Turkish Airlines Plans Flights to Yerevan, Timișoara

Turkish Airlines announced plans to launch scheduled direct flights from Istanbul to Romania’s Timișoara and Armenia’s Yerevan, with services expected to operate about four times a week though exact timing will depend on demand and market conditions. The carrier’s website listed Timișoara availability from Oct. 1, but precise launch dates were not uniformly announced. The planned Yerevan service is being seen as a concrete step in the thawing of Ankara–Yerevan ties amid recent diplomatic gestures and regional developments including a U.S.-brokered Armenia–Azerbaijan agreement. Separately, Turkish Airlines is pursuing fleet growth including a 75-aircraft Boeing widebody order with deliveries through 2034. The airline also signed a memorandum of understanding with Gulf Air to explore route cooperation, ground services and reciprocal commercial benefits.