TA boosts Bangkok flights

TA boosts Bangkok flights

BANGKOK (DPA): Turkish Airlines has made Bangkok its Far East
hub with six weekly flights serving the Thai capital, a news
report said Saturday.

The airline boosted its Istanbul-Bangkok flights from four to
six per week as of Sunday, using 271-seat A340-311 jetliners, the
Bangkok Post newspaper said.

"We'll use Bangkok as a hub to fly to other countries in
Southeast Asia and Far East Asia as well as Australia, where
100,000 Turks live," said Gurik Yuksel, Turkish Airline's
executive vice president.

He added that the airline was seeking a code-sharing agreement
with Thai Airways International on the route because Thailand's
national carrier had stopped serving the Bangkok-Istanbul sector
two years ago.