Turkish Airlines plans to launch direct services to Sydney next year.
Turkish Airlines is eyeing non-stop services from Istanbul to Sydney starting next year.
The service, which would be among the longest non-stop commercial flights in the world, would make Turkish the only carrier operating directly from Europe to Australia.
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The move, revealed by Turkish Airlines CEO Temel Kotil in an interview with Air Transport World, comes as the carrier sets itself up as a global competitor with Gulf-based carriers such as Emirates. Turkish flies to more than 200 destinations from its Istanbul hub.
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