Last Monday (24th) Turkish Airlines, the National flag carrier, reached a milestone of flying its one billionth passenger, Anadolu Agency reports. The carrier rewarded the one billionth passenger, Mustafa Balci, who was flying from Istanbul to Türkiye's southeastern province of Adiyaman, with 1 million bonus miles.
"Living this experience will be an unforgettable memory for me", Balci said.
Ahmet Bolat, the chairman of Turkish Airlines' board and executive committee, said: "Our brand, which has reached 1 billionth passenger in 90 years, aims to carry 2 billionth passenger in 2031."
Bonus miles can be redeemed for flights, hotels, rental cars, and other parts of trip through Turkish Airlines.
Turkish Airlines was established on the 20th of May 1933 as Turkish State Airlines (Turkish: Devlet Hava Yolları) as a department of the Ministry of National Defense. The airline's initial fleet consisted of two five-seat Curtiss Kingbirds, two four-seat Junkers F 13s and one ten-seat Tupolev ANT-9.
Today Turkish Airlines currently has 413 aircraft and flies to 342 destinations – 289 international and 53 domestic.
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