Turkish Airlines offers little girl in recreated flight video to fly

Turkish Airlines offers little girl in recreated flight video to fly

ISTANBUL

The general manager of Turkish Airlines (THY) has offered the parents of 21-month-old Asya Araz to get her onboard one of its flights, after a video of the little girl pretending to be travelling by plane was watched and admired by thousands on social media.

Bilal Ekşi said in a Twitter post that the little girl was more than welcome to fly with them, adding that the officials of Anadolujet, a subsidiary company of THY, will contact her and her family.

On April 23, Turkey’s National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, Asya’s family posted an 18-second-long video, having recreated a flight experience with Azra pretending to pick up her luggage from a treadmill-turned-baggage carousel and eating in front of a plane window—which is actually a washing machine.

The family said she hadn’t ever been on an airplane as she was only a baby when the pandemic broke out.

The video quickly drew tens of thousands of likes.

“The future is in the skies. This bright little girl is our future,” Ekşi said.