In the spring of this year the company Turkish Airlines plans to start the scheduled flights on the route Istanbul - Kharkiv - Istanbul. The negotiation process between the carrier and the leaders of the International Airport "Kharkiv" entered now the final stage.
The Turkish Airlines plans to begin selling tickets for this flight in the near future. It is expected that the flights will be carried out 2 times a week - on Tuesdays and Fridays. The flight will be fulfilled on the aircrafts of a Boeing 737-800 type - they are the basis of an air fleet of the largest air carrier in the region.
"I am confident that our passengers will appreciate in full all the benefits of the cooperation of the International Airport "Kharkiv" with such a large airline as the Turkish Airlines. This is a European service and punctuality as well as a guaranteed security. With opening of this flight we continue to implement the development strategy of the Kharkiv airport and to fulfill the tasks set by the investor", - emphasized Vladimir Vasilchenko, the director of the "New Systems AM" company (the operating company of the International Airport "Kharkiv", a part of the DCH group of Aleksander Yaroslavskiy).
As previously reported, the support of the flights on the route Kharkiv-Istanbul is currently provided by the Turkish low-cost company Pegasus. In the winter schedule the flights of this airline have been carried out five times a week.
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The Turkish Airlines (THY) is a Turkey's flagship carrier, based in Istanbul. The geography of the flights covers more than 200 destinations in over 80 countries around the world. The main hub of the airline is the Ataturk International Airport (IST), Istanbul, the secondary hubs are the Esenboga Airport (ESB), Ankara, and the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (SAW), Istanbul.
The Turkish Airlines was founded in May 1933. Now the company has the youngest air fleet with the planes of an average age of 3.5 years, more than 50 aircrafts are from Boeing series and more than 40 aircrafts are from Airbus series. The company has the best training center for the crew members in Europe and Central Asia. The Turkish Airlines are flying to Ukraine since 1993. Currently there are the flights to Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Odessa and other cities. Since December 2006 the Turkish Airlines became a member of the Star Alliance.
The International airport "Kharkiv” (http://hrk.aero/) is one of the key objects of the capital of Slobozhanshchina that are currently under reconstruction within the preparation for the finals of European Football Championship in 2012. The large-scale project started on April 1, 2008, when the company "New Systems AM" (a DCH group, the owner is a well-known Ukrainian businessman, the general investor and coordinator of the Kharkiv's preparations for Euro 2012, the president of FC "Metalist", Aleksander Yaroslavskiy) won the competition for the long-term rent of the integral property complex of Kharkiv airport.
The reconstruction of the International airport "Kharkiv" is being held in the format of the private-state partnership. The total investment in the project by Aleksander Yaroslavskiy is $ 107.2 million (the airport complex and the surrounding area). The amount of funding allocated from the State budget for the reconstruction of the airport complex (including the construction of the airfield control tower) is $ 191.3 million.
