Turkish Airlines Begins Flights to Phuket
By Jesse Sokolow on 18 July 2017
Turkish Airlines announced the launch of new service to Phuket, Thailand from Istanbul. The carrier will operate the service four times a week.
Flights will depart Istanbul Atatürk Airport at 2:30 p.m. on Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and arrive at Phuket International Airport at 4 a.m. the next morning. From Phuket, flights are scheduled to depart at 5:30 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, and arrive back in Istanbul at 12 noon.
The carrier will operate the flights using Airbus A330-300 aircraft, equipped with 28 lie-flat seats in business class and 261 seats in economy. Business-class seats are 21” wide and have a pitch of 61”.
The Thai city is the airline’s 300th destination.
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