Turkish Airways plans to launch a brand new U.S. vacation spot this summer time. On June 11, the Istanbul-based service will launch nonstop flights from Denver Worldwide Airport (DEN) to Istanbul Airport (IST).
It is going to be the airline’s 14th U.S. metropolis.
The brand new route even be a serious milestone for Denver. At 6,130 miles in size, the almost 12-hour flight from Denver would be the airport’s new longest, topping United Airways’ flight to Tokyo’s Narita Airport (NRT) by about 400 miles.
Turkish will begin its new Denver service with three flights every week earlier than increasing to 4 weekly spherical journeys in July.
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Turkish Airways’ new Denver service
Turkish Airlines will function its new Denver route with an Airbus A350-900, which seats a complete of 316 passengers (though it is going to function a Boeing 777-300ER for the inaugural flight).
Here is how the itinerary shakes out:
| Flight | Departs | Arrives |
|---|---|---|
| DEN-IST | 7:35 p.m. MDT | 4:15 p.m. subsequent day, native time |
| IST-DEN | 1:55 p.m. native time | 5:40 p.m. MDT |
Flights will function on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays when the service launches on June 11. Then, on July 11, the service will add a fourth weekly spherical journey on Sundays.
At a information convention Thursday, a Turkish Airways government famous the service’s progress plans within the U.S. and North America extra broadly.
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“Enlargement to the U.S. is essential to Turkish Airways,” Fatih Durmaz, vp of gross sales for the Americas, stated. “Now we have strongly dedicated to rising our presence within the U.S.
Worldwide growth in Denver
Turkish Airways’ arrival in Denver additionally continues what’s been a rapidly increasing worldwide route map for the airport.
Turkish might be Denver’s twenty sixth airline, with Istanbul its thirty first nonstop worldwide vacation spot and Turkey its seventeenth nation reachable through nonstop flight.
Altogether, Denver’s worldwide seats this summer time (in June, July and August) might be up 14% versus final 12 months and by a whopping 48% over 2019, based on knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium.
Here is what the airport’s transatlantic and transpacific route map seems like for this summer time, with the addition of the Istanbul route.
At Thursday’s information convention, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston particularly touted the arrival of the Turkish Airways flights as key to further connectivity to many elements of the world.
“This not simply opens up Denver to Istanbul and Turkey,” Johnston stated. “It opens up alternatives for us into India, into Africa, into the Center East.”
A serious hub for United, Denver will host 4 of United’s Star Alliance companions by this summer time; on high of Turkish Airways’ deliberate service, the airport is already served by Air Canada, Copa Airways and Lufthansa.
Though Turkish has made adjustments to its Miles&Smiles loyalty program in latest months (which many vacationers have discovered amounted to a devaluation) this system stays an possibility for passengers trying to redeem bank card rewards factors for air journey.
Capital One, Bilt Rewards and Citi ThankYou Rewards are all Miles&Smiles transfer partners.
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