Tour operators have denied the resumption of charter flights to Turkey from July 7 – RBC

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Russian tour operators urged not to wait for the resumption of charter flights to Turkey in the coming days – the government has not yet adopted the necessary ordinance. In Turkey itself, before talking about the resumption of charter flights since July 7,

Charter flights to Turkey will not be restored in the coming days, as the government has not yet issued a decision on lifting the ban on such flights, reported “Interfax” the press secretary Russian Union of Travel Industry (PCT) Irina Turina. “The tourist industry have no information about where it may be open charter message to Turkey,” – she specified

According to PCT spokesman, “all talk”, in order to restore the charter messages to a government decree. as paragraph 2 of the President to the Government decree instructed to take measures providing for the abolition of the ban on charter air transportation between Russia and Turkey.

on the General Directorate of Turkey civil aviation said last week that the charter flights from Russia to Turkey resumed July 7. The agency report stated that the Turkish side has approved the application to perform 17 flights.

As the “Interfax” notes, they talked about the company’s flights Azur Air. The first charter flight ZF 8861 airline “Katekavia” (operates under the brand name Azur Air), which was supposed to fly out on July 7 at 15:00 from St. Petersburg to Antalya, was canceled. Information about this posted on the online scoreboard Pulkovo airport.

The site Antalya Airport the flight does not appear, however, stated charter flights Azur Air on other days, in particular, from Domodedovo tomorrow, July 8, the arrival time at 6:10 in the morning. According to the Azur Air, they are still awaiting a decision on these flights.

On Friday, charter flights from Domodedovo to Turkey will not be the representative of the airport. He says Azur Air fundamentally agreed with the Domodedovo flight schedule (without specifying the dates), and noted that applications for charter flights to Turkey from other air carriers at the airport did not arrive.

Azur Air received a request from the tour operator Anex Tour to organize flights to Antalya with the frequency of seven times a week from the capital’s Domodedovo and one or two times a week – from St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk, said a representative of Azur Air, but it will begin flights to Turkey “only after relevant permits from the authorities, who have not yet given, “said the airline representative.

The company Anex Tour to comment on the situation with the charters declined. Earlier, a representative of Elena Kokoeva told RBC that the cost of the tour changes all the time – is now a ticket to the weekly average price of 55 thousand rubles.. Before the official lifting of the ban on the organization of charter flights to Turkey, the company sells tour packages on the basis of a regular service. “But as soon as the charter, we will take them” – says Kokoeva. The tour operator affiliated with Azur Air, whose fleet of 14 aircraft.

According to “Interfax”, is now Anex Tour, who hastened to declare its charter program on Friday, July 1, transplant tourists to other flights or offering them other direction.

Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich in late June, reported that a ban on charter flights to Turkey and grocery embargo against this country will be lifted in the coming days. Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Cabinet to begin normalizing relations with Turkey, including in the tourism sector, 28 June.

The Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) previously reported that the cost of a ticket on a flight from Moscow to Antalya on average It increased by 75% after the tour operators were able to re-sell packages with transportation on scheduled flights. Tickets on the route Moscow – Istanbul rose by almost 40%

According to ATOR, until the end of the season at the Turkish resorts rested a few hundred thousand Russian tourists.. The company paid attention to that tour prices remain high. Because of this, the volume of sales of passes while not increased so much as to the direction of interest on the whole. At the same time after the launch of charter tours costs should fall by 25-30%, which is expected to lead to an explosive demand for holidays in Turkey.