Turkish Airways plans to launch a brand new U.S. vacation spot this summer season. On June 11, the Istanbul-based service will launch nonstop flights from Denver Worldwide Airport (DEN) to Istanbul Airport (IST).
It will likely be the airline’s 14th U.S. metropolis.
The brand new route even be a significant milestone for Denver. At 6,130 miles in size, the practically 12-hour flight from Denver would be the airport’s new longest, topping United Airways’ flight to Tokyo’s Narita Airport (NRT) by about 400 miles.
Turkish will begin its new Denver service with three flights per week earlier than increasing to 4 weekly spherical journeys in July.
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Turkish Airways’ new Denver service
This is how the itinerary shakes out:
| Flight | Departs | Arrives |
|---|---|---|
| DEN-IST | 7:35 p.m. MDT | 4:15 p.m. subsequent day, native time |
| IST-DEN | 1:55 p.m. native time | 5:40 p.m. MDT |
Flights will function on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays when the service launches on June 11. Then, on July 11, the service will add a fourth weekly spherical journey on Sundays.
At a information convention Thursday, a Turkish Airways govt famous the service’s progress plans within the U.S. and North America extra broadly.
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“Growth to the U.S. is essential to Turkish Airways,” Fatih Durmaz, vice chairman of gross sales for the Americas, mentioned. “We now have strongly dedicated to rising our presence within the U.S.
Worldwide enlargement in Denver
Turkish Airways’ arrival in Denver additionally continues what’s been a shortly increasing worldwide route map for the airport.
Turkish will likely be Denver’s twenty sixth airline, with Istanbul its thirty first nonstop worldwide vacation spot and Turkey its seventeenth nation reachable through nonstop flight.
Altogether, Denver’s worldwide seats this summer season (in June, July and August) will likely be up 14% versus final 12 months and by a whopping 48% over 2019, in keeping with knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium.
This is what the airport’s transatlantic and transpacific route map appears to be like like for this summer season, with the addition of the Istanbul route.
At Thursday’s information convention, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston particularly touted the arrival of the Turkish Airways flights as key to extra connectivity to many components of the world.
“This not simply opens up Denver to Istanbul and Turkey,” Johnston mentioned. “It opens up alternatives for us into India, into Africa, into the Center East.”
A significant hub for United, Denver will host 4 of United’s Star Alliance companions by this summer season; on high of Turkish Airways’ deliberate service, the airport is already served by Air Canada, Copa Airways and Lufthansa.
Though Turkish has made modifications to its Miles&Smiles loyalty program in current months (which many vacationers have discovered amounted to a devaluation) this system stays an choice for passengers trying to redeem bank card rewards factors for air journey.
Capital One, Bilt Rewards and Citi ThankYou Rewards are all Miles&Smiles switch companions.
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