(GEN) TURKEY'S NATIONAL AIR CARRIER EYES TOP SPOT IN EUROPE.STOCKHOLM, Jun 30, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Director of Turkey's national air carrier said the company aimed at becoming the number one airline in Europe. "Europe is a huge market and we want to be the best air carrier in Europe," said Temel Kotil  This biographical article or section is written like a resume.Please help [ improve this article] by revising it to be and encyclopedic. () Dr. , director general of the Turkish Airlines (THY) at a ceremony for the launching of fights to Sweden's Goteborg city. THY started flying from Istanbul to Goteborg on Monday with three flights a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and on Fridays. Goteborg has been the seventh overseas destination added in 2009 to the THY network. "Our 117th overseas destination will be Toronto in Canada and we want to increase the number of our destinations in Scandinavian countries Noun 1. Scandinavian country - any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia Scandinavian nation European country, European nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continent as well," Kotil said. The director also said the company would add 19 more long-range airliners to its fleet by 2012 to increase the number to 38. The Turkish Airlines posted a net profit of 1,134 million Turkish liras in 2008 (1 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. = 1.5320 TL) as the number of its passengers increased 15 percent to 22.5 million. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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