No Cancellation Of Flights To Turkey, No Compensation For Tickets

Turkish Airlines announced, on Wednesday, after the terrorist attack which targeted the international airport of Istanbul, on a number of facilities to cancel the fines on all travellers who cross the Ataturk International Airport between June 28 and July 5, and they can retrieve the ticket price excluding fees, while travel agencies, which faced very considerable losses after many Algerians decided to cancel their flights to Turkey, asked for the need to review the prices of tickets and hotel, and provide facilities in the granting of visas for the success of the tourist season.

Echorouk had a phone interview with officials in the Turkish Airlines and they confirmed that the company is closely following the security situation in Turkey adding that the flights returned again on Wednesday evening to the normal, after they were cancelled in the morning, with the company’s focus on the protection of passengers who are heading to Istanbul.

He revealed officials Turkish Airlines for facilities belonging to passengers heading to Turkey directly or transients from Ataturk Airport, regarding the abolition of fines resulting from change travel dates in the period between June 28 and July 5. You can also pass by the airport to retrieve the price of their tickets without counting any fees.

Turkish Airlines’ officials revealed on facilities to passengers who are heading to Turkey directly or those who pass by Ataturk Airport, regarding the abolition of fines resulting from changing the travel dates in the period between June 28 and July 5. 

“Passengers who pass by Ataturk airport can retrieve the price of their tickets without counting any fees.”

Repercussions of the suicide attack at the international airport “Ataturk” and the extent of the decline in the number of Algerians who visit Turkey, they confirmed that the terrorist attack did not affect the number of visitors.

“Number of Algerians who visit Turkey either for tourism or trade annually exceeds 250.000 Algerians, and the number of flights toward Turkey from Algeria is 34 flights that are distributed as follows: 21 flights from Algiers, the equivalent of three daily flights each week from Constantine, and 7 flights every week from Oran, and two flights from Batna and Tlemcen.

In contrast, travel agencies that participate in the Turkish destinations announced on incurring large losses, because of the terrorist attack on “Ataturk” Airport, prompting many Algerians to cancel their tickets, and asked the Turkish Airlines on the need to provide facilities that belong to reductions in tickets and hotel prices, and the flexibility to grant visas.