FIRST SMALL-SIZE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT TO TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY

Borajet airline company will launch Turkey's first small-size commercial air transportation from Istanbul to the central city of Tokat on Friday by Turboprop ATR 72-500 propeller plane.
Borajet will be the first airline company to launch regional air transportation.
The Turboprop ATR 72-500 planes can normally carry 74 passengers, however Borajet has reduced the number of passengers to 66.
The company will operate flights to Tokat, northern province of Zonguldak, Aegean towns of Selcuk and Edremit, central province of Nevsehir, and southern town of Alanya.
Having completed its restructuring initiatives in 2008, Borajet moved to its new hangar at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport.
The airline company has three ATR 72-500 propeller planes at the moment. However, it plans to increase its fleet soon.
On Wednesday, Ali Ariduru, the director general of Turkey's Civil Aviation Authority, said Turkey was preparing to start using small-size commercial aircraft.
"Aircraft for 66 passengers will be used, and first flights will be from (Istanbul's) Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Tokat, Siirt, Zonguldak, Nevsehir and Antalya airports in the first place," Ariduru also said.