The medical tourism market in the world has been rapidly growing in recent years. In order to increase share of Turkish Health Care establishments in the market and support national economy, Turkish Airlines has prepared a support program for Health Care Establishments who invest in medical tourism.

Turkish Airlines wins SkyTrax Award for Best Airline in Southern Europe…
Turkish Airlines has been named best airline in Southern Europe in a survey conducted by well-known market research company Skytrax.

Evaluation results of worldwide famous Skytrax market research company were announced on April 2, 2009. Skytrax Approved Airline Evaluation covers over 750 aspects of product and service quality measurement in reference to evaluating airline companies and airports. Turkish Airlines maintained its 4-star status in 2008 for a second year in a row presented by Skytrax in 2007.
Turkish Airlines achieved a great success this year in the grading of the “Skytrax World Aviation Awards 2009” known as the Oscars of Aviation industry. Turkish Airlines won the title of the “Best Airline Southern Europe” in its region as a result of the evaluation.
The Skytrax World Airline Awards are so highly regarded, recognized and quoted across the globe. Winners were determined with more than 15.4 million completed survey interviews during the 10 month survey period and over 95 different passenger nationalities taking part.

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