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serve as a gate that is excel- global rankings. Accord-
lent for the trade between ing to Turkish Cargo, it had
the East and the West.” increased its market share
With that said the Istan- to the level of 5.2% from the
bul-headquartered carrier 2.6% in the last five years.
is certainly going places. In The carrier also states
August this year, the Interna- that it had 13 cargo planes in
tional Air Transport Association’s its fleet in 2017, and increased
(IATA) World Air Transport Statistics Daniel Lloyd this number by 53.8% to 20 in
data named Turkish Cargo as the first Johnson 2022. In parallel with the expansion
among the European air cargo com- of the fleet, the number of destinations
panies and the fourth among the global operated with freighters nearly doubled by
airlines, based on its total transportation reaching 100 in 2022.
performance. Moving ahead with its vision for 2025,
About the honour, Turkish Airlines All of these new Turkish Cargo launched three new shipment
Chairman of the Board and the Executive solutions in June this year to keep up with
Committee, Ahmet Bolat said in a public services have been the rise in demand – TK SMART, TK PREMIUM
statement, "As the fastest-growing air cargo designed in such a way and TK URGENT.
brand in the world, we continue to add While TK SMART is angled at general
value to the air cargo industry with our con- that our customers can cargo transportation, the Turkish Cargo
tributions to the supply chain and maintain website states that it also offers cost-ef-
our critical role when it comes to increas- get maximum benefit fective advantages for shipments without
ing the global trade’s competition power. weight or size limitations. TK PREMIUM is
We are on the march towards our target to from the capacity targeted at fulfilling critical shipments with
become one of the top 3 air cargo brands and technological short journey times or latest acceptance
in the world in 2025 by carrying this success times (LATs), while also providing minimum
performed by Turkish Cargo in Europe to all infrastructure of our connections and fast delivery.
corners of the world.” The STAT Trade Times caught up with Dan-
The carrier recorded an immense facility, SMARTIST. iel Lloyd Johnson, Senior Vice President Cargo
performance climbing up the ladder to Product & Customer Experience at Turkish
fourth position from the 22nd in the last Airlines to tell us more about these solutions.

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