TK plots SYD non-stops

TURKISH Airlines has again confirmed that Australia is on its radar, with TK chairman Ilker Ayci flagging the launch of non-stop Istanbul-Sydney flights next year.The Star Alliance member has several Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners on order, the first of which is scheduled to arrive in Jun 2019.The distance between Sydney and Istanbul is about 9,300 nautical miles – slightly more than the Perth-London route which Qantas is now operating using the same aircraft.Turkish Airways didn’t comment