Turkish Airlines just canceled flights to 9 European countries. These cancellations will be in effect through April 17. Find out all the details.
Turkish Airlines just made a massive schedule change for destinations around Europe. They canceled flights to 9 countries in Europe through April 17, 2020. Here are the details.
This is bad news for any US citizens/residents/etc that are looking for ways back to the US until the 30 day ban lifts. I had recommended Turkish as they are outside of the Schengen but now if you are in any of the below countries, you will need to get to another Schengen country to begin your trip to the US with Turkish. The Lufthansa group is not flying many flights at all to the US anymore so Turkish is one of the best chances.
Here is the list of countries that Turkish Airlines canceled flights from/to, starting from March 14.
This in addition to the cancellations they had made to Italy ( which are set to expire April 1). The above countries have cancellations from March 14 - April 17. Here are the details from Turkish about these cancellations.
Rights for our passengers who hold tickets for cancelled Germany, France, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands flights for February and March are listed below.
For passengers who have tickets for Germany, France, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands flights between March 14, 2020 and April 17, 2020, reservation changes will be made free of charge if the new reservation is for a flight taking place by May 31, 2020.
Arrangements have been made for our passengers with non-cancelled tickets for the Germany, France, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands flights starting February until May 2020.
For our passengers who hold tickets issued on or before March 13, 2020, for the Germany, France, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands flights between March 13, 2020 and May 31, 2020, reservations can be changed free of charge, provided that they take action by April 15, 2020, and that the new reservation is for a flight taking place by May 31, 2020.
You can make the change or request for a refund directly from the Turkish website or app. You can also do it over the phone. If you purchased your ticket through an online travel agent, you can call them but you should also be able to request a change/refund through the Turkish website.