Charter flights to Turkey may resume from Monday, 29 August. It is reported by “Interfax” agency, citing a source in the industry. A spokesman for Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Natalia Timakova said that the Ministry of Transport introduced in the draft resolution of the Cabinet to abolish the restrictions on charter flights to Turkey, but the document has not been signed.
The Ministry of Transport, in turn, notes that talk about the resumption of charter communication with Turkey before the adoption of the relevant government decree early
«currently, permit documents we have,” -. said “Gazeta.ru” in the charter Carrier Azur Air.
According to the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Tyurin, this season to lift the ban on charter flights to Turkey is already unlikely to have any significant effect. “First, we do not know when it will be signed a government decree – like Turin. – Secondly, charters should first put, and then – to sell, which takes up to two weeks. ” At the same time the main tourist season in Turkey ends with the end of October.
How Russia restored the relationship with Turkey
Turkey for organized tourism (flights nobody forbade independent travelers) was closed at the end of November last of the year. November 24 Turkish F-16 fighters shot down the Russian bomber Su-24 district of the Syrian-Turkish border. A few days after the Russian authorities of the incident stated that “the level of terrorist threat in Turkey is not less than in Egypt,” on which the month before the terrorists detonated the aircraft of domestic airlines “Kogalymavia».
November 28, Vladimir Putin signed a decree banning charter flights between Russia and Turkey. Rosturizm, in turn, drew attention to the high level of terrorist threat. “Provision of services for the organization of trips of Russian tourists to Turkey under the threat of terrorist action is a gross violation of Russian legislation”, – stated in a communique the Federal Tourism Agency. With the same statement was made by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
However, at the end of June 2016, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan apologized for the incident, and the Russian-Turkish relations were again improve.
June 30, Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the abolition of restrictions with regard to Turkey and instructed the government to take measures to provide for the abolition of the ban on charter air transportation between Russia and Turkey
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But until now, this was never done. Moreover, on July 16, after the attempted military coup in Turkey was banned regular flights. Formally, the Federal Air Transport Agency has banned regular flights to both Russian and Turkish airlines between Russia and Turkey. In practice, the flights were carried out, but the airline did not register Russian citizens on the routes from Russia to Turkey, but only accepted for carriage in the opposite direction to return to their homeland.
The ban came, and those passengers with Russian citizenship, which from Russia followed in third countries with transit transfer to Istanbul airport.
Russia has resumed regular flights to Turkey from 22 July. Airlines have received a message from the main center of the Unified System of Air Traffic Management in Russia, which was made on behalf of the Federal Air Transport Agency
«In connection with the guarantees of acceptance of increased aviation security measures provided by the Turkish side, beginning at 00:00 UTC 22.07.2016 canceled all previously imposed restrictions on regular flights between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey, including the transportation of Russian citizens from the territory of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Turkey and the transit of passengers through airports of the Republic of Turkey to third countries. Permission is granted to performing only scheduled flights, “- said in a letter
However, the implementation of charter flights was banned again
The threat of terrorist attacks
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«The decision to ban flights to Turkey, and the lifting of the ban – a purely political decision – says professor of HSE, Nikolai Petrov, a political analyst. -. This is now the level of terrorist threat in Turkey is much higher than it was in November last year, »
According to Petrova, Turkey is increasingly drawn into the war against the Kurds, which aggravates the situation
on Wednesday, August 24, Turkey announced the strengthening of security measures at airports in Istanbul. This was caused by a suicide attack in the Turkish Gaziantep 20 August. General of the Istanbul Security Directorate sent to all the city airports warning about the likelihood of the suicide bombings.
How many lost Turkey
Turkish Tourist industry provides 6.2% of GDP. Because of the ban on the sale of package tours to Turkey at the end of 2015 the number of Russian tourists in Turkey has dropped dramatically. In addition to the Russians has decreased and the number of tourists from European countries. This is due to have taken place in the terrorist attacks in Turkey.
As predicted previously the head of the Chamber of Commerce of Antalya Davut Cetin, industry losses in 2016 could reach $ 12 billion.
In addition, about 80-100 thousand. people may lose their jobs.
However, this forecast made before the attempted coup. Therefore, after the acute political situation in Turkey’s tourism industry losses may well exceed $ 12 billion.
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