Turkish Airlines to begin regular flights in June
Turkey’s national flag carrier, Turkish Airlines, is to resume domestic flights in June and reintroduce international flights gradually.
The airline had suspended all domestic or international flights until May 28 as a safety measure against the coronavirus pandemic.
On Monday, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a “normalization plan” to gradually ease the country’s restrictions, as it recorded the lowest number of daily fatalities in over a month.
The carrier has drafted a flight plan for June, July, and August. According to the plan, it will fly to 22 destinations in 19 countries, including Canada, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Japan, China, South Korea, Singapore, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Belarus, Israel, Kuwait, Georgia, and Lebanon, with a weekly frequency of 75 flights.
Turkish Airlines is projected to operate 60% of domestic flights to all destinations, then to reintroduce international flights gradually.
In July, the number of destinations will rise to 103 and the flight frequency on international routes will rise to 572. The number of destinations in August will rise to 160 and the flight frequency on international routes will rise to 937.