Turkish Airlines reveals 28 cities it wants to target

Turkish Airlines has disclosed 28 destinations that it is targeting from its Istanbul Airport hub. Some have been mentioned before, but not all. There are five in the Americas, ten in Europe, six in Asia-Pacific, and seven in Africa and the Middle East. There's no indication yet when they'll materialize, and it'll be subject to aircraft availability and bilateral traffic rights. It doesn't mean others won't happen first. Turkish Airlines seeks to fly to Orlando, Detroit (previously mentioned), and Denver (previously mentioned). If and when they happen, the Star Alliance carrier will have 15 US routes, a key growth market for the carrier, using its own metal. They'd join Atlanta, Boston, Chicago O'Hare, Dallas Fort Worth (started in September 2021), Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, Newark (May 2021), San Francisco, Seattle (May 2022), and Washington Dulles. In South America, Turkish Airlines is keen to add Rio de Janeiro and Santiago, presumably on a one-stop basis, but that is unclear. It presently serves Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Caracas, and São Paulo across the continent. Elsewhere in Latin America, it has just launched its first-ever Istanbul-Panama nonstop flights. In Europe, Turkish Airlines has singled out Bergen, Kraków, Iasi (Romania), A Coruña (close to Santiago de Compostela, which it served between May 2013 and June 2016), Lankaran (Azerbaijan), Makhachkala (Russia), Nantes, Newcastle, Palermo, and Timişoara (Romania) as key route targets.<br/>