Turkish Airlines will provide door-to-door cargo services with its new subsidiary THY Hava Kargo Taşımacılığı A.Ş.

THY Hava Kargo Taşımacılığı A.Ş., which was established specifically for the needs of the e-commerce sector, will offer integrated air cargo solutions for its corporate customers serving in the e-commerce logistics sector under the Widect brand. Widect, which sets out with the motto 'Wide-direct-connect', aims to maximize Türkiye's potential in the international express market with its wide flight network and direct connection opportunities.

TPromising to offer comprehensive solutions by combining Turkish Airlines' wideflight network and Turkish Cargo's logistics expertise, Widect will provide an end-to-end service that will provide pick-up, export customs declaration, air cargo, import customs clearance, door delivery, return processes, warehousing services and all logistics requirements required by the e-commerce sector.

Widect will provide fast and quality service with optimum costs by using the advantage of Istanbul, the transshipment center for e-commerce logistics. Widect, which aims to be a reliable solution partner for e-commerce logistics originating from Türkiye, will also support micro exports.

Commenting on Turkish Airlines' new investment, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Turkish Airlines, said: We are pleased to announce our new brand Widect, where we combine our expertise in logistics and air cargo with customized solutions and innovation for e-commerce. We regard Widect as an important driving force to increase cooperation in the dynamic and growing e-commerce sector and expand the e-commerce ecosystem. We have seen so far that Turkish Airlines' launch of flights to a country contributes significantly to the increase in trade volume with that country. With this approach, we aim to provide the solutions that our country's exporters need, to make new markets accessible and thus create new opportunities and to reach 10% of total exports, which is our country's e-export target.

Widect, which combines high reliability, transparency, speed and cost advantages, will start its operations in the first quarter of 2024.

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