Tehran – Türkiye’s Flag Carrier, Turkish Airlines will resume flights to Iran on Monday, June 30th after regional conflict and security concerns prompted a temporary suspension.
The announcement was made on Saturday by Bilal Eksi, CEO of Turkish Airlines. BilalEksi confirmed on social media that airline services to Mashhad, the second most populous city in Iran, is recommended.
This marked the first flight of the national airline to Iran, marking the national airline’s first flight to Iran, in response to Israeli airstrikes in Tehran and other Iranian cities, as all routes were stopped on June 13th in response to Israeli airstrikes in Tehran and other Iranian cities.
The decision to resume flights comes after a 12-day escalation that disrupted air travel throughout the region a few days after a temporary ceasefire agreement was reached on June 24th.
“We are reopening Mashhad flights on Monday, June 30th,” Eksi wrote, signaling careful re-engagement with Iran’s aviation network.
Türkiye’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulqadir Ulalogul has also confirmed a partial recovery of flights between Istanbul and Mashhad. He said airspace in western Iran remains closed and he acknowledged continued efforts to return 11 Turkish aircraft rooted in Iran and Iraq.
Majid Ahvan, a spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Transport, said on Saturday that corridors in the eastern, central and western airspace of the country’s airspace had reopened due to international turbulence. However, commercial passenger flights between major hubs such as Tehran Merabad and Imam Khomeini Airport remained suspended. Travel restrictions remain in effect in the northern, southern and western regions of the country.
Akhavan urged the public to avoid travel to closed airports and follow the official announcement of the latest information on flight operations.
Mashhad and Chabahar are one of the few airports currently in operation as Iran is implementing phased reopening of airspace and airports following the ceasefire. These cities were affected during hostilities, but are now gradually returning to limited civil aviation activities.
The reopening of Turkish Airlines’ services is seen as a step towards regional normalization, indicating cautionary optimism about the recovery of wider international air connections in the coming weeks.
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