By Ama Amankwah Baafi, Courtesy Turkish Airlines
TURKISH Airlines would introduce daily flights from Accra to Istanbul, Turkey, beginning July 5, 2012. The airline currently flies four times in a week.
The Managing Director of the airline’s Accra office, Mr. Engin Akbas, who disclosed this in an interview, said the decision to fly daily in Ghana to Istanbul was informed by the good business climate in the country.
The MD spoke to the paper after the airlines’ travelling and tour agents had completed a five-day familiarization tour to Turkey aimed at exposing them to the country.
Mr Akbas said the decision to fly daily from Ghana Istanbul was also in line with the company’s desire to increase its coverage of the African continent.
“Our target now is to cover Africa. We have chosen Africa over other continents because we have realised that Africa is now growing and that it is the best place to do business now because you see returns,” he said.
The airline presently flies to 20 destinations in Africa, while hoping to increase to 23 by the end of the year.
In line with that objective, Mr Akbas said Turkish Airlines will introduce new flights to Abidjan beginning from July 3, 2012 all aimed at increasing its flight capacity and brand presence in Africa.
Its latest destination in Africa – Kigali, Rwanda, – began about two weeks ago.
It was also the first airline to fly in Mogadishu, Somalia few months ago.
“We have plans to increase our plans to increase capacity in Abuja and Kano, both in Nigeria,” he added.
He disclosed further that the airline was making arrangements to introduce cargo flights following high demand for such services on the continent and added that Accra would be one of the desired destinations.
The airline which began operations in the country in 2011 currently has about 155 international destinations in addition to its 40 domestic flights 179 aircrafts.
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