Turkish Airlines South Africa

Turkish Airlines offers flights to Istanbul (Turkey) and onwards to the rest of the world from South Africa (Johannesburg and Cape Town). See our flights to Turkey page for more information on travelling to the country.

Fleet

2013-06-18 117 more Planes Ordered : Turkish Airilnes have ordered another 117 planes from Airbus at the Paris Airshow; including 4 A320s, 25 A321s, 53 A21 Neos, as well as options for another 25 A321s.

Flight Reviews

10 May 2013. 'We flew Turkish Airlines to the States last year and they were fantastic! (Nothing compares to the Middle Eastern airlines when it comes to service!) They also laid on a free day tour of Istanbul and 4* accommodation so we could grab a quick shower and a few hours kip. It's offered to all travellers who are in transit for longer than 8 hours "but not many people know about it!"' Bron

Flight routes

27 Oct 2013. Turkish Airlines commences flights from Istanbul to Djibouti & Mogadishu.
1 Sep 2013. Turkish Airlines beings Istanbul to Kathmandu (Nepal) flights.
15 Jun 2013. Flights from Istanbul to Cairo (CAI) are increased from 17 to 21 a week.
13 Jun 2013. Flight frequency from Istanbul to Alexandria is increased from 4 weekly flights to a daily service. Flights are operated in A320 and B737 planes.
3 Jun 2013. Flights are launched from Istanbul Ataturk to Gassim in Saudia Arabia.
20 May 2013. A domestic flight route is launched from Istanbul Ataturk to Isparta on B737-800s.
1 Apr 2013. Houston's Mayor has announced that Turkish Airways will begin flying from Istanbul to Houston from the 1st April 2013: " "Houston has become the gateway to the world. Our global business structure helps our economy thrive and our job market remains the envy of the nation. These four new weekly flights will surely lead to increased economic opportunity for both Istanbul and Houston."
4 Dec 2012. Turkish Airlines commences 5 weekly Istanbul - Kilimanjaro - Mombasa flights in Boeing 737-900ER aircraft.
24 Sep 2012. It's reported that Turkish Airlines plan to start flying from Mozambique to Istanbul.
29 May 2007. Turkish Airlines starts flying from Istanbul to Cape Town via Johannesburg.
1996. Turkish Airlines commences flights to Johannesburg.

News

25 Jan 2013	Turkish Airlines Valentines Day advert: "Where would you like to warm your hearts on Valentines Day? Turkish Airlines has a special gift for you. Spread your love all over the world with Turkish Airlines from February the 9th to the 15th and pay only 1 Euro for your Valentine for all flights departing from Istanbul. When 2 hearts meet as one tickets with miles and smiles cost only 1 Euro".
Jan 2012	Turkish Airlines' safety video featuring the Manchester United soccer team:
30 Nov 2012	Air Canada enters into a code sharing agreement with Turkish Airlines. The President of Turkish Airlines, Temel Kotil, says that "We are extremely delighted to sign the code share agreement with Air Canada, as this code share partnership serves as an example of Turkish Airlines' target to maximize the travel opportunities offered to passengers through the extensive networks of both airlines. This new code share agreement enables the customers to enjoy both the global network and the seamless service arising from the cooperation. We will have a chance to transfer our passengers to more US and Canadian domestic destinations via Toronto by connecting our networks."
19 Oct 2012	The first phase of a large-scale implementation of SAP software has been concluded. The Chief Executive of Turkish Airlines, Temel Kotil, said: "With this step, we made a significant progress on our journey to operational excellence. We will keep moving toward this target with the next phases of the project."
10 May 2012	A Turkish Airways flight TK-40 from Instabul to Johannesburg is diverted to Entebbe, after the crew had to shut an engine down. The plane was an Airbus A330-300 (registration TC-JNM). A replacement aircraft, also an Airbus A330-300 (registration TC-JNL) ferried the passengers from Entebbe to Johannesburg with a 22 hours delay.
26 April 2012	Flights to Bremen are introduced.
30 Mar 2012	In a wonderful gesture to their employees, Turkish Airlines have designed a plane with picture of 17,000 of their staff drawn on it.
20 May 1933	Under the Ministry of National Defence's supervision, a State Airlines Administration is founded. The fleet initially comprises an ATH-9, 2 King Birds & 2 Junders F-13.

Turkish Airlines flight reservations

Website reservations	telephonic reservations	email
www.turkishairlines.com	+90 212 444 0 849 021 936 34 40 -41-42-43 (Cape Town) 011 578 8000 0861 88 7547	jnbreservations@thy.com capetownoperation@thy.com airport@turkishairlines.co.za (Joburg)

Remember to cross-check prices using the flight price comparison tool.

Baggage enquiries

011 390 8222 or 011 921 6710

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Destinations

Flights to Turkey: Adana, Adiyaman, Agri, Ankara, Antalya, Amasya Merzifon, Arbil, Batman, Bodrum, Dalaman, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Istanbul, Isparta, Izmir, Karamanmaras, Kars, Kayseri, Konya, Malatya, Mardin, Mus, Samsun, Sinop, Sivas, Sanliurfa, Trabzon, Van, Usak.

International Flights: Abu Dhabi, Accra, Addis Ababa, Agri, Aleppo, Alexandria, Algiers, Almaty, Amman, Amsterdam, Ashgabad, Astana, Athens, Baghdad, Bahrain, Baku, Bangkok, Barcelona, Basle, Basra, Batumi, Beijing, Beirut, Belgrade, Benghazi, Berlin, Birmingham, Bishkek, Bologna, Bremen, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cairo, Cape Town, Casablanca, Chicago, Chisinau, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dammam, Dakar, Damascus, Dar Es Salaam, Delhi, Dhaka, Dnepropetrovsk, Doha, Donetsk, Dubai, Dublin, Dushanbe, Dusseldorf, Ekaterinburg, Entebbe, Frankfurt, Geneva, Genoa, Goteborg, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Hannover, Helsinki, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Hong Kong, Houston, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kabul, Karachi, Kazan, Khartoum, Kiev, Kilimanjaro, Kuwait, Lagos, Nicosia, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Los Angeles, Lvov, Lyon, Malaga, Madrid, Manchester, Mashad, Medina, Milan, Minsk, Misurata, Mombasa, Moscow, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Novosibirsk, Nairobi, Naples, New York, Nice, Nuremberg, Odessa, Osaka, Oslo, Paris, Podgorica, Prague, Pristina, Riga, Riyadh, Rome, Rostov, Saigon, Sanaa, Sao Paulo, Sarajevo, Seoul, Shanghai, Simferepol, Singapore, Skopje, Sochi, Sofia, St Petersburg, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Sulaymaniyah, Tabriz, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tirana,Thessaloniki, Tirane, Tokyo, Toronto, Toulouse, Tripoli, Tunis, Turin, Ufa, Valencia, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw, Washington, Zagreb, Zurich.