Flights to Turkey resumed from Friday

Regular flights to Turkey resumed from July 22, Interfax reports with reference to Rosaviatsiya.

The news agency reports that the Russian administration has received “assurances about urgently taken measures to improve the security of the presence of Russian citizens at airports and on the territory of the Republic of Turkey.” For this reason, regular flights to Turkey resumed from July 22, 2016.

From Friday, July 22, Aeroflot resumes regular flights to Turkey in accordance with the summer schedule, and also launches sales of air tickets in this direction. This is reported on the official website of the carrier. The airline operates two flights a day to Istanbul at 10:05 and 21:25, and back at 14:55 and 01:55. As well as one flight a day to Antalya at 08:45 and back at 13:25.

Charter flights from Russia to Turkey are not yet performed.

Earlier, the media reported that air traffic between Russia and Turkey was temporarily suspended due to the aggravation of internal political contradictions in the country. Recall that in the night from Saturday to Sunday in Turkey there was an attempted military coup. More than 200 people were injured.