
The Federal Air Transport Agency forbade Russians to Turkey both Russian and Turkish airlines. This is stated in the message of the department.
"In connection with the aggravation of the domestic political situation in the Turkish Republic, sending citizens of the Russian Federation to the Turkish cities by regular flights of Russian and Turkish airlines was temporarily suspended," the report said. The restrictions will be removed after the "clarification of the political situation."
At the same time, airlines of both states will continue to export Russian citizens from Turkey.
After the military coup in Turkey, Aeroflot canceled the flights planned for Saturday and Sunday to Istanbul and Antalya. On its website, the airline offers passengers of canceled flights to hand over tickets without a fine at the place of their acquisition or through the contact center. Other airlines were received similarly.
Turkish Airlines also canceled all domestic and international flights on July 16.
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Transport and other departments to provide the necessary support to Russian citizens who are at Turkish airports or awaiting departure to Turkey, said the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.
"Given the fact that there were difficulties for many passengers who are going to fly to Turkey, which led to the accumulation of tourists and Russian citizens at the airports of Moscow and other cities, as well as on the basis of the need to organize the return of Russian tourists from Turkey, President Putin instructed the Ministry of Transport and other executive authorities to take measures for appropriate informing of passengers, to organize their export from Turkish airports, as well as To provide all the necessary passengers awaiting departure to Turkey at Russian airports until the situation is clarified, ”Peskov said.
The charter message with Turkey was stopped after the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian bomber in Syria in November 2015. Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the ban on charter transportation. Rosturism banned the sale of tourist trips to Turkey.
On June 27, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to Vladimir Putin, which was considered satisfactory in the Kremlin. On June 28, two explosions thundered at Istanbul airport. 43 people were killed, 239 were injured. Nevertheless, on June 30, Putin signed a decree, which abolished the restrictions on the sale of Turputovka to Turkey and instructed the provision to solve the issue of canceling the ban on charters.
After that, the sale of vouchers to Turkey resumed. However, the recovery of charter communication has not yet occurred .