Turkish Airlines is adding more weekly flights from Manchester to Istanbul to meet increased passenger demand to explore one of Europe’s most historic cities. Serhat Gök, Manchester General Manager, said: “Turkish Airlines’ four additional weekly flights to Istanbul will meet the expected ...

Turkish Airlines will offer Birmingham Airport (BHX) customers 18 flights a week to Istanbul (IST) from summer 2024, it was confirmed today. Türkiye’s flag carrier currently serves this route twice a day (14 times a week). From June next year it will increase frequency to three times a day on Tu...

From 19 December, Pegasus Airlines is launching a new route between Dortmund and Istanbul operating three times a week from €49.99 a ticket.  Flights will depart from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport at 07:20 Tuesdays and Thursdays and 06:45 on Sundays, and from Dortmund Airport at 11:35 on Tues...

China Eastern Airlines has announced that it will launch a new direct flight between Shanghai and Istanbul starting from September 28, 2023. This marks the first time a Chinese airline has operated a route between China and Turkiye, connecting the two globally renowned cities and important...

Pegasus Airlines launches flights to Montenegro, one of the most popular European holiday destinations Pegasus Airlines is launching flights from Istanbul to Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, one of the most popular European holiday destinations. Four times weekly flights from Istanbul to Pod...

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen has become the latest destination to join British Airways’ network, with the inaugural flight touching down on the Anatolian side of Istanbul on Thursday 1 June 2023. The new route between London Heathrow (LHR) and Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) will operate four times pe...

Rounding up the end of a busy first week of this year’s summer season, Budapest Airport has celebrated the launch of Wizz Air’s daily service to Istanbul, representing the airline’s first Turkish connection from the Hungarian gateway. Utilising the ultra-low-cost carrier’s fleet of A321 N...

Korean Air will resume services to four major destinations in Europe starting from March. After a 3-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the airline will restart the Prague and Zurich routes from the end of March, followed by the resumption of the Istanbul and Madrid routes at the end of April. St...

The Latvian national airline airBaltic this week is taking part in the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Wings of Change Europe 2022 conference in Istanbul, Turkey. During the event, Martin Gauss hosted a panel discussion on how diversity and inclusion can drive business growth. Mart...

The third edition of IATA Wings of Change Europe (WoCE), organised by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and hosted by Pegasus Airlines, has kicked off in Istanbul today, 8 November 2022, following previous editions in Madrid and Berlin. Attendees on the first day included Türkiy...

Turkish Airlines announced plans to increase flight frequencies to Istanbul from Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The airline is reinforcing connectivity in response to growing customer demand with more travel confidence and the easing of international travel protocols. The added flights will of...

Turkish Airlines became the official sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, one of the most followed sports competitions in the world. This prestigious partnership, which will be one of the most significant sponsorship deals in the history of Turkish sports, is of particular importance as this sea...

Oman Air has added 8 weekly flights to Istanbul and 5 weekly flights to Trabzon. In response to exceptional demand, Oman Air, the Sultanate of Oman's national airline, has increased flights between Muscat and its Turkish destinations (Istanbul and Trabzon). Based on the table below, the airlin...

Brussels Airport welcomed more than 1.7 million passengers in June, an increase of 168% compared to June 2021 and 72% of the number of passengers in 2019, before the Covid crisis. Brussels Airport continues its momentum as these are again the highest monthly figures since the crisis began in Marc...

Brussels Airport welcomed more than 1.5 million passengers during April, an increase of 527% compared to April 2021 and a decrease of 31% compared to April 2019 (before the Covid crisis). This is the highest number of passengers since the start of the crisis in March 2020. Air cargo volumes ar...