Easyjet in Turkey

The first flight from Easyjet landed in Dalaman, while Turkish Airlines (THY) became the 20th member of Star Alliance.

Budget no-frills, air carriers announced plans to fly into Dalaman Airport, a development considered to be an important tool in getting over the bottleneck in the northern Aegean Region, including Marmaris.

EasyJet planes, the first of which landed in Dalaman on March 31 flying from Gatwick Airport, will fly three days per week until May when the flights will increase to five flights per week.

Hamdi Guvenc, the General Director of ATM, stated that they aim to welcome three million tourists at Dalaman International Terminal, indicating that following the cooperation with a leading air carrier such as EasyJet, there will be a considerable increase in the number of tourists coming to the region.

Guvenc, emphasised that EasyJet, which for the fist time started flying to a holiday destination in Turkey, will make a significant contribution to the realisation of tourism targets, negotiations with other leading carriers are well underway.

The day after the news of the first flight of EasyJet, Turkish Airlines announced its full membership with Star Alliance, becoming its 20th member.

Following the full membership of with Star Alliance, Turkish Airlines passengers will have access to a network of air carriers with a total of 18.000 flights per day to 965 airports in 162 countries.

Jaan Albrecht, Star Alliance CEO, expressed: “We have a new member. With the addition of THY, our passengers can reach new destinations.”