Turkish Airlines Holds 7th Annual Travel Agencies Awards Ceremony in Kuwait Best-Selling in 2017

The Turkish Airlines Office in Kuwait, recently held the 7th Annual Travel Agencies Awards ceremony honoring the dedication them of their support and contribution to the growing demand for the national carrier of Turkey records an impressive growth of 45% in passenger traffic throughout 2017. The robust performance reiterates the brand’s successful business model and resilience to market fluctuations.  

Held for the seventh consecutive year, the annual gala dinner event was held at JW Marriott Hotel in Kuwait City amongst local dignitaries, corporate partners, employees, media and other key stakeholders. Fourteen travel agencies received plaques of appreciation for their substantial efforts in boosting passenger traffic from Kuwait across the airline’s 302 worldwide destinations. Agencies were awarded on four different categories – ‘Total Sales’, ‘Best Beyond Business Class Sales’, ‘Best Beyond Economy Sales’ and ‘Highest Sales Increase’.

Displaying outstanding performance, ten agencies received plaques of appreciation for ‘Total Sales’ where in Al Deera Travel agency ranked first place, Jumbo Travel agency ranked second and Eternity travel agency came in third place. ‘Best beyond Business Class Sales’ award was presented to Boodai Aviation and ‘Highest Sales Increase’ award was bagged by Kuwait Star Travels who ranked first followed by ITL Travels coming in second place. Al Deera Travel agency was recognized again under the ‘Best Beyond Economy Sales’.

Mr. Sami Aydogan, General Manager for Turkish Airlines in Kuwait, said: “Turkish Airlines has become a leading choice for both business and leisure travelers from Kuwait and we continue to exceed customer expectations, strengthen our network and steadily grow our market share locally. Travel agencies are an important partner for us and we come together every year to honor their contribution and celebrate our joint successes. This is also a fantastic opportunity to solidify our ties as we start yet another year of fruitful partnerships.”

Owing to the significant increase in passengers from Kuwait on Turkish Airlines, there are now four flights daily from Kuwait City to Istanbul connecting Kuwaitis to more countries than any other airline with 302 destinations across 121 countries. In 2018 alone, Turkish Airlines has inaugurated 3 new destinations to their flight network; Aqaba in Jordan, Freetown in Sierra Leone and Samarkand in Uzbekistan and is soon restarting direct flights to multiple sought-after destinations in Turkey including Izmir, Bodrum, Trabzon, Antalya and Samsun.