Turkish Airlines outlines EX-YU summer expansion
Turkish Airlines will be increasing its operations across the former Yugoslavia this coming summer season with plans to serve all capital cities in the region with at least two daily flights, while services to select destinations will exceed pre-pandemic levels. Furthermore, the airline is considering the addition of its ninth point in the former Yugoslavia next summer. The Turkish carrier is currently one of the largest in Europe, operating more flights than the likes of Lufthansa, Air France, KLM and British Airways. However, its operations are still down some 15% compared to the pre-pandemic era but the airline has been one of the quickest on the continent to restore destinations and frequencies.
Starting March 27, Turkish Airlines plans to serve both Belgrade and Sarajevo three times per day, each morning, afternoon and evening. As a result, the company will add an additional seven weekly rotations to the Serbian capital and restore its pre-pandemic frequencies to Sarajevo. In addition, its lower cost unit AnadoluJet will maintain two weekly flights from Ankara to Belgrade, three weekly services from Istanbul’s Sabiha Gocken Airport to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital, as well as up to one daily rotation from Antalya to Sarajevo, which will resume on May 4. At this point, AnadoluJet does not plan to resume its scheduled seasonal flights from Bodrum to Sarajevo, which were maintained last summer.
Turkish Airlines will run two daily flights from Istanbul to Pristina, Skopje, Zagreb and Ljubljana. In addition, AnadoluJet will restore three weekly rotations between Sabiha Gocken Airport and Pristina from April 1, while two weekly services from Bodrum will return on June 15. Meanwhile, the lower cost unit will restore flights from Antalya to Skopje at the start of the season, on March 28, and run ten weekly rotations between the two cities throughout the summer. On the other hand, flights from Bodrum to Skopje have not been scheduled, unlike last summer.
Turkish Airlines will run eleven weekly flights from its hub to Dubrovnik, while the carrier is also considering the introduction of four weekly services to Tivat, where it would compete directly against Air Montenegro, which maintains the route on a seasonal summer basis. For its part, the Turkish carrier said, “Turkish Airlines currently flies to every capital city in the region such as Belgrade, Sarajevo, Podgorica and Ljubljana. Before we decide on introducing a new route or increasing frequencies within our destination network, our team of experts conducts a number of studies focusing on various aspects and taking into account the performance of our existing destinations, which also plays a deciding role in our network expansion. In addition, it is important to take note of various changes on the market and have initiative".
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