Originally Posted by
Matt995
Turkish applied for more slots last summer, but didnt use them all, in fact they used 868, not 984. For Summer 2024 the slot report was in place before they had just announced their recent increase, so the 2024 slot report is therefore incorrect
Play also applied for slots in Summer 2023, and again never used them.
Some of the Turkish slots may be to Antayia and or Dalaman in addition to Istanbul .
Spicejet has a borrowed A340 from some dodgy Romanian outfit plus the consideration of operations with the 737NG via Turkey subject to available GOi authority - think the bilateral have unlimited frequency however but with seat capping in place.
Manchester is also said to be in consideration. (Doubt either will materialise imho)
Very modest growth projections to be honest
Some deck chair moves by the three Pan-European carriers (changes between country AOCs)
Malta/Austria/GB/Hungary ….