With its investments and ever-growing fleet, Turkish Cargo has taken concrete steps to achieve its target to become one of the top-five brands in the air cargo industry by 2023, marking the centennial of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey.
Turkey’s national flag carrier’s air cargo brand, Turkish Cargo, grew significantly with a tonnage increase of 8.8 per cent in 2019.The cargo carrier currently serves 126 countries and keeps raising its success bar by combining its broad range of services and operational capabilities. On the basis of the tonnage sold, the carrier has grown by 11.1 per cent in America, 9.7 per cent in the Far East Region, 8.7 per cent in Europe, 7.9 per cent in the Middle East and 5.3 per cent in Africa.
In addition to the flag-carrier Turkish Airlines’ cargo-carrying capacity, Turkish Cargo operates direct cargo flights to 88 destinations with its cargo aircraft fleet. It has achieved sustainable growth through its current infrastructure and newly made investment that has continued to increase its capacity through successful operations in over 300 destinations constituting its current flight network.
fr-libido.comThe cargo arm of Turkish Airlines, Turkish Cargo has been at the forefront of flying pharmaceuticals and the carrier has created a pharma corridor connecting over 400 stations. This involves carrying healthcare cargo to important and certified destinations such as Mumbai, Brussels, Istanbul, Singapore, Dubai, Basel, London, and Amsterdam.
Turkish Cargo will have a total of 8 Boeing 777Fs by 2020. Developing and reinforcing continuously its fleet of 344 aircraft including 24 freighters, Turkish Cargo is rapidly beefing up its products and services.
As for growing its network, Turkish Cargo recently added Kuala Lumpur (KUL), keeping in mind its import and export potential so that it can carry electronic products, medical products, and spare parts to various countries around the world and especially Frankfurt and Amsterdam in Europe, and Chicago, Atlanta, and Houston in the United States.
Another important new connection was with the city of Ahmedabad in western India, which is connected with Doha (DOH) and Bahrain (BAH) that possess high import potential.
Source : Various Agencies