Pegasus Airlines launches daily flights to Istanbul
Low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines launched scheduled flights between Manchester Airport and Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen and beyond today (July 1).
Pegasus is currently operating five flights each week, but from July 21, the airline will be increasing frequency to daily flights between Manchester and Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen, adding to the airline’s four-times daily flights from London Stansted in the UK.
Pegasus’ flights will connect Manchester Airport to 32 destinations across Turkey, and 39 international destinations including Amman, Bahrain, Beirut, Bishkek, North Cyprus, Riyadh, Sharjah, Tbilisi.
Pegasus’ new flights will depart from Manchester Airport at 12:40, arriving in Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen at 18:50; flights from Istanbul will depart at 09:30, reaching Manchester Airport at 11:55 (local times apply).
With the launch of the new Manchester route Pegasus now flies a low-cost scheduled service to 35 destinations in Turkey and 75 in the rest of the world, bringing its total network to 110 destinations in 42 countries.
Güliz Öztürk, Pegasus Airlines’ CCO said: “The Pegasus family is thrilled to be launching flights from Manchester Airport.
“We’re looking forward to welcoming our guests from the region who will be able to take advantage of our low fares and our extensive network of exciting destinations in Turkey and beyond.
“The UK is among our key markets in Europe and we already operate four flights a day from London Stansted to Istanbul with additional direct flights to Izmir Airport up to four times a week in Summer.
“We have flown over 2.7 million guests to and from the UK on these routes since launching and are now delighted to be adding such a key destination as Manchester. We look forward to welcoming both new and existing guests to our airline in 2019.”
Julian Carr, aviation director at Manchester Airport, said: “We’re delighted that Pegasus Airlines is starting flights to Istanbul.
“It’s a beautiful city to explore and with the airline’s excellent onward connections across Turkey and the Middle East we’re confident the flights will prove hugely popular with our 29 million passengers.”
Pegasus connects Manchester Airport to a total of 71 destinations in Turkey and beyond, via Istanbul.
