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Turkey's low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines has announced that it has changed the base currency for pricing of international tickets originating in Turkey, from the euro to the U.S. dollar. 

The decision will be effective as of July 1, the company said in a written statement on June 12. 

Zuhal Sengul, an air hostess for Turkish Airlines, aged 31, was fired for being too sexy! Her bosses saw her pictures in an Italian magazine wearing gothic outfits and were so turned on by her busty figure that they decided that she had to be taken off the crew.

In the past, the airline has banned staff members from wearing shades of airlines that are seen as too provocative.

Taiwan's EVA air has reached a code-sharing agreement with Turkish Airlines for flights between Taipei and Istanbul, Turkish Airlines said in statement on June 4.

A code-sharing agreement is when two or more airlines agree to list certain flights in a reservation system under each other's names.

A Turkish Airlines plane has made an emergency landing at Sofia Airport on Wednesday but there were no injuries, BGNES news outlet reported.

The plane, flying from Istanbul to Prague, developed a technical problem while in Bulgarian airspace. According to initial information, smoke appeared on board.  

All passengers have left the aircraft, BGNES said.

New Zealand has signed an air service deal with Greece to help airlines from either of the two countries to take up the flying rights in the long term if they spot a viable market opportunity.

The bilateral agreement means that airlines would offer passengers a single ticket for flights in a number of flights.

Turkish shipowners have taken over the reigns of transport to and from the Aegean islands. Greek shipowners from the islands of Chios, Mytilene, Kos and Rhodes have either withdrawn or have become agents for Turkish carriers so as to ensure their survival. A number of Turkish ferries have left their regular routes at the Bosphorus Strait for a bite of the East Aegean.

Croatia's maritime, transport and infrastructure ministry has signed a contract with the World Bank to find a strategic partner to privatize or recapitalize the struggling state-owned company Croatia Airlines.

Transport minister Sinisa Hajdas Doncic confirmed the agreement on Tuesday.

State-owned national carrier Montenegro airlines on Tuesday admitted a net loss of 9.5 million euro in 2014, blaming the economic crisis for its poor financial performance.

Turkish Airlines (THY), Turkey's national flag-carrier, will begin direct flights to Miami on Oct. 25, the company announced on May 13.

The move makes Miami the company's 12th destination in the Americas, on top of existing services to Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Toronto, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, Boston, Montreal and San Francisco.

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) launches flights between Zurich and Sofia as of May 14.

Sofia is one of the 22 new destinations that have been included in the summer schedule of the airline, according to dnevnik.bg.