THY Deputy General Manager Ahmet Olmuştur attended TÜROB's 24th Ordinary General Assembly Meeting.

Turkish Airlines Deputy General Manager in charge of Marketing and Sales Ahmet Olmuştur, in a speech addressed to the tourism sector representatives attending the TÜROB Ordinary General Assembly, said: “I am delighted to attend the 24th General Assembly Meeting of TÜROB, with which we have cooperated for many years, foremost in joint promotional efforts. The Covid period we have experienced over the past two years has significantly affected the aviation industry as well as tourism. However, as THY, with our initiatives in this direction, we have taken our place among the world's leading airlines. Among the world's airlines, we ranked 1st among network carriers and 3rd in terms of international seat capacity, and this momentum is continuing to increase.

Despite everything, in 2021 we opened routes to 8 new destinations: Canada, Iran, the USA (2), Uzbekistan (2), Kazakhstan and Angola. In 2022, after Tokat, which we have brought into service, we will be opening routes to Artvin-Rize, to Seattle – which will be our 12th flight destination in the USA – and to some African destinations. We are focused on bringing more tourists from abroad to Türkiye. In addition, we are restarting our “Stop Over” programme, which we paused during the pandemic and through which we had reached a capacity of approximately 60 thousand passengers. Accordingly, THY will cover the cost of one night's accommodation for passengers making a connection through İstanbul, and passengers may stay additional nights if they wish. Our initial figures for 2022 are very positive, and our expectations for the rest of the year are very high. On this occasion, may the results of our 24th TÜROB Ordinary General Assembly Meeting be beneficial to our country and our sector.”