Turkish Airlines Expands Global Network

 According to breakingnewstravel, Turkish Airlines has announced additional flights from Istanbul to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 25 April.
This will make the airline the world’s fourth largest flight network, with 222 destinations in 99 countries. Beginning later this month, roundtrip flights between Istanbul and Kuala Lumpur will be operated three times a week on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
 Flights between the two cities will be increased to four times weekly, with the addition of a Wednesday flight beginning 17 June.
The addition of this destination also means that Turkish Airlines passengers coming from UK airports (London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh), will now be able to reach Kuala Lumpur via Istanbul.

Emirates Increase Seychelles Flights

Emirates will introduce two additional flights to the Seychelles in December and February, thus increasing the service to 13 weekly flights. The 12th flight starts on 3 December and will depart Dubai at 08h45, arriving in the Seychelles at 13h25. The return journey from the Seychelles will depart at 23h50, arriving in Dubai at 04h20 the following day. The 13th flight will be operational from 5 February, 2013. Emirates has been flying to the Seychelles since January 2005. Emirates flies to 125 destinations in 74 countries across six continents. Operating 177 wide-body Airbus and Boeing aircraft, including 21 A380s, Emirates has orders for an additional 226 aircraft, worth more than USD$62 billion.

SAA Increases Frequencies

South African Airways has announced a number of additional flights, as well as additional capacity on popular summer holidays routes. Effective 3 October, SAA will offer non-stop daily flights between Johannesburg and Mumbai.
The route is serviced with an A330-200 Airbus, with 36 Business and 186 Economy Class seats. Effective 13 September, SAA will add three flights to its daily schedule which increases the service between Johannesburg and Nairobi from seven to 10 flights per week.
 To meet demand, SAA will be adding capacity to its popular summer holidays routes. First in line will be Brazil with the current 10 flights weekly between Sao Paulo and Johannesburg increasing to 11.
 This additional capacity will be added between 6 October and 13 March 2013, using a combination of the Airbus A323 and A343. Further, during the summer holidays, a wide-body aircraft will be deployed to meet demand on the Johannesburg to Mauritius route.
]Between mid-December and mid-January, the same will happen on the Johannesburg to Cape Town route when a bigger aircraft will be deployed to cater for an increase in demand by holiday travelers.