Turkey's Pegasus may add European flights as security concerns ease

Pegasus is looking to boost its flights between Europe and Turkey following a recovery in demand this year as the security situation improved, it’s CCO said. After a torrid 2016 which saw Pegasus make a loss after a series of attacks in the country, tourists are returning to Turkey. Pegasus's passenger numbers increased 14.1% between January and July from a year earlier and the carrier returned to profit in Q2. "For European destinations, with our fleet increasing and due to the market demand, we will be looking at increasing flight frequencies to Italy, to Spain, to Germany, to the UK," Pegasus CCO Guliz Ozturk said Thursday. "If the market demand is there, because of the perception of an improvement in the situation in Turkey, we will utilise that demand." <br/>