Turkish delight for Reds

Hamdi Topcu said: "It is a great honour for Turkish Airlines to be associated with Manchester United as the team's official airline sponsor and I am confident the partnership will make an excellent contribution to our brand value. Like Manchester United we aim to be the very best in everything we do with first class quality of service in all aspects of our business. We are very excited about the commercial opportunities that the sponsorship will offer the airline working alongside one of the most famous football clubs in the world."

Turkish Airlines was formed in 1933 and today flies to 120 destinations worldwide, transporting over 25 million passengers. The airline, which is a Star Alliance Member and operates the only four star cabin service in all classes within Europe, has recently announced plans to grow its fleet to 196 aircraft within the next five years.