From May 13, Turkish Airlines began to operate direct flights from St. Petersburg to Bodrum. The flights are scheduled on Tuesdays and Fridays. From May 24, the airline will increase the number of flights on the St. Petersburg-Bodrum route to 4 times a week.

Turkish Airlines has launched a program of charter tourist flights from Kazan to Antalya. Also, in the second half of May, flights from Kazan to Bodrum and Dalaman are planned to be launched.

Two leading Russian tour operators Anex Tour and Intourist have confirmed the expansion of the Turkish Airlines flight program from the Russian regions.

On the eve of the May holidays, the tour operator Intourist will launch a flight program on Turkish Airlines to Antalya from three cities at once.

Flights to Turkey have been resumed from the St. Petersburg Pulkovo International Airport. Several airlines have announced their flight programs. There are direct flights to Antalya every day.

Turkish Airlines is the first foreign carrier to resume flights between St. Petersburg and Turkish cities. The flights from St. Petersburg to Istanbul will start on August 2, to Antalya - on August 4, 2020.

The possible date of resuming flights with Turkey became known. The flights to Russian cities are scheduled by Turkish Airlines in July.

The Turkish carrier can resume its flights to the cities of the Russian Federation only at the second and third stage of the plan of the restoration of international flights.

“The passenger traffic of Turkish Airlines in the Russian direction has increased more than 30 times since 2006”, - said the Director General of Turkish Airlines in Russia Mefail Deribash, "In 2006 we transported only 60,000 passengers from Russia. We plan to close this year by figure of 1.5 million passengers only from Moscow, and if we add 9 more cities in Russia where we fly, this figure will exceed 2 million passengers.