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Airline giants continue to leave Turkey,Seven airline companies cancelled their routes to Istanbul in 2017.

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The world is tearing away from Turkey in all aspects due to the policies of the AKP government.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has admitted that business in Turkey is moving capital abroad, while official airlines of various countries continue to cancel their Istanbul routes.

The number of official airlines that have cancelled their Istanbul routes has risen to 7. Air France, Iberia, Swiss, Alitalia and Austrian from Europe and Air Canada and Delta from North America have stopped flying to Istanbul in the last year.

MILLIONS OF TOURISTS STOPPED COMING

The number of tourists from Europe, which is important for Turkey’s tourism, has decreased by 4.8 million this year from January to October compared to 2015. 5 million 144 thousand German citizens had visited Turkey between January and October in 2015.

Comparing January to October in 2015 and this year, arrivals from the UK have fallen by 1 million, from the Netherlands by 420.000, from France by 260.000 and from Italy by 280.000.

Source: https://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/airline-giants-continue-to-leave-turkey-23704

Airlines suspending flights into Kurdistan, after warnings from Baghdad

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Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines to halt flights to and from KRG as of Friday

EgyptAir to suspend flights to and from Erbil in north Iraq from Friday as per Iraqi government request

Turkish airline Pegasus announced on Wednesday it would immediately suspend flights into Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, after an independence referendum on Monday, according to local media reports.

Lebanese carrier MEA and Egypt’s flag carrier EgyptAir also announced they would suspend flights from Friday.

“For now, we’re stopping. The last flight is on the 29th, until they solve the issue,” MEA chairman Mohammad al-Hout told Reuters on Wednesday.

Two company sources from EgyptAir confirmed the decision.

The moves come after the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority sent a notice to foreign airline companies telling them that international flights to Erbil and Sulaimaniya will be suspended at 1500 GMT and that only domestic flights will be allowed.

The Iraqi government gave the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) three days to hand over control of its airports in order to avoid an international air embargo, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday evening, according to state TV.

Baghdad last week asked foreign countries to stop direct flights to the international airports of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, in Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) territory, but only Iran declared such an air embargo, halting direct flights to Kurdistan.

Turkey’s border remains open, for now, minister says

Turkey’s border with northern Iraq remains open, although that does not mean it will remain open, the Turkish customs minister said on Wednesday, adding the number of trucks passing through the border had decreased.

Bulent Tufenkci, who was speaking on live television, also said he did not believe that the developments in northern Iraq would have a big impact on Turkish trade.

President Tayyip Erdogan has said Iraqi Kurds would go hungry if his country halts the flow of trucks and oil across the border, warning that Turkey could take military and economic measures against its neighbour after the 25 September referendum on Kurdish independence.

Armenia’s civil aviation agency ‘negotiating with 40 foreign airlines’

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As part of its efforts to expand the air travel routes connecting Armenia with world countries, the General Department of Civil Aviation is seeking to attract more partners.
At the cabinet meeting on Thursday, the agency’s chief, Sergey Avetisyan, said they are currently negotiating with over 40 foreign airlines to attract them to the Armenian market.
“We have applied to more than 40 airlines. Most of them are based in Europe; [there are also companies] from Asia and the Middle East. We have already received a response from 3-4 companies which are now planning to conduct technical discussions with us. And we too, have expressed our willingness [for future cooperation],” he added.

 

 

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