Like today – 75 years ago: Athens is the first international destination of Turkish Airlines
The first international flight took place on 12 February 1947 from Ankara to Athens with a stopover in Istanbul.
THE TURKISH AIRLINES celebrates today, Saturday 12 February, the 75th anniversary of its first international flight.
The first international flight took place on 12 February 1947 from Ankara to Athens with a stopover in Istanbul.
This flight is the milestone in the establishment of regular international flights, on which Turkish Airlines has established a wide network that includes 334 destinations on 6 continents.
Back in 1933, Turkish Airlines’ adventure began as an effort to unite people, cultures, continents, countries and cities, while offering new, inspiring travel experiences for all. On May 20, 1933, Turkish Airlines took to the skies as a new airline with 30 employees and 5 aircraft.
The growing passion of Turkish Airlines over the years has won the title of airline that flies to most countries of the world. Today, Turkish Airlines flies to 128 countries from its new headquarters, Istanbul Airport, with a young fleet of 371 aircraft.
The fact that air transport is vital to modern. Provides “paired-city” responses that act as virtual bridges supporting the flows of key economic activities between markets.
With this, Turkish Airlines facilitates links between business, government and people – enabling global trade, investment, tourism and travel among other key economic activities in 329 cities around the world.
Athens is the first city that Turkish Airlines has been contributing to its economy for the last 75 years.
Turkish Airlines, today, operates daily 4 flights to Athens and 2 flights to Thessaloniki and connects Greece with 128 countries.