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Turkish Airlines has increased service between Amman and Istanbul as part of their route expansion program. Came into effect with their summer schedule which was announced earlier this month, the Turkish national carrier now operates 14 flights per week to Jordan, compared to the previous schedule of 11 flights per week.
Turkish Airlines acaba de aumentar el servicio entre Amman y Estambul como parte de su programa de ampliación de rutas. Esta ampliación coincide con su programación de verano anunciada a principios de este mes. La compañía aérea de bandera turca opera ahora 14 vuelos semanales a Jordania frente a los 11 semanales anteriormente programados.
A Star Alliance carrier, Turkish serves 36 cities in their domestic region and 116 cities abroad.
Chairman of the Board for Turkish Airlines, Dr. Candan Karlitekin said in a recent interview, 'The most important elements driving this growth have been the development of new products and quality services and maintaining a favored position over our competitors while rigorously adhering to Turkish Airlines' culture of placing traffic safety as the basic principal in all matters.'
On 01-Apr-09 at the prestigious Skytrax World Aviation Awards ceremony held in Hamburg Germany, Turkish Airlines earned recognition when they received the 'Best Airline in Southern Europe' award.
Chief Executive Officer of Airport International Group (AIG), Mr. Curtis Grad, commented, 'We first initiated talks with Turkish Airlines at the World Routes Conference in Kuala Lumpur back in Oct-2008, and we are very pleased to see these discussions mature and 'bear fruit' as Istanbul is rapidly emerging as one of the top gateways between Amman and Europe, with strong passenger demand and cargo potential.'
'Over the past 18 months, we have focused extensively on enhancing service quality and efficiency within the existing terminal facilities and our dedicated AIG team is fully committed to further improvements and innovation as we eagerly anticipate completion of our new world-class terminal, which is due for completion in late 2011.'
The rehabilitation and expansion works at QAIA are well underway with the new passenger terminal extending over 85,000 square meters. AIG, under the terms of a 25-year concession agreement with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is responsible for the operation of the airport, the rehabilitation of existing facilities and the construction of the new terminal.
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Turkish Airlines increases Amman-Istanbul services 
