Turkish Airlines celebrates 787-9 inaugural flight from London Heathrow to Istanbul

Turkish Airlines has today announced that its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner made its inaugural flight from London Heathrow to the airline’s home city of Istanbul yesterday.
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Turkish Airlines’ London general manager, Celal Baykal, said: “The Dreamliner is our new flagship aircraft and we’re delighted to be able to offer passengers the chance to fly on it today.

“The London to Istanbul route is amongst the busiest in our network and one we’ve been operating for almost 50 years, welcoming hundreds of thousands of holiday makers and business travellers during that time.