Thai Airways Worldwide Public Firm Restricted (THAI) and Turkish Airways formally signed a joint enterprise settlement yesterday, 1st June, in New Delhi, India.
The signing was held in the course of the 81st IATA Annual Normal Assembly and is seen as a significant step in direction of enhancing cooperation between the 2 flag-carriers.
This collaboration builds on the profitable launch of THAI’s day by day flights from Bangkok to Istanbul which have been launched in December 2023 together with Turkish Airways’ in depth flight community.
Likewise, this settlement is predicted to have a optimistic influence on the tourism sectors of the 2 nations, thus contributing considerably to each native and transit passenger site visitors.
Working collectively
Via this newest settlement, the Star Alliance member airways will work collectively to unlock substantial passenger site visitors potential between Türkiye and Thailand.
Given Turkish Airways’ globally famend flight community which is among the many world’s most expansive and Thai Airways’ power throughout the Asia Pacific, their respective visitors stand to get pleasure from a seamless journey expertise everywhere in the world due to the creation of a beautiful product vary.
Thai Airways chief government Chai Eamsiri stated: “The settlement between THAI and Turkish Airways on working codeshare flights in Bangkok-Istanbul route is scheduled to be carried out on this winter 2025-2026 flight schedule, topic to the respective authorities’ approval. This settlement is the chance for each carriers in enhancing their route networks and exploring enterprise alternatives which shall prolong to their additional routes sooner or later. Beneath THAI’s ‘Community Airline’ technique, passengers are conveniently related to home locations in Thailand in addition to different locations in Asia.”
For his half, Turkish Airways’ chairman of the board and government committee Ahmet Bolat declared: “We’re glad to boost the prevailing cooperation between Turkish Airways and THAI, because it marks a major milestone to additional develop the tourism potential between Türkiye and Thailand. This collaboration will present seamless journey experiences, broaden connectivity between the 2 areas and provide visitors extra choices by way of each airways’ networks.”
