Turkish Airlines is fixing prices to help move earthquake volunteers & survivors

As of February 7th, Turkish Airlines has flown groups of rescue and relief workers into the affected areas in Turkey while also evacuating hundreds of affected residents. The airline has fixed prices for departing passengers, ensuring that everyone who needs to leave can do so at an affordable rate. The airline set its fixed rate for airfare into and out of the region at TL 100 ($5.30). It chose this number as it is affordable and enough to help cover some operating costs. At this rate, the airline has flown in over 11,000 volunteers and flown out roughly the same number of people. Since the earthquake first occurred yesterday, Monday, February 6th, the airline has diverted 80 planes to the area to help with relief efforts. These planes continue transporting passengers and humanitarian aid between the region and the airline's hub at Istanbul Airport. Turkish Airlines has coordinated relief efforts with the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority. Through the AFAD, volunteers arriving on the airline's relief flights have been quickly integrated into rescue and support efforts. Earlier today, the CEO of Turkish Airlines, Bilal Ekşi, shared the airline's support and gratitude for the thousands of volunteers that poured into airport terminals wanting to help with relief efforts wherever possible, stating, "About 11,780 of our volunteer citizens who came to our airports to go to the earthquake zone following the invitation of AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Authority), were taken to Adana, Gaziantep, Adiyaman and Urfa with a total of 80 flights this morning until 7 a.m."<br/>