A one-time direct Stansted-Izmir flight will depart on Monday (15 June).

From Tuesday (16 June), Pegasus will operate a daily Stansted-Istanbul (Sabiha Gokcen) service.

Pegasus will also restore flights to several other European destinations over the coming days, starting with Germany.

This will be followed by Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

All passengers will be subject to health checks upon arrival in Turkey. Any arrivals displaying coronavirus symptoms will be required to take a free PCR (antigen) test.

Irrespective of this, all arrivals will be required to quarantine for 14 days in their own homes, or at a designated address.

The first phase of Pegasus’s plans to resume services will run until 29 June before it gradually starts to increase its schedule during a second phase.

Operations are subject to approval from Turkey’s civil aviation directorate.