Turkish Cargo, a sub-brand of Turkish Airlines, in charge of maintaining the cargo services of the airline company carried 1,5 million live Gilt-head breams weighing 100 tons to Oman from Izmir.

Providing substantial contributions for the Turkish exporters to introduce their names in different markets with its enhanced services and new destinations added to its flight network recently, Turkish Cargo achieved this successful operation to carry 1,5 million Gilt-head breams, grown in the Aegean Region by Kilic Holding equipped with the highest fish growing capacity across the Europe, to Oman.

During this cargo flight carried out by means of Boeing 777F wide-body freighter on charter basis and accompanied by aquaculture engineers. pH balance, oxygen and water temperature levels of baby gilt-head breams were checked every 1 hour.

Acting in accordance with the principle of “delivering as soon as possible” in cargo operations, Turkish Cargo provided a service beyond-expectations, contributing to the supply chain of marine products, and thus, the Turkish economy.

Turkish Cargo has an adequate freighter fleet and a globally-effective flight network to readily meet the requests for importation of live fish from many Arab countries such as Tunisia, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and builds up trust for special cargo.

Mr. Serkan Ilgaz, Executive Vice President, Production at Kilic Holding, said:
‘’We are the only company performing sea fish imports operations from
Turkey. We carried approximately 1,5 million baby gilt-head breams to the Indian
Ocean off the coast of Oman in shorter than forty hours, and performed our first
shipment with Turkish Cargo. We hope to keep developing our cooperation with our
flag-carrier airline with new achievements in the future.”
Standing as the dynamic brand across the cargo industry managing its operations in
accordance with the guidelines published by the International Air Transportation
Association (IATA), Turkish Cargo exercises maximum care in all transportation
operations for live animals, and maintains the best safety, comfort and hygienic
conditions with its well-trained personnel.