Turkey does not want to do without tourists from Russia and is therefore planning to set up a new, state-owned airline that will transport holidaymakers between the two countries. Apparently there is concern that the existing carriers could be sanctioned.

The newspaper "Sabah" reports, citing official circles, that a new Turkish airline is to take off in the near future. This should be used explicitly in Russia traffic and have no insurance problems thanks to a special construction. They also want to make holidays in Turkey palatable to the Russian civilian population and start an extensive advertising campaign.

The seat of the planned carrier is to be located in Antalya. The state leadership is currently assuming that around one million Russians will be transported to holiday areas in Turkey every year. The fleet should consist of aircraft that have no "secondary sanctions risk" and should therefore not have any insurance problems. Those responsible did not want to go any further into this topic.

Air traffic between Turkey and Russia continues because the Bosphorus state has not joined various sanctions. However, many Turkish airlines use aircraft leased from western lessors. Due to the sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU and the United States of America, among others, these prohibit entry into the airspace of the Russian Federation. Various insurers also refuse to provide coverage. Irrespective of this, Turkish Airlines, for example, continues to fly to Moscow, but primarily uses aircraft that it owns.

It is currently completely unclear which aircraft the Turkish government's "Russia construction" will take off with. It is also not clear whether this is actually a start-up, as it takes some time to obtain the AOC and operating license. It is therefore conceivable that a smaller, less well-known carrier could be taken over and relaunched. When the new airline will take off is also not entirely clear.