FOR TURKISH AIRLINES PRESIDENT AND CEO TEMEL KOTIL nothing is aggressive or unrealistic about the carrier's five-year business plan, which aims to double passengers carried to 40 million and more than double revenue to $10 billion by 2013. THY's recent RFP for 25 twin engine widebodies and 50 narrowbodies plus 10 widebody and 10 narrowbody options confirms its intent to become one of Europe's major players. It carried 10.3 million passengers in the first half of 2008, representing 6% of all passengers carried by the Assn. of European Airlines' 35 members and a respectable seventh position.
FOR TURKISH AIRLINES PRESIDENT AND CEO TEMEL KOTIL nothing is aggressive or unrealistic about the carrier's five-year business plan, which aims to double passengers carried to 40 million and more than double revenue to $10 billion by 2013. THY's recent RFP for 25 twin engine widebodies and 50 narrowbodies plus 10 widebody and 10 narrowbody options confirms its intent to become one of Europe's major players. It carried 10.3 million passengers in the first half of 2008, representing 6% of all ...
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