Turkish Airlines is to start Detroit from Istanbul Airport, with three weekly flights expected to start out on November fifteenth. It disclosed plans for the route in November 2021. When writing this text on June eleventh, no further details are known, but that can change soon.
Turkish Airlines to Detroit
Long anticipated, Detroit seems an obvious selection for Turkish Airlines. Yes, it just isn’t a Star Alliance hub, however the metro population has a big Levant population, which Royal Jordanian has served for a few years. Turkish Airlines is well-placed geographically to capitalize on this, including Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel, an important markets.
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It is going to also goal the broader Middle East, with Iraq especially critical: it’s the second-largest immigrant group in Detroit’s metro area. Other vital targets include the Balkans, notably Albania, with Turkish offering minimal backtracking and high frequencies. Then there’s North Africa, with Egypt key.
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In South Asia, Bangladesh might be vital: Detroit has one among the best Bangladeshi-US populations. Obviously, India is the most important country market of all relevant nations Turkish could goal. Nevertheless, given Turkish’s minimal India network (it only serves Delhi and Mumbai with its own metal, with partner IndiGo serving them too) it won’t be too reliant on it.
Detroit’s top markets
It’s value taking a look at Detroit’s hottest point-to-point markets by passenger traffic (excluding Western Europe, the Far East, etc.), whether Turkish serves them or not. They’re as follows, based on pre-pandemic 2019 numbers.
- Beirut: 40,000 roundtrip passengers
- Mumbai: 24,000
- Amman: 23,000
- Tel Aviv: 22,000
- Delhi: 20,000
- Bengaluru: 17,000 (unserved by TK’s own metal)
- Chennai: 16,000 (unserved by TK’s own metal)
- Hyderabad: 15,000 (unserved by TK’s own metal)
- Tirana: 14,000
- Cairo: 12,000
- Dubai: 12,000
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thirteenth US destination
When Detroit begins, it can be the carrier’s thirteenth destination within the USA. As of June eleventh, it plans 106 weekly US departures in November, a mean of 15 times day by day.
It cements the US as Turkish’s third most-served international country from its Istanbul Airport hub, behind Germany (215 departures) and Italy (123). The latter has benefited from the May fifth launch of Catania.
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Subject to alter, its US network this November is as follows:
- JFK: 17 weekly
- Los Angeles: 12 weekly
- Miami: 11 weekly
- Chicago O’Hare: 10 weekly
- San Francisco: 10 weekly
- Dallas Fort Price: day by day (began September 2021)
- Houston Intercontinental: day by day
- Seattle: day by day (May 2022)
- Washington Dulles: day by day
- Atlanta: five weekly
- Boston: five weekly
- Newark: five weekly (May 2021)
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