Two Chinese carriers starting Istanbul

[globetrotter]

Hainan will begin PVG-URC-IST 2 x 330 from 11th July

HU7921 PVG1255 – 1830URC2130 – 2330IST 330 14
HU7922 IST0130 – 1240URC1440 – 1850PVG 330 25

China Southern fly from 2nd Sept 2 x 757 as PEK-URC-IST.

CZ679 PEK1650 – 2050URC2215 – 0020+1IST 752 257
CZ680 IST0135 – 1250URC1420 – 1750PEK 752 136

air China too had applied for permission to serve IST daily with 332 PEK-URC-IST from summer 2008, with these, hopefully they get permit too but two airlines from PEK plus TK with their own service is too much, maybe China Southern could switch to Guangshou then.

IST was previously served by CAAC back in the 80s, it too was routed via Urumchi plus Sharjah using 707.