Turkish Airlines will next month begin daily flight operations to Nigeria thereby raising its frequencies from three weekly flights, the managing director, Mr Ali Bulut has said.
Mr. Bulut said in Lagos that ‘with the growth of Turkish Airlines in Nigeria, coupled with the encouraging patronage, we are upgrading our frequencies to daily fights in order to better serve our customers between Lagos and Istanbul.’
According to him, ‘we are increasing our frequencies to daily flights because our load factor has been encouraging and this will enable us to serve our customers better and more adequately by connecting them to their different destinations with ease.’
He disclosed that the airline is deploying one of its brand new aircraft, the Boeing 737-900-ER on the Istanbul – Lagos route which will replace the current A330.
‘We are changing the aircraft to B737-900-ER from the current A330. This is to make our esteemed passengers more comfortable as this new machine has more leg room. This type of aircraft is going to be introduced to other African routes as well,’ he stated.
Chris Agabi
Daily Trust