Pegasus Airlines launches non-stop service to Istanbul

Hamburg Airport welcomes a new airline: starting today, Pegasus Airlines fly from Hamburg to Istanbul four days a week. Flights to the city on the Bosphorus Strait are operated Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Turkey’s leading low-cost carrier departs Hamburg Airport for Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökcen Airport at 2:25 p.m. Departures from Istanbul are the same day, at 11:20 a.m. Boeing 737-800 aircraft will be deployed on the route. Tickets are available starting at €64.99.

“We are delighted to have won Pegasus Airlines for Hamburg – a new airline that will be offering low-cost flights to Istanbul starting this summer,” says Michael Eggenschwiler, CEO of Hamburg Airport. “Our passengers heading for Turkey have an attractive selection of price categories to choose from. We are therefore confident that this additional service will be well received.”

Commenting on the launch of the Hamburg route as of 1 July, Pegasus Airlines Chief Commercial Officer Guliz Ozturk says “Pegasus Airlines continues expand its network in Germany to which it first flew in 2006. We value Germany greatly as a destination given the huge potential for passengers between the two countries, and as it’s the country we fly to the most. Hamburg is the latest addition to our German network, following Stuttgart, Munich, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Berlin, Nuremberg and Frankfurt, bringing our total destinations in Germany to 8. We now connect Hamburg to 23 destinations within Turkey and 21 destinations beyond Turkey; a total of 44 destinations in all. With our growing network and affordable fares, we continue to inspire and empower our guests to expand their horizons and discover new places.”

Pegasus connects Hamburg to 44 destinations

Pegasus now connects from Hamburg to 23 destinations within Turkey: Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Balikesir/Edremit, Bodrum, Dalaman, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Gazipasa/Alanya, Hatay, Izmir, Kayseri, Konya, Malatya, Nevsehir, Samsun, Sivas, Sanliurfa, Trabzon, Van and 21 other international destinations: Almaty, Bahrain, Berlin, Beirut, Bishkek, Doha, Donetsk, Dubai, Kharkiv, Krasnodar, Kuwait, North Cyprus, Lviv, Mineralnye Vody, Omsk, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tbilisi, Tirana, Vienna, Zurich; comprising a total of 44 destinations in all.

With Hamburg, Pegasus' network now includes 84 destinations in 35 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the Caucasus. Pegasus guests can book flights on www/flypgs.com or from Pegasus Airlines sales agents.

About Pegasus Airlines

Pegasus Airlines launched its first charter flights in 1990 and has been owned by ESAS Holding since 2005. It is Turkey's leading low-cost carrier offering economically priced point to point flights on short and medium-haul routes. Founded with the mission that everyone has the right to fly, Pegasus offers its guests affordable, on-time flights and the newest aircraft under the auspices of its low-cost model. Pegasus Airlines flies a scheduled service to 30 destinations in Turkey and 54 in the rest of the world, bringing its total network to 84 destinations in 35 countries.

Due to its continuous expansion, Pegasus was named “The Fastest Growing Airline” of Europe's 25 largest airlines in terms of seat capacity for both 2011 and 2012 by the Official Airline Guide (OAG). In 2012 Pegasus made the single largest-ever aircraft order in Turkish civil aviation history at the time of approximately US$12 billion (list price) for 100 new Airbus aircraft, of which 25 are optional.

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