Turkish Airlines Starts Flights to Freetown in Sierra Leone

Press release

Published February 20th, 2018 - 09:21 GMT

Turkish Airlines will operate its Freetown flights 2 times per week, on Tuesday and Saturday.

Turkish Airlines, flying to more destinations in Africa than any other airline, marks another milestone in its international expansion with the launch of flights to Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. With existing services to city–hubs of Accra, Lagos, Bamako, Conakry, Dakar, Abidjan, Cotonou, Douala, Yaounde, N’Djamena, Ougadougou, Niamey, Cape Town, Johannesburg and more, Turkish Airlines now adds flights to Freetown as its 52^nd destination in Africa.

Beginning February 24, Turkish Airlines will operate its Freetown flights 2 times per week on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

The services will provide a link between Istanbul Atatürk International Airport and the Lungi International Airport via Ouagadougou. The return flight will also provide a substantial access to passengers departing from Sierra Leone to top global destinations such as London, Dubai, Paris, Frankfurt, Muscat, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam, Vienna, Asmara, Hamburg, Tel-Aviv, Düsseldorf, Milano, and to a lot more via Turkish Airlines, the airline that flies to more countries and international destinations than any other in the world.

Istanbul-Freetown flight times as scheduled from February 24^th. Times are in LMT.

FLIGHT NUMBER	START	END	DAYS	DEPARTURE		ARRIVAL
TK 533	24.02.2018	24.03.2018	.2...6.	IST	18:00	22:00	OUA
TK 533	24.02.2018	24.03.2018	.2...6.	OUA	22:50	1:10	FNA	+1
TK 534	25.02.2018	21.03.2018	..3...7	FNA	02:05	4:15	OUA
TK 534	25.02.2018	21.03.2018	..3...7	OUA	05:25	14:30	IST

Background Information

Turkish Airlines

Turkey's "rising star", Turkish Airlines, began its’ journey back in 1933 with 5 planes. Today, Turkish Airlines boasts a fleet of 335 aircrafts (passenger and cargo) and continues that journey with the same excitement. With its growth figures placing the company among the leading airlines in the world, Turkish Airlines, with a momentous decision in 2013, made the biggest airplane purchase in the history of Turkish Civil Aviation.