Turkish Airlines Maintains Policy of Rapid Expansion
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On March 6, 2012, a Turkish Airlines plane landed at Aden Abdulle International Airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, a new addition to its list of nonstop destinations. Turkish Airlines flies to more cities nonstop than any other European or Middle Eastern airline, but some in the industry feel it is growing too quickly.
By CHRISTINE NEGRONI
Published: March 14, 2012
Which European or Middle Eastern airline flies to the most destinations nonstop? If you said Air France or Emirates, you would be wrong. Ditto for British Airways or Etihad. The answer is Turkish Airlines, which offers direct flights to 189 destinations from Istanbul — 15 more than Lufthansa offers from its giant hub in Frankfurt.
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