Ukraine, Turkey agree on expansion of frequency of flights between countries

Ukraine and Turkey during negotiations held on October 12 and October 13 agreed on lifting restrictions on the Kyiv-Ankara route and increasing frequency of flights on existing routes, Head of the aviation department of Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry Halyna Vynarchyk has said.

"On October 12 and October 13 bilateral negotiations on air communications between Ukraine and Turkey were held. This year, all interested Ukrainian and Turkish airlines were invited to participate in the negotiations… I hope that regional airports would be able to use the opportunity of increased frequency of lights as well as possible," she said on Facebook.

Commenting on expansion flight frequency, she said that the total number of Kharkiv-Istanbul flights is 14 (eight was added), Vinnytsia- Istanbul – nine (two added), Zaporizhia-Istanbul – 14 (seven added), Lviv-Istanbul – 14 (seven added) and Kherson-Istanbul – 10 (three added).