CEO Kotil: Turkish Airlines must double in size by 2020

Turkish Airlines (TK) needs to double in size by 2020, CEO Temel Kotil told ATW. TK, which is about to take delivery of its 200th aircraft—its ninth Boeing 737-900ER—has opened 32 new routes this year, but needs to increase frequencies from 1,000 to 2,000 flights per day by 2020. “Otherwise our network will suffer,” he said. TK will fly to 180 international and 35 domestic destinations by year end. In 2013, it plans to grow to 197 international and 36 domestic ...