of doing that, it added 29 aircraft to its fleet.
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The Airlines That Added The Most Aircraft To Fleets In 2023
Of the 1,345 aircraft delivered in 2023, over 1 / 4 were delivered to only seven airlines.
In 2023 alone, the airline took delivery of 29 aircraft, which were an admixture of Airbus A320neo family jets, Airbus A350-900, and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.
Consequently of Turkish Airlines’ effort, coupled with other initiatives to spice up aviation activity within the country, this nation, which is one of the crucial visited on this planet, ranked third in Europe for total passenger numbers. When it comes to the numbers worldwide, it was placed sixth. Turkish carried 84 million passengers in 2023, which was an increase of 16% in comparison with the previous 12 months.
Details of the Turkish airline’s flight to Melbourne
The flight from Istanbul to Melbourne could have a duration of around 20 hours. The layover (of around 90 minutes) will happen in Singapore. After the delivery of the brand new aircraft, nevertheless, the flights to Melbourne can be direct ones.
Even though it was initially thought that the 300-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner could be the aircraft involved within the operations, the 349-seat 777-300ER flew to Melbourne. The brand new aircraft will operate 3 times every week, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Eventually, Turkish can be flying to Melbourne on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
In response to Flightradar24, TK168 left Istanbul at 17:55 on Friday and landed in Singapore around 9 hours and 45 minutes later at 08:41 on Saturday. Registration TC-LJF then left Singapore at 10:53, landing in Melbourne 6 hours and 51 minutes later at 20:45.
The actual schedule for future flights is as follows:
- Istanbul to Singapore: TK168, 17:30-08:50+1 (10h 20m)
- Singapore to Melbourne: TK168, 10:20-20:40 (7h 20m)
- Melbourne to Singapore: TK169, 22:30-03:00+1 (7h 30m)
- Singapore to Istanbul: TK169, 04:30-11:15 (11h 45m)
Melbourne Airport and Turkish Airlines are buoyant
The capital city of Victoria and the second most populous city within the nation, Melbourne, will welcome Turkish Airlines on the Melbourne Airport. Jim Parashos, the Chief of Aviation at the Melbourne Airport, commented:
“We’re thrilled to welcome Turkish Airlines to Melbourne, not only due to its world-renowned hospitality, but additionally due to the latest possibilities it enables for travellers. Türkiye is already a well-liked holiday destination, but we expect these latest flights will encourage more Australians to explore what the country has to supply, while also enticing more people to go to our incredible a part of the world.”
On condition that Melbourne is home to Australia’s largest Turkish community, the undeniable fact that this city was chosen by Turkish Airlines as the primary of its Australian destinations may not have been a surprise to many individuals. Melbourne is thought to be the sporting capital and was also awarded because the “Sports City of the Decade.” Town can also be thought to be the cultural capital of Australia.
Only last month, town housing the Melbourne airport became the primary capital city within the nation to see the next variety of international passengers than within the pre-pandemic. Jim Parashos further said that the announcement of flights to Melbourne from Turkey further cemented the post-COVID recovery.
Turkish Airlines also expressed its delight on the operations in Australia.
“Today marks the exciting debut of our Melbourne flights, soaring into the skies from IGA Istanbul Airport…for the very first time! With boundless enthusiasm for connecting Istanbul to all 6 continents, we wish you an exhilarating flight.”
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