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  • Turkish Airlines Marks 15 Years in Bangladesh with Dhaka Half Marathon

    Turkish Airlines Marks 15 Years in Bangladesh with Dhaka Half Marathon

    Turkish Airlines drew roughly 5,000 runners to Dhaka’s Hatirjheel circuit on Saturday. The race marked 15 years of the carrier’s commercial flights in Bangladesh.

    The event, organised alongside sports management outfit ActivePulse, brought international and local participants to the capital’s central water-ring corridor. It showed a transport link that grew alongside trade between Ankara and Dhaka.

    Fifteen Years of Capital Flights

    Islam Gure, Turkish Airlines general manager in Dhaka, led the delegation with airport officials and Turkish diplomats. Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport executive director Group Captain Ragib Samad met airline station heads and commercial partners at the finish line.

    Route planners mapped the Hatirjheel course for elite runners and community fitness groups across several distance categories. ActivePulse founders Tanvir Ahmed and Morsaline Ahmmed managed logistics and course setup across the lakeside venue.

    For the past 15 years, we have been connecting Bangladesh with Türkiye and the rest of the world. But for us, it has never been only about flying from one destination to another. It is about connecting people, bringing cultures closer together, building friendships and creating new opportunities.

    Corporate Footprint and Cargo Links

    Saturday’s run put Turkish corporate ties across Bangladeshi manufacturing and retail on display. Executives from home-appliance maker Singer Beko Bangladesh and energy supplier United Aygaz LPG joined airline leaders at the event.

    Passenger traffic between Dhaka and Istanbul supports an air freight corridor into Europe. Turkish Cargo station manager Mohammad Arif Hossain Khan and airline accounting manager Semih Kulcu attended the race. Their division continues to move Bangladeshi garment exports to European retailers via belly-hold and dedicated freighter space.

    Bilateral Trade Flow

    Long-haul carriers out of Dhaka face fierce competition from Gulf rivals like Emirates, Qatar Airways and Saudia. Turkish Airlines defends its market share by selling single-hop connections through Istanbul into secondary European cities. That routing bypasses Middle Eastern hubs for time-sensitive apparel and textile cargo.

    Direct scheduled flights to Dhaka began 15 years ago. The carrier steadily added frequencies for business travellers, migrant workers and cargo volume. Over the same span, Turkish brands stepped up direct investments in Bangladeshi assembly plants and appliance retail networks.

    Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport is now completing its third terminal. That expansion will set future flight slot allocations and cargo handling capacity for every long-haul carrier operating in Dhaka.

  • Turkish Airlines redesigns travel comfort with “Flow Sleeping Set”

    Turkish Airlines redesigns travel comfort with “Flow Sleeping Set”

    Bringing various innovations to the sky in order to ensure a perfect travel experience for its guests, Turkish Airlines now offers the new “Flow Sleeping Set” to passengers with its wondrous design. Available since 19th February, the new collection offered in Business Class promises sleep as comfortable as your home, only above the clouds.

    Produced with the successful collaboration between Turkish Airlines and Zorlu Tekstil while carrying the signature of expert designers, the collection aims to offer a healthier and higher quality sleep environment.

    Combining elegant lines with comfort, all of the new set’s pieces are developed considering the expectations of passengers who want to enjoy a relaxing sleep to finish their flights in a happy and fit state. The design of the collection reflects Turkish Airline’s “Flow” philosophy that represents the airlines’ dynamic brand identity and continuous service concept. Opting for contemporary and minimalist designs, the materials of the collection were all chosen for their comfort and ability to help sleep. The patterns of the collection are also visually compatible with the designs of the new cabin uniforms and cabin interiors.

    Chief aspects of the “Flow Sleeping Set” are its blanket, sleeping pad and pillow. The “blanket” of the collection features a two-sided design along with a soft texture. Thanks to its ability to support air flow, the product also helps maintain the ideal temperature during all four seasons. In addition to this, the “sleeping pad” provides an orthopedic surface for sleep and with its dense interior filling, it offers extra comfort and ease. In addition, the ‘pillow’, which can be used when sitting down or sleeping, are designed with an ideal size, classical form, and very comfortable materials.

    Sharing his views on this new sleeping set, Turkish Airlines Catering & Inflight Products SVP, Zeki Çukur stated: “With İstanbul Airport, our new home, we continue to add new innovations to the change we are going through. Our passengers will now experience the quality improvement, brought by these innovations, in their sleep with our ‘Flow Sleeping Set’. We prepared our new products after a lengthy R&D and design period as they offer a unique experience with their design and comfort. We are happy to host our Business Class passengers with the comfort of their homes during their intercontinental travels.”