Flights to Buenos Aires launched by Turkish airlines

Turkish Airlines (THY) will launch flights to Buenos Aires, Argentina in June, the director general said on Saturday.Temel Kotil said THY would operate Sao Paulo-connected Istanbul-Buenos Aires flights in June.We plan to operate four flights a week first, and we can also carry passengers from Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires,Kotil told reporters after meeting Argentine Tourism Minister Carlos Enrique Meyer in Istanbul.

Meyer is visiting Istanbul for the 16th East Mediterranean International Travel and Tourism Exhibition (EMITT).We aim to operate flights to Bueno Aires every day if slot restrictions at the Sao Paulo airport are lifted,Kotil also said.Meyer said 6 million Argentine people travelled abroad last year.THY carried 32.6 million passengers in January-December, 2011. The number of THY passengers was up 12.1 percent from 29.1 million in January-December 2010 to 32.6 million in January-December 2011.Turkish Airlines also increased the cargo it carried 23.7 percent from 313,517 tons to 387,703 tons in the mentioned period.THY is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey, headquartered in Istanbul. It operates scheduled services to 146 international and 41 domestic cities, serving a total of 187 airports, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.