Turkish Airlines Begins Flights to Yerevan

Turkish Airlines Begins Flights to Yerevan

YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Turkey’s flagship carrier, Turkish Airlines, launched first-ever regular flights to Armenia on Wednesday in a move seen as another step towards the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations. Its inaugural flight from Istanbul to Yerevan was followed by an official welcoming ceremony at the Zvartnots international airport attended by a deputy head of the Armenian government’s Civil Aviation Committee, Stepan Payaslyan. Fl…

Turkish Airlines launches Yerevan flights amid Armenia-Turkey thaw - Turkish Minute

Turkish Airlines launched direct flights between İstanbul and Yerevan on Wednesday, marking a new step in the slow rapprochement between Armenia and Turkey, which have never established formal diplomatic relations. The move comes as Yerevan and Ankara pursue a cautious normalization after decades of hostility rooted in the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and Ankara’s support for Azerbaijan in its long-running con…