Turkish Airlines to introduce wide body aircraft in Qatar route
Turkish Airlines is planning to increase seat capacity by around 20% this year between Turkey and Qatar. The carrier will introduce wide body aircraft with more seating capacity compared to the existing narrow body aircraft. “Initially for the summer one of the flights will be upgraded to wide body. Capacity for narrow body, the one which we operate as of now, is about 180 seats. The capacity of wide body will be above 250 seats. So we are increasing the capacity by almost 20% between the two countries,” Ziya Taskent, senior VP sales, said. He added that enhancing the capacity is more reasonable step than increasing the flight frequency. Currently, the airline files 2 daily services of A320 aircraft to Istanbul from Doha and about two-thirds of all Turkish Airlines passengers from Doha use Istanbul as connection point. <br/>
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Turkish Airlines to introduce wide body aircraft in Qatar route
Turkish Airlines is planning to increase seat capacity by around 20% this year between Turkey and Qatar. The carrier will introduce wide body aircraft with more seating capacity compared to the existing narrow body aircraft. “Initially for the summer one of the flights will be upgraded to wide body. Capacity for narrow body, the one which we operate as of now, is about 180 seats. The capacity of wide body will be above 250 seats. So we are increasing the capacity by almost 20% between the two countries,” Ziya Taskent, senior VP sales, said. He added that enhancing the capacity is more reasonable step than increasing the flight frequency. Currently, the airline files 2 daily services of A320 aircraft to Istanbul from Doha and about two-thirds of all Turkish Airlines passengers from Doha use Istanbul as connection point. <br/>
