The Russian Ministry of Transport reported a significant increase in the number of flights between Turkey and Russia.

"The Russian aviation authorities confirmed the applications of Turkish airlines to carry out additional flights to Russia with a total frequency of 49 flights per week. Now, Russian airlines have planned to carry out more than 720 flights per week along 62 routes. Turkish carriers have agreed to carry out regular flights between Russia and Turkey on 37 routes with a frequency of 629 flights per week in the IATA "Summer 2023" season, – they told in the Ministry of Transport.

It turns out that the total number of flights per week will exceed 1.3 thousand. More flights will be from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Istanbul and Antalya, as well as from Kazan and Yekaterinburg to Antalya.