Turkish adds 2 Russian cities

Turkish Airlines will now fly to Voronezh and Samara in Russia. The move is to attract more tourists from one of the airlines’ most important source markets.

TT Bureau

Currently operating to Moscow, St.Petersburg, Sochi, Rostov, Kazan, Ekaterinburg, Ufa, Astrakhan, Novosibirsk and Stavropol. Turkish Airlines plans to further increase capacity in Russia by operating three flights per week between Istanbul-Samara and Istanbul-Voronej instead of Astrakhan and Novosibirsk which are currently operated as two flights per week. Istanbul-Voronej v.v. flights will be launched on April 4, 2017, and Istanbul-Samara v.v. flights will also be launched on April 11, 2017. It was announced that there would be special round-trip fares available for Istanbul-Samara starting from $159 and for Istanbul-Voronej starting from $189 (including taxes).

Voronej flight times as scheduled from April 4 will depart every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday on TK 481 from Istanbul at 01:05 and arrive at Voronej by 03.45. Flight number TK 482 will depart every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and arrive at Voronej by 03.45. Flight number TK 482 will depart Voronej every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 04:40 and arrive in Istanbul by 07:40.

Samara flight times are scheduled from April 11 to depart from Istanbul aboard flight TK 487 every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 20:30 and arrive by 00:55 +1 (the next day). It would head to Istanbul on TK 488 every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 02:05 and arrive by 04:45. There will be more information available on their website.