Pegasus Airlines, a leading low cost airline and the second largest airline in Turkey, appoints TAL Aviation as its General Sales Agents for North America.  

The appointment adds to the existing relationship, with TAL Aviation already providing representation and other services for Pegasus in Romania and Russia.
 
"We are delighted with this new appointment which will open opportunities for the markets our USA and Canada offices are servicing" said Mr Nissim Sagis,             TAL Aviation's VP Commerical.   Nissim adds, "this appointment reinforces our solid partnership with Pegasus and together we are looking forward to maximize passenger numbers and revenue in this region". 
 
The appointment will be led by Ms Ferrouz Bousselma, Sales Manager for North America who will be in charge of selling and promoting Pegasus in the USA and Canada.
 
Pegasus recently released its financial results for the first nine months of 2015 with a 14% increase year over year in sales revenue (2.7 Billion TL).  It carried 16.84 million passengers operated by 114,267 flights, of which 47,423 were on its international routes.   During that time, Pegasus added London Gatwick, Oslo, Kutaisi, Erbil and Ovda to its international network and within Turkey, Kastamonu, Ordu-Giresun and Kars.  Pegasus currently flies to 103 scheduled destinations in 40 countries, comprising 33 domestic and 70 international destinations.

About Pegasus Airlines

Pegasus Airlines launched its first charter flights in 1990 and has been owned by ESAS Holding since 2005, at which time it adopted a low-cost network business model.  It is Turkey's leading low-cost carrier offering economically priced point-to-point flights on short and medium-haul routes.  Founded with the mission that everyone has the right to fly, Pegasus offers its guests affordable, on-time flights and the newest aircraft under the auspices of its low-cost model.  Pegasus Airlines flies a scheduled service to 33 destinations in Turkey and 70 in the rest of the world, bringing its total network to 103 destinations in 40 countries.  Due to its continuous expansion, Pegasus was named "The Fastest Growing Airline" of Europe's major scheduled airlines in terms of seat capacity for 2011, 2012 and 2013 by the Official Airline Guide (OAG).

About TAL Aviation Group
TAL Aviation is a Global Airline Representation organization with almost 40 offices covering over 50 countries throughout Europe, Asia, the Pacific and the Americas. TAL Aviation's core business & activity is the representation, distribution & sales of over 35 international airlines, both passenger & cargo; management of over 20 international hotel, cruise, car rental suppliers & products sold and distributed throughout its worldwide network; distributors for IATA and ARC reporting programs making more airlines and travel solutions available to the travelling public; Destination Marketing – developing marketing strategies to establish a strong presence of major tourism authorities in new locations; A-La-Carte Modular Solutions – offering organizations individual and multiple modular marketing and management services on an ad-hoc or long-term basis, adapted and priced to accommodate limited budgets; Smartphone Applications – TAL Travel App, a worldwide smartphone application making travelling fun and easy; PR - launching international campaigns for local markets & coordination of media planning, buying, graphic design & production.