Turkish Airlines has announced intentions to begin flying to Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (DFW) and Denver, Colorado (DEN) according to their investor relations press release.
As of now, aircraft, frequency, schedules, and the other details remain unknown for Denver. However, Turkish opened reservations for its Dallas/Fort Worth flights on August 4, 2021.
Turkish Airlines will launch its new Istanbul to Dallas/Fort Worth route on September 24, 2021 operating four times a week with the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner:
TK191 Depart IST 2:10 PM Arrive DFW 6:55 PM
TK192 Depart DFW 8:25 PM Arrive IST 3:50 PM
Denver keeps growing with the addition of Air France a few months ago and now Turkish Airlines. Itâs been a while since DFW secured a new long-haul airline.
Looking in from an outsiderâs perspective, Iâm more surprised that Turkish doesnât already fly to these destinations. These are two hubs, especially so with Dallas, so for them to announce that theyâre intending to operate there definitely surprises me, not in the way that youâd think at least.
Being in star alliance, I think Denver would make perfect sense. Passengers will have tons of connections once they get there to anywhere in the US and the areas around us.
wait⌠WHAT?? First Air France and now this? Awesome! I hope they announce specifics soon! I hope they do succeed as they are a star alliance partner with United, and with that, that should provide a lot of opportunities. Great to hear that DEN is recovering still!
y did no one tag me these matters are important geez
This is amazing! Glad to see more variety in Dallas. Lets hope American doesnât scare them away like get did to 3 airlines in the past. But this is exciting news!
Wow I canât believe this finally happened! There were talks of Turkish flying to Denver a few years ago until they ended do to political tensions. I am very happy to see this new route to DEN!
As another IFC member mentioned to me in chats, Turkish seems to be trying to going head-on against Qatar. Itâs like, TK is trying to be the one of the central Middle Eastern carriers (Although LTFM is in Europe, Turkey as a whole is considered part of the Middle East).
So far, Qatar & Turkish seem to be on path to recovering quickly & expanding as compared to Emirates & Etihad (suffering from previous losses & bans on target markets). Itâll be interesting to see what goes forward.
Currently:
Qatar doesnât serve Vancouver, Toronto, Newark, & Denver (these are airports TK currently flies/will fly to). On the other hand, Turkish doesnât fly to Seattle, Charlotte, & Philadelphia (which QR flies to).
