Turkish Airlines resumes some international flights

Turkish Airlines and its budget carrier Anadolujet resumed some international flights to Germany, Britain and the Netherlands on Thursday, carrying passengers with approved documents. A spokesman for the flag carrier said the outbound flights could only carry passengers with EU citizenship, residence permits or certain visas. “Istanbul-London and Istanbul-Dusseldorf flights took off this morning carrying EU citizens or residence permit holders,” a spokesman said. Leisure airline SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, also restarted flights to Germany and Switzerland. It said the flights were only available for Turkish citizens who have residency permits, work permits or special passports for family reunion purposes, as well as EU citizens.<br/>