News from Turkey

Pegasus Airlines plane skidded off the runway during landing at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport and broke into three pieces.

SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has added Paris, the world’s most romantic city, to its flight network between Antalya and Europe.

Turkey hosted a record number of visitors and its tourism income reached a new record high in 2019, the country's statistical authority announced on Friday.

Istanbul City Lines Inc., the subsidiary sea transport company of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) has announced that its ferry services will start operating 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week.

Profun Creative Events will organize the 3^rd edition of the Izmir Cocktail Festival on April 18, 2020.

Turkey’s digital airline Pegasus continues to expand its network with the launch of three new routes for 2020; two of them are from London Stansted to two Turkish destinations.

SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, begins direct flights between Samsun and Stuttgart from March 4 during the 2020 winter season.

TUI Group acquires a resort on the Turkish Riviera from Summer 2020. Through the acquisition of the resort, the leading tourism group will complement the portfolio of its All Inclusive club brand.

Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) announced the increasing number of house sales to foreigners in Turkey in 2019.

Turkey’s digital airline Pegasus continues to expand its network with the launch of two new routes. Pegasus announced its fourth destination in Saudi Arabia and second in Georgia.

The number of travelers visiting Turkey’s Aegean city of Izmir increased 17 percent in 2019 compared to 2018 and break its all-time record.

SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, continue to connect Diyarbakır to Europe with direct scheduled flights to Düsseldorf and Hanover, starting in February.

SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has increased the number of domestic and international flights from Ankara during the 2020 winter season, adding two new destinations to its Ankara-Europe flights: Amsterdam and Cologne.

Istanbul Airport launched a new service for travelers that want to get some rest at the airport whenever they want. IGA Sleepod provides travelers with a special private place to enjoy a good rest with its special prices, easy use, and easily accessible location at the calmest spots of the airport.