At 15:50 on November 11, Flight TK226 landed smoothly at Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (hereinafter referred to as "Tianfu Airport"), marking the official launch of the Turkish Airlines Chengdu–Istanbul passenger route.

Chengdu is the fourth destination that Turkish Airlines has launched in China after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The Chengdu Tianfu–Istanbul passenger route is operated by Boeing 787-9 wide-body aircraft, with three flights per week departing Tianfu Airport on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. With the addition of the existing Sichuan Airlines flights, the Chengdu–Istanbul route will reach seven flights per week, further strengthening connectivity between central and western China and Turkey, and injecting new vitality into economic and trade exchanges, people-to-people exchanges and cross-border tourism between the two places.

(From http://www.caacnews.com.cn/)