Sele iyiminyaka engama-21 okoko iTurkish Airlines (TK) inxibelelanisa iBangkok neIstanbul. Kodwa kuphela ukusukela kulo nyaka uphelileyo apho i-TK iye yaqwalaselwa ngakumbi njenge-Bangkok "njenge-mini-hub" yayo kumzantsi-mpuma we-Asia. ” wacacisa uAdnan Aykac, umanejala jikelele weTurkish Airlines eThailand, Vietnam, naseKhambodiya, kodwa oko akuzange kuchaphazele ukukhula kwenkampani yeenqwelomoya ukuya eThailand. Umthwalo womthwalo kwindlela yaseBangkok-Istanbul unyuswe ngamanqaku ama-2009 ukuya kuma-6 ekhulwini. "Amandla eBangkok njengesango lokuya eThailand nakwimpuma-mpuma ye-Asia ahlala engachaphazeleki, kwaye kulapho senza khona ukukhula kwethu kwexesha elizayo kulo mmandla," utshilo uM. Aykac.
I-Turkish Airlines ngoku ikhonza i-Bangkok yonke imihla, kodwa izicwangciso ziphuculwe kakuhle ukongeza iinqwelomoya ezininzi, mhlawumbi kwishedyuli yasebusika ka-2010-11. “Kuxhomekeke kuthethwano lwethu lwangoku neThai Airways International, inokuba yinqwelomoya yesibini yemihla ngemihla okanye amaxesha amathathu angakumbi ngeveki. Inqwelomoya eyongezelelekileyo inokukongezwa kwenye indawo ekumzantsi-mpuma weAsia,” wongeze watsho uM. Aykac. Iifrikhwensi ezongezelelweyo ziya kunikezelwa ngeBoeing B777 entsha kraca eqeshwe kwinkampani yaseIndiya, iJet Airways.
Iingxoxo ngesivumelwano sokwabelana ngekhowudi kunye neThai Airways zihamba kancinci, kodwa uM. Aykac uhlala eqinisekile ukuba isigqibo sokugqibela sinokufikelelwa ngaphambi kokuqala kwexesha lasebusika. “I-Thai Airways ayibhabha iye e-Istanbul, kwaye isabelo sekhowudi sinokubanika ithuba lokuba babekho kwimarike yaseTurkey. Ngeli xesha, siqikelela ukuba sinokuzisa abanye abakhweli abagqithiselayo abamalunga nama-40,000 ngonyaka kwiThai Airways, ngakumbi kuthungelwano lweThai Airways lwengingqi nolweOstreliya,” uqikelele uM. Aykac.
NgoFebruwari, urhulumente wase-Australia watyikitya isivumelwano sakhe sokuqala seenkonzo zomoya kunye neTurkey ukuvumela iinqwelomoya ukuba ziqalise ngokukhawuleza iinqwelomoya ezi-5 ngeveki phakathi kwala mazwe mabini. De I-Turkish Airlines iqalise iinqwelomoya eziya ngqo e-Australia, isivumelwano sokwabelana ngekhowudi sinokusayinwa kunye neThai, iqabane ngaphakathi kwe-Star Alliance.
Iingxoxo zibonakala zihambele phambili kakhulu nabasemagunyeni baseVietnam ukuvumela iTurkish Airlines ivule uhambo oluya ngqo kwisiXeko saseHo Chi Minh udlula eBangkok. “Sinokuba nethuba lokuthwala abakhweli phakathi kweBangkok neSaigon. Sikwajonge nzulu kakhulu eManila, enokuthi ekugqibeleni inikezelwe ngeBangkok, utshilo umphathi jikelele weTurkish Airlines eThailand. ITurkey ijonge kwakhona ukukhonza eKuala Lumpur kungekudala.
I-Turkish Airlines iyaqhubeka nokukhula ngesantya esiphezulu, iguqula i-Istanbul ibe lisango laseYurophu ukuya empuma. “Sibekwe kwindawo efanelekileyo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Istanbul. Sikhonza kwiindawo ezingaphezu kwama-60 eYurophu, kuquka izixeko ezininzi eziziisekondari nakwizixeko ezingaphezu kwama-35 kuMbindi Mpuma naseAsia, yaye siyaqhubeka sikhula unyaka nonyaka,” uxelele uM. Aykac. Ngo-2010, iTurkish Airlines ijonge ukuvula iindlela ezintsha ukusuka e-Istanbul ukuya eBologna, Sochi, naseDar Es Salaam nge-Entebbe, Accra ngeLagos, Erbil (Iran), Dhaka, kunye neHo Chi Minh City.
