Turkish Airlines Hosts 8th Annual Travel Agencies’ Awards Ceremony in Kuwait

Turkish Airlines recently hosted its 8th Annual Travel Agencies’ Awards ceremony to honor the dedication of the local travel agents, who play an instrumental role in the airline’s robust growth. Through their substantial efforts in boosting passenger traffic from Kuwait across the airline’s 307 worldwide destinations now, the national carrier of Turkey recorded an impressive growth of 10% in passenger flux throughout 2018.

Held annually, the grand dinner event that was held at the Millennium Hotel and Convention Centre in Kuwait, saw the attendance of local dignitaries, corporate partners, employees, media, and other key stakeholders.  

Displaying significant performance, 15 agencies received plaques of appreciation for ‘Total Sales’ where in Boodai Aviation Group ranked first place, Aldeera Travel agency ranked second and Como travel agency came in third place. ‘Best beyond Business Class Sales’ award was presented to Boodai and ‘Highest Sales Increase’ award was bagged by AlYousef who ranked first followed by Alkhamees coming in second place. Aldeera Travel agency was recognized under the ‘Best Beyond Economy Sales’.

Mr. Muhammed Baltu, General Manager, Turkish Airlines in Kuwait, said: “As we enter the next phase of our ambitious growth strategy, we remain committed to continue strengthening our collaboration with all of our travel agency partners, who are key to our success. As you know, 2019 marked the launch of new destinations and the inauguration of the much anticipated new state of the art airport. Poised to be the largest one in the world, it is expected to serve 200 million passengers annually, significantly elevating the customer experience. Together with our partners, we look forward to continuing being the airline of choice as we enhance connectivity and comfort through unique offerings and a costumer-centricity philosophy that drives us forward.”

With the rise in travelers from Kuwait to Turkey at an all-time high, there are currently 4 flights daily from Kuwait City to Istanbul. (In summer daily 10 flights) It is worth noting that Turkish Airlines’ first flight was to the capital, just like the first flight of the flag carrier 86 years ago. Atatürk Airport was the witness to the flag carrier airline’s steady local and global rise since its founding and Turkish Airlines’ final passenger flight from this transfer hub was the Singapore flight that took place at 02:00 on April 6th. The moving has concluded on April 6 Saturday at 20:00, flag carrier airline started a new era at its new home, Istanbul Airport, which will be the new center of the global aviation sector.