For many travelers, long-haul travel still primarily conjures images of widebody jets, but Turkish Airlines is increasingly proving that some very long routes can be handled effectively by single-aisle aircraft. In 2025, the airline’s Boeing 737 MAX 8 and Boeing 737 MAX 9 will be flying deep into Africa from Istanbul, with flight times exceeding six hours. Routes such as Istanbul to Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Ponte-Noire, and other destinations all across Africa consistently rank among the airline’s longest nonstop Boeing 737 MAX-served sectors, turning the aircraft into a quasi-long-haul workhorse aircraft.