2024-03-29 21:41:10
The European Union has imposed a ban on flights of Southwind Airlines, based in Antalya, the publication writes. Tourism current March 29.
The EU announced its decision yesterday, March 28, and clarifies »Kommersant” Earlier on March 25, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom informed the airline that it was not allowed to operate flights to Finland because it was not owned by Turkish individuals or companies, but had ties to Russian interests, the agency said. Finally, the agency referred to Council Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014 of 31 July 2014, which imposes restrictive measures in connection with Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
The company planned to operate flights to Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart, Heraklion was included in the flight program, writes Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOP). Now the airline’s planes fly to Russia and Belarus, but all the planes depart in an easterly direction, flying around the Black Sea and without entering EU territory. For the same reason, the departure of a flight with Russian tourists from Sharm El-Sheikh under the airline code Air Cairo SM903 was postponed, ATOR adds. It is possible that the EU authorities could recognize this company as affiliated with Southwind.
Southwind Airlines was founded in 2022 with the aim of operating flights from Russia to Turkey. As of the summer of 2022, the company’s fleet consisted of four Airbus aircraft – two wide-body A330s and a pair of narrow-body A321s. Last December, German media wrote that Southwind Airlines is Turkish only formally, but is actually controlled by the Russian group Pegas Touristik.
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