Public Relations Department Director of IranAir, the country�s national flag carrier airline, said that IranAir flights to Ankara airport were resumed after months of hiatus due to the spread of coronavirus, COVID-19.







Speaking in an interview with IRNA on Wed., Hossein Jahani said, �Concurrent with the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic, many airline destinations of the Islamic Republic of Iran, including Ankara and Istanbul, had been suspended.�

As of the beginning of the current year (started March 21, 2020) and following a flight permit from the Turkish Civil Aviation Organization, only a flight permit was issued for Istanbul flights and IranAir flights to Ankara Airport were still waiting for a permit, he added.

Finally, with the issuance of a permit to continue "IranAir" flights to Ankara Airport, the first flight of the Islamic Republic of Iran Airlines to this airport took place on Wednesday, December 23,�after a few months of interruption, he said, adding, �This flight with number 715 will be operated on Wednesdays at 9:45 am from Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) to Ankara.�

This flight leaves Ankara Airport for Imam Khomeini International Airport on the same day at 13:55 (local time), Jahani continued.