{"id":147218,"date":"2024-01-19T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=147218"},"modified":"2024-01-19T15:44:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T15:44:05","slug":"turkish-airlines-announces-flights-to-melbourne-its-first-destination-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/turkish-airlines-announces-flights-to-melbourne-its-first-destination-in-australia.html","title":{"rendered":"Turkish Airlines announces flights to Melbourne, its first destination in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Turkish Airlines<\/strong> announced Friday that it will connect Istanbul to Melbourne, its first destination in Australia, starting March 15, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The route will operate three weekly flights with a stopover in Singapore, using Boeing 787-9 aircraft with capacity for 300 passengers: 30 in Business Class and 270 in Economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To celebrate the announcement, the airline launched a special offer with prices starting from US$1199 to fly from Istanbul to Melbourne, and from US$990 for flights between Melbourne and Istanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/12\/turkish-airlines-orders-another-220-airbus-aircraft.html\">Turkish Airlines orders another 220 Airbus aircraft<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Today is an important day for us. We have realized our goal of reaching the Australian continent, which we have been working on for some time,&#8221; said Turkish Airlines Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee Dr. Ahmet Bolat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This makes Melbourne the 346th destination for Turkish Airlines and Australia the 130th country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the coming years, the airline intends to operate direct flights to Melbourne and other potential cities in Australia with the acquisition of new aircraft capable of non-stop flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-d40f09ce     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"463\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article 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