Airlines
EC Transport Head Calls Out Turkey on Increase in Russia Flights
Calls for aviation solidarity among European countries during the Ukraine crisis are going unheeded by Turkey, says EC’s transport director.
A Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300 takes off from Seoul Incheon Airport in 2015, Turkey's airlines have increased flights to Russia by 80 percent since the start of the war in Ukraine. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by byeangel)
A Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300 takes off from Seoul Incheon Airport in 2015, Turkey's airlines have increased flights to Russia by 80 percent since the start of the war in Ukraine. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by byeangel)

Calls for solidarity from European aviation leaders amid the war in Ukraine have gone largely unheeded by Turkey, whose airlines have increased flights to Russia by 80 percent since the start of Russia's invasion, according to the head of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG Move), Henrik Hololei.