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Turkish Airlines Celebrated 74th AnniversaryTurkish Airlines established in 1933by the architecture of modern TurkeyMustafa Kemal Ataturk, celebrated its74th anniversary on May 20, at TaksimSquare in Istanbul. Turkish Airlinesbegan its operations with five planes ofeach has 28-seat capacity.Today Turkish Airlines connects 133points, 103 points abroad and 30points in Turkey . All Turkish Airlines’employees came to Istanbul from 68countries to celebrate company’s 74thanniversary.Turkish Airlines Has Carried 9 Million PassengersTurkish Airlines has carried 9 millionpassengers since the beginning of thisyear, and plans to raise this number to20 million by the end of this year, GeneralManager Temel Kotil announcedon June 22. “We can say that a secondTurkish Airlines has emerged inthe last four years when we take intoconsideration that we carried only 10million passengers in 2003,” said Kotil.Kotil forecast a year-end turnoverof US$3.2 billion and 40 million passengersin three-four years. “We havegrown 20 percent in four years, and Ido not see any obstacle before furthergrowth,” he added.Turkish Airlines Offers 25 Percent Discount for TheDisabledTurkish Airlines began offering 25percent discount in both domestic andinternational flights to all disabled passengerswho are medically consideredto be at least 40 percent incapacitated.“We want to improve the life quality ofthe disabled and individuals with handicaps.We will continue to offer manyadvantages to the disabled in the nearfuture,” said Temel Kotil; Director Generalof Turkish Airlines. Those disabledpassengers wishing to receive discountson their ticket fares must present theirspecial IDs issued by the Prime MinistryDirectorate General of the Disabled, ahealth report issued by a public hospitalor their national IDs on which theyare mentioned as disabled. Turkish Airlinesalso provides 25 percent discountto care takers of disabled passengers.Lufthansa Increases Flight Frequencies to TurkeyLufthansa hosted a press conference inÇiragan Palace with the participationof Joachim Steinbach; Vice Presidentof Sales and Services in Southeast Europe,Africa, Middle East and Pakistan,Dirk Lorenzen: Director Operations &Airports in East Mediterranean, andSadik Elmas; Lufthansa Turkey GeneralManager. Lufthansa recorded 20%increase in capacity, 26.1% increasein passenger numbers in the first 5months of 2007. Moreover, load factorreached 76.7% in the first 5 months ofthe year compare to 72.9% last year.Elmas said that the company didn’tachieve a growth in Turkey market lastyear however they met with their targets.“Lufthansa’s load factor betweenTurkey and Germany was 76.4% in2006, whereas Lufthansa’s world averagewas 75.2%. While celebrating 50th year in Turkey , we contributed Lufthansa’ssuccess with 51,411,026.Lufthansa that started summer scheduleon 25 March 2007, increased theirflight frequency from 53 to 70 in aweek. Lufthansa flies Istanbul – Frankfurt,Istanbul – Munich three times in aday, Ankara – Munich two times in aday, Izmir-Munich two times in a day.Lufthansa will start additional flights toFrankfurt in July and August that will increaseflight frequency to 77. “Our targetfor 2007 is to increase our profit by After the press conference we hadchance to talk with Mr. Joachim Steinbachabout Lufthansa’s current standing,integration with Swiss, and Codesharepartners.Lufthansa and Egypt Air Entera Strategic CooperationLufthansa will cooperate closely withEgypt Air in future. To mark the start ofthe partner-ship, Wolfgang Mayrhuber,Chairman of the Executive Board andCEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, andEng. Atef Abd El Hamid, Chairman ofEgypt Air, today signed a code-sharingcontract. Lufthansa’s cooperation withEgypt Air will start with the introductionof the winter timetable at the endof 2007. The two airlines will in futureoffer all flights between Germany andEgypt with joint flight numbers: thecode-sharing will be introduced on theservices between Frankfurt and Munichto Cairo, as well as those from Frankfurtto Alexandria, are part of the codesharingagreement. Further code-shareservices, especially to the tourism centresof Egypt and North Africa, are beingplanned, following official approvalby the air traffic authorities. Egypt Airis also planning to transfer its flightnumbers to Lufthansa flights within Germanyand Europe as well as to NorthAmerica. Egypt is one the most importantmarkets for Lufthansa on the Africancontinent. The airline currently offers itspassengers 17 flights per week fromEgypt to Germany: 14 times a weekthere are flights from Cairo to Frankfurt,three times per week from Alexandria toFrankfurt. Egypt Air is keen to improveits access to the German market. In thecurrent summer timetable, the airline increasedits operation to Munich to dailyflights. More connectivity is reached bythe arrival of Egypt Air flights into Terminal2. Furthermore the airline offersdaily flights to Frankfurt, two flights toDüsseldorf and two flights to Berlin. Alltogether, Egypt Air operates 18 flightsper week from Egypt to Germany.Iberia Celebrates 80th BirthdayEighty years ago, on June 28, 1927,Spain’s first airline was legally constitutedunder the name Iberia, Compañía Aéreade Transportes . The man behind it, andwho supplied most of the capital, was theBasque businessman Horacio Echevarrieta,although Germany ‘s Lufthansa putup 24%.Six months later, on December 14, H.M.King Alfonso XIII attended the ceremonymarking the launch of regular service betweenMadrid and Barcelona . Used onthe route were three Rohrbach Rolands,which could carry up to 10 passengersand attain a maximum speed of 205 kph.In its early years, Iberia opened up newroutes to other Spanish cities on the mainlandand in North Africa . In 1930 itbegan flying to the Canary Islands, andlaunched service to the Balearic Islands in1934.
Germanwings LaunchesDortmund - Istanbul FlightsGermanwings starts flights betweenDortmund and Istanbul on June. Thecompany will also launch flights betweenDortmund and Vienna, Palma deMallorca, Ibiza and Faro. Germanwingsalready flies to Istanbul from Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart, Hamburg and Berlin. Itwill add Ankara, Izmir, Antalya to itsdestinations later in the summer. Germanwingsflies between Dortmund andIstanbul with prices starting from 19 euros.Celebi to Bid in Ground HandlingTender for Athens AirportCelebi Ground Handling, jointly withCelebi Tanacsado Kft, its subsidiary inHungary, will submit offer to the Groundhandling and Cargo services tenderopened for Athens International Airport.According to a statement issued by theCelebi Ground Handling Inc., Celebidecided to submit an offer for the tenderregarding operation of ground handlingand cargo services in Athens InternationalAirport SA, between March 28th,2008 and March 27th 2015.Delta Keeps Growing inThe CaribbeanDelta Air Lines will continue its rapid expansionin the Caribbean with a newroute between Hartsfield-Jackson AtlantaInternational Airport and the islandof Curacao, effective Dec. 22, 2007*.Curacao, located in the NetherlandsAntilles off the coast of Venezuela, isbest known for crystal clear waters,long sandy beaches and picture-perfectweather. “Delta is proud to be the fastestgrowing airline to the Caribbean – nowwith more than ten destinations addedin the last two years,” said Glen Hauenstein,Delta’s executive vice president ofNetwork Planning and Revenue Management.“Our global customers continueto benefit from the central locationand convenience of world’s largest airlinehub in Atlanta, which has becomea preferred gateway to the islands andbusiness centers of the Caribbean.”Gulf Air Worldwide Call Centre Named“Middle East Call Centre of the Year”SkyTeam carriers AirFrance, Alitalia, CSACzech Airlines, DeltaAir Lines, KLM RoyalDutch Airlines andNorthwest Airlines(NYSE: NWA) hadapplied with the U.S. Department ofTransportation (DOT) for antitrust immunityfor transatlantic routings. Deltacurrently has antitrust immunity with AirFrance, Alitalia and CSA, while Northwesthas antitrust immunity with KLM.Included in the application is a jointventure agreement between Air France,Delta, KLM and Northwest that wouldcreate a comprehensive and integratedGulf Air’sWorldwideCall Centre(WWCC) isthe top playerin the region.This was establishedwhen Gulf Air WWCC wasnamed as the “Middle East Call Centreof the Year” at a glittering awardceremony at the Insights Middle EastContact Centre World Forum 2007 inDubai. The CCWF, is one of the significantevents dedicated to the rapidlygrowing call centre business in the MiddleEast . The event, organised by Insights_ the only Call Centre-dedicated,professional services organisation in theMiddle East region, attracts call centresin the region as well as professionalsand agents from leading organisationsworldwide. There are about 500 callcentres in the Middle East and the GulfAir call centre was chosen from among25 entries from the region. The event,which is considered a benchmark forthe region’s call centres, was held atthe Crowne Plaza hotel in Dubai. “Thisis a wonderful achievement and suchprestigious recognition is a testament toour unwavering dedication and commitmentto serve our customers better in anextremely competitive and ever moredemanding environment,” says Gulf AirExecutive Vice President Marketing andSales, Lee Shave. “We will continue totoil to deliver on the world class standardsthat we have set for ourselves,”adds Mr. Shave. The call centre handlesmore than 125,000 calls a monthon an average and employs more than180 staff members, 98% of whom areOmani nationals. “This is a proud momentfor Gulf Air and reflects a tremendousamount of dedication, persistenceand people skills to deliver a serviceon demand. It’s a great team effort,”says Gulf Air World Wide Call CentreManager Ruth Birkin who received theaward on behalf of the airline. “Wewill go on to represent the region at theAnnual Call Centre Exhibition in SanDiego , California in September,” saysMrs. Birkin, who was named ‘Call CentreManager of the Year - Middle East‘ at the same event last year. The GulfAir Worldwide Contact Centre in Muscatwas opened in September 2003to meet the significantly increasingdemands of the Gulf Air customers. Locatedin the Knowledge Oasis, Muscat(KOM), it is the first international callcentre ever opened in Oman, cateringto customers 24 hours a day, sevendays a week using some of the most sophisticatedtelephony in the market. Thecentre handles calls from the Kingdomof Bahrain , the Sultanate of Oman, theUnited Arab Emirates , the Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia , the United Kingdom ,Kuwait and North America helping customerswith all elements of their travelplans. In addition, a dedicated GulfAir Holidays team handles tailor-madeholiday packages throughout Gulf Airworldwide network.Six SkyTeam Carriers File Expanded AntitrustImmunity Application with U.S. Dotpartnership among the four SkyTeammembers across the Atlantic.A more integrated SkyTeam allianceoffers significant advantages to consumers,including more choice in flightschedules, travel times, services andfares. The DOT has approved morethan 20 applications for antitrust immunityin the past, including the recentapproval of immunity for nine Star Alliancemembers. This application isthe first under the landmark EuropeanUnion-U.S. open skies treaty which createsthe largest, most important, andfully liberalized air transport marketplacein the world.
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