Airport Istanbul Ataturk, Turkey, 2013
Regular flights from Russia to Turkey resumed on July 22nd. Federal Air Transport Agency said the cancellation imposed after the attempted coup, restrictions on Russian aircraft flying to Turkey. The order does not apply to charter flights
Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) has canceled the previously imposed restrictions on flights scheduled flights from Russia to Turkey.
«In connection with the guarantees of acceptance of increased measures of aviation safety, presented by the Turkish side, beginning at 00:00 07.22.2016 canceled all previously imposed restrictions on regular flights between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey “, – said in the telegram Federal Air Transport Agency, which examined RBC
Manager. Director of “Biblio Globus” Alexander Tugolukov told RBC that the company resumes sending tourists to Turkey. “We are restoring flights to Turkey from 23 July” – said Tugolukov
«Aeroflot» company said that resuming the transport of Russian citizens and the sale of tickets to Turkey from 22 July.. “Aeroflot” opens ticket sales to Istanbul and Antalya on all channels, “- said in a statement the carrier. The flights will be carried out according to the current summer schedule.
The temporary ban on regular flights to Turkey Ministry of Transport of Russia has introduced July 16, 2016. The decision was taken to ensure safety in connection with the events taking place in Turkey. On the night of July 16 in the country was an attempted military coup. The coup involved and the national Air Force. On the night of July 16, army helicopters attacked government buildings in Ankara, including the headquarters of the intelligence, the General Staff, the state television building, as well as the office of the company Turksat. Two helicopters were shot down loyal to President Recep Erdogan units.
The crisis started between Ankara and Moscow in November 2015, when the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber, and the death of one of the pilots. In late June, Erdogan sent a letter of condolences to the incident, the Russian leadership considered it sufficient to restore relations. The two presidents had a telephone conversation.
President Vladimir Putin announced the lifting of the ban on charter flights to Turkey and the abolition of administrative restrictions on the sale of tours to this country. Tour operators have noted that the head of an obstacle to the resumption of the tourist flow to Turkey is a ban on charter flights. July 11 Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said that the government has not yet made a final decision on the resumption of charter flights to Turkey. According to him, the Russian side expects from Ankara only representations of security guarantees, this “will be enough” for the resumption of charter flights.
In 2015, according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Turkey was visited by 3.649 million Russians, and since the beginning of 2016 to July -. 138 thousand, which is about 83% less than the same period in 2015 (when there were about 802 thousand.)
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