Fraport CEO Dr. Schulte Congratulates Turkish Airlines on Half a Century of Scheduled Services to Frankfurt
By Fraport Ag, PRNETuesday, September 21, 2010
FRANKFURT, September 22, 2010 - Turkish Airlines (TK) has provided service at Frankfurt
Airport (FRA) for 50 years and is thus one of FRA's longest-serving carriers.
Today, September 22, the airline celebrated its anniversary on the main apron
with an aircraft specially "branded" for this occasion. Turkish Airlines
executive board members Hamdi Topcu and Dr. Temel Kotil, more than ten of the
company's directors for Germany and marketing managers, as well as over 20
Turkish journalists, attended the celebration.
"50 years is a period that spans half the era of scheduled
services in commercial air transport. Fraport congratulates one of the
longest-serving airlines at Frankfurt Airport on this remarkable anniversary.
We wish Turkish Airlines continued success in global aviation. May the
connection between Turkey and Germany via the Frankfurt air transportation
hub continue to prosper in the future," said Fraport AG executive board
chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte, paying tribute to Turkish Airlines on its
anniversary.
Turkish Airlines provides services between the FRA
intercontinental hub in Germany and Turkey's international hub Istanbul
Atatürk Airport. In addition, it offers daily flights to and from the Turkish
capital of Ankara. During the peak tourist season its flight schedule
includes additional direct flights to Adana and Izmir twice a week and to
Kayseri once a week. Turkish Airlines operates jet aircraft of the
Airbus A320 family as well as Boeing 737s on all routes.
A member of the Star Alliance, Turkish Airlines has seen rapid
growth in the past few years. In 2004 it carried 10 million passengers;
today, the number has more than doubled to over 25 million passengers per
year.
When Turkish Airlines inaugurated air service to Frankfurt in
1960, FRA recorded 2.2 million passengers annually or nearly 6,000 daily.
Today, FRA serves more than 50 million passengers per year or well over
140,000 passengers per day.
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For Further Information, Please Contact: Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Senior Mgr. International Press & PR International Spokesman, Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate Communications, 60547 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tel.: +49-69-690-78547; E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de, Internet: www.fraport.com
For Further Information, Please Contact: Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide, Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Senior Mgr. International Press & PR, International Spokesman, Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate Communications, 60547 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Tel.: +49-69-690-78547; E-mail: r.payne at fraport.de
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