THY starts Edinburgh flights

THY starts Edinburgh flights

LONDON - Anatolia News Agency
THY starts Edinburgh flights

Passengers walk at the Edinburgh Airport on April 23. Turkish Airlines will begin flying four days a week to Edinburgh.

Turkey’s national air carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) will begin running flights to the Scottish capital of Edinburgh on July 16.

A statement released by the company yesterday said that flights between Edinburgh and Istanbul will occur on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Turkish Airlines will now fly to six airports in the United Kingdom with the addition of Edinburgh. The airline already offers flights to London, Birmingham and Manchester.

Turkish Airlines is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey with headquarters in Istanbul.

It operates scheduled service to 150 international and 41 domestic cities (38 domestic airports), serving a total of 187 airports in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

Meanwhile, the Turkish carrier has neared a deal to buy out Lot, Poland’s state run airline, Reuters quoted Rzeczpospolita newspaper as saying.