THY and Pegasus stopped their flights to Israel
Mutual attacks between Israel and Hamas continue. While tensions remain high in the region, Turkish Airlines (THY) announced that it has suspended flights to Israel.
Turkish Airlines (THY) press advisor Yahya Üstün said in his post on his social media account X: “Due to the current situation in Israel, our flights have been suspended until further notice.”
PEGASUS ALSO LEFT HIS TRAVELS
After THY, Pegasus Airlines also stopped its flights to Israel. In the statement made by Pegasus, “Dear guests, due to the current situation in Israel, our flights to and from Israel have been suspended until further notice. Your tickets purchased on or before October 7, 2023, for flights departing or arriving in Israel on or covering the dates of October 7 to 31; You can suspend it at no cost or cancel it and get an uninterrupted refund or change the date at no cost. “You can continue to follow our announcements page for updated information on our flights after October 31.”
THE LAST PLANES FROM TEL AVIV LANDED IN ISTANBUL
After the mutual attacks, there is a crowd at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport. There is a high demand for flights to Turkey, especially from Israeli citizens who want to leave their country.
Before the decision to suspend flights, flights TK6881 and TK787 took off from Israel. Tel Aviv flight number TK6881 landed at Istanbul Airport around 6:20 p.m. Some of the passengers, including many children and women, used Istanbul airport as transit and headed to countries in the United States and Europe. Some passengers preferred Istanbul.
“THERE ARE VERY LONG QUEUES AT TEL AVIV AIRPORT”
Israeli citizen Rebecca Satloff was one of the passengers who arrived in Istanbul to head to the United States through a connection with her brother. Satloff claimed that she lives in Tel Aviv and said: “We are currently in Türkiye. Unfortunately, we are trying to go to the United States from here. We will head to Los Angeles with a connecting flight. It’s nice to be in Türkiye. We are very grateful for this. There are very long lines at Tel Aviv airport. People ask for flights. “We pay a lot of money for these flights,” she said.
ARGENTINE TOURIST GROUP LEFT ISRAEL AND ARRIVED IN ISTANBUL
Among the passengers on the plane was a group of Argentine tourists who were in Israel on a tourist trip. It was learned that the group, which left Tel Aviv and arrived in Istanbul after the events, would remain in Turkey for a few days. The last THY flight, flight number TK787, departing from Tel Aviv, landed at Istanbul Airport around 9:00 p.m. (DHA)