Qatar Airways to Increase Flights to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport in Turkey

Qatar Airways is to increase flights to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport from 29 March 2015.

With the launch of a new daily service to Sabiha Gökçen Airport, passengers will be able to take advantage of an additional morning connection to Istanbul via Doha.

The new daily flight, operated by a two-class, Airbus A320 aircraft, will depart Doha at 09:45, arriving in Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 14:00. The return will leave Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 15:00 arriving back in Doha at 18:55.

Qatar Airways recently celebrated its 10 years of successful operations to Turkey. The airline began services to Istanbul Ataturk International Airport in 2004 marking Qatar Airways’ first destination in Turkey, and due to popular passenger demand has been steadily increasing its number of flights to the country.

Qatar Airways currently operates to three destinations in Turkey – Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport (daily flights), Istanbul Ataturk Airport (10-flights-a-week) and Ankara (four-weekly-flights).

The non-stop four-flights-a-week service from Doha to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport was launched on 22 May of this year, marking Qatar Airways’ addition of its third route to Turkey. Due to an increase in demand, Qatar Airways added three additional flights from 26 October to Sabiha Gökçen Airport, marking the launch of daily flights to the airport.

“Qatar Airways’ service to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport has enjoyed exceptional popularity since its launch earlier this year,” said Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Mr. Akbar Al Baker. “The start of a double daily service from March next year will further strengthen our support for leisure and business travel to Istanbul and we are certain that our passengers will welcome this initiative.”

The Doha - Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport route is operated by an Airbus A320, featuring 12 seats in Business Class and up to 132 seats in Economy. Selected A320s feature seatback TV screens providing all passengers in both cabins with the next generation interactive onboard entertainment system – a choice of more than 900 audio and video on demand options.