From 20 April, ‘Turkish Airlines’ is expanding its schedule on the Ashgabat–Istanbul–Ashgabat route, increasing the frequency of flights to 20 per week. This was reported by the news agency Orient.

In addition to the existing daily flights, extra flights are being added to the schedule on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The core daily flights remain unchanged and operate across two slots:

— morning: departure from Istanbul at 01:10, arriving in Ashgabat at 06:50; return flight at 08:10, arriving in Istanbul at 10:25;

— evening: departure from Istanbul at 20:15, arriving in Ashgabat at 01:55; return flight at 03:15, arriving in Istanbul at 05:30.

The additional flights, introduced from 20 April, are scheduled as follows:

— Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays: departure from Istanbul at 16:30, arrival in Ashgabat at 22:10; return flight at 23:30, arriving in Istanbul at 01:45;

— Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays: departure from Istanbul at 14:15, arriving in Ashgabat at 19:50; return flight at 21:10, arriving in Istanbul at 23:25.