Large Russian tour operators of Turkish origin will be able to transport their tourists from Russia to Turkish resorts, despite the problems with air transportation from Russian airlines. At the moment, most of them have already held talks with the management of the Turkish airline Turkish National Airlines on the purchase of block seats on the national carrier’s flights – and these negotiations have ended successfully, according to Turkish media. Although the airline’s management warns that everything depends on developments in the political arena.
The details of these programs, voiced by the Turkish media, are as follows. Turkish Airlines will provide a block of 1.5 million seats, of which 400,000 have already been taken by Coral, Anex and Pegas. Moreover, according to tour operators, this is a “temporary solution”, for the period there is no other way to solve the problem of “air sanctions”.
Turkish experts also said that Coral Travel has been selling group tours with Turkish Airlines flights to Antalya since April 30, 2022. Pegas Touristik has also hosted tours to Antalya since the end of April on Turkish Airlines block flights.
“Anex” has not yet identified such tours, according to Turkish sources – negotiations are underway. Fun & Sun (formerly TUI Russia) is also in talks with Turkish Airlines.