Turkish Airlines: 7,708 Canadian Travel Advisors Can’t Be Wrong

In today’s globe, Turkiye is truly the nexus of the world, a country in both Europe and Asia and a relatively short distance to much of Africa.

On June 19th at the Agent’s Choice Awards Gala, the Canadian travel agent community chose Turkish Airlines as the winner of the first-ever Airline – Stopover award.

In 2019 Istanbul opened its brand-new airport, which is now the second busiest airport in both Europe and the Middle East, and provides the hub for the national flag carrier, Turkish Airlines.

Competing with some of the most impressive airline networks in the world, Turkish Airlines now flies to more countries than any carrier on the planet. Servicing 352 destinations in 122 countries, Turkish is now the gold standard for the world’s largest and most robust airline network.

Recognizing Commitment

The Canadian travel agent community response to the voting of the new Airline – Stopover program clearly indicates that travel professionals recognize that the 12 weekly direct flights from Canada – 6 weekly flights from Toronto Pearson and 3 weekly flights from Vancouver and Montreal – to Istanbul represent the most convenient connections and world class value on the market.

As a member of the Star Alliance, the worlds biggest and best airline network, Turkish Airline’s service of 122 countries is even more convenient to travellers and provides superior connection options from Istanbul across Star Alliance destinations.

This kind of airline network growth wouldn’t be so successful if Turkish Airlines didn’t provide an onboard experience that rivalled the best-in-class competition from both their European and Middle Eastern counterparts. Proudly providing one of the youngest airline fleets in the world, with an average age of only 7.5 years,

The Turkish fleet is modern and offers a superior hard product that is difficult to compete with. The fleet is comprised of the best aircraft on the planet, with the Airbus A350 and the Boeing 787-900 Dreamliner representing the largest proportion of their widebody fleet. Complemented with a short and medium haul fleet that includes Airbus A321 Neos and Boeing 737 Max aircraft doing the heavy lifting.

A Class for Every Client

Turkish takes their impressive, modern fleet and has created a soft product delivery that is almost unparallelled. Spread across three different classes – Business, Comfort and economy – travel agents can confidently depend on Turkish delivering a high-quality experience across its service categories.

The business class cabin features lie flat beds, large tv screens, privacy screens, amenity kit and an onboard chef. Their Do & Co. curated catering experience offers both Turkish and international flavours. The Comfort class has a 46” seat pitch, wider seats, extended leg room, in seat charging and enhanced food options.

Turkish economy offers the best value in the sky connecting passengers to the most countries at the most competitive price.

All classes of service will enjoy the excellent in-flight entertainment including movies, shows, music and live tv. Wi-Fi is already offered on many flights, with eventual deployment across their fleet.

Turkish Airlines’ positioning as the world’s largest airline network and delivery of a high-quality passenger experience has set an aviation baseline that will be very difficult for the competition to replicate. Their ultra modern fleet will continue to increase visibility as it adds connections to more destinations.

The Canadian travel community has responded with vigorous applause and more Canadians are going to enjoy their journey to one of Turkish Airlines’ 352 destinations.