Turkish Airlines, Turkey's national flag-carrier, will begin direct flights to Miami on October 25, the company announced on Wednesday.

The move establishes Miami as THY'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.

Deputy Director General for marketing and sales of Turkish Airlines, Ahmet Olmustur, said: "Our most efficient motivation is to bring THY quality to the whole world with our new destinations which we will add to our wide flight network."

Reciprocal Miami flights will be operated every weekday, THY said in the statement.