Posted by meb at August 15th, 2008

Turkish Airlines, or THY, enjoyed strong growth in the first seven months of the year, enjoying record growth after a partnership with Star Alliance commenced in April.

Turkish Airlines, or THY, grew 11 percent in domestic lines, 20 percent in international lines and 15.4 percent in total within the first seven months of the year, Temel Kotil, general manager of THY, announced in Istanbul on Tuesday. “Joining Star Alliance, whose member carriers transport some 30 percent of all air travelers in the world, in April, provided a 42.9 percent record increase in the number of transit passengers of THY in the first seven months of 2008,” said Kotil. “The income from sales constituted 73 percent of the aggregate sales last year. This figure increased to 75 percent in the first seven months of this year,” said Kotil.
“I suppose there is no air transport company as such which increases its number of passenger, transportation capacity, occupancy rate, incomes and public image at the same time that much,” Kotil added. “We aim to carry 23.5 million passengers in total and to reach $4.5 billion turnover by the end of this year,” said Kotil. Our seven-month performance shows that we can easily reach those figures by the end of the year. We carried 12.5 million passengers within the first seven months of 2008. These results will reflect on the financial outcome positively,” Kotil noted.
source: Turkish Daily News

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