Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon and Turkey have signed a commercial air transport agreement under which Turkish Airlines will operate 7 flights a week between Turkey and Gabon from the end of December this year, the ministry of Transport announced on Wednesday in Libreville.
A statement in Libreville said the agreement was signed in Istanbul on Monday by Mr. Suat Hayri Aka and Mr. Emmanuel Jean Didier Biye, under-secretary of State to the Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications of Turkey and deputy Minister in charge of Transport of Gabon respectively.
Turkish Airlines already flies to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sebha in Libya and N'Djamena in Chad.
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, will be added from 9 October and Malé, Maldives, on 24 November.
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