Turkish Airlines to commence international business class flights from Sydney-Istanbul

Regarded as one of Europe's best airlines, Turkish Airlines appears to be expanding their local staff with 11 new positions spotted on LinkedIn earlier today by the Australian Business Traveller. These positions are likely in an effort to come into the Australian market to see what % of share can be obtained. CEO Temel Kotti even confirmed:

"the highly-regarded airline would begin flights between Istanbul and Sydney by mid-2016, with Melbourne to follow."

Furthermore, a spokesperson for Turkish Airlines confirmed the positions are for Sydney, but added "Turkish Airlines is not planning to commence operations to Australia in (the) short term." Turkish Airlines plans to start with flights between Istanbul and Sydney in 2016, with Melbourne to follow.

"Under the current arrangement we can (fly to) Sydney three times a week only, and Melbourne could be twice a week only" Kotil said, on the sidelines of a gathering of Star Alliance airline CEOs in Warsaw.

"We are asking the authorities to make them daily, because less than daily doesn't make sense. Hopefully by next summer, the civil evaluation (authorities) will have solved the problem and we can be daily to Sydney, and Melbourne will follow." Kotil did not reveal however if the route would be operated by their flagship Boeing 777-300ER's.

Turkish Airlines has previously been cautious about the impact of the Qantas-Emirates partnership on its long-wished-for Sydney-Istanbul flights, but as Kotil says: "demand for Australia to Turkey is very high".

Both routes aim to provide direct flights for most European cities, although Turkish Airlines' Istanbul hub would call for significantly shorter transfers than Dubai.

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