Scores of flights from Istanbul airports and city ferry lines have been canceled, as the city continued to struggle on a fourth day of heavy snowfall in what the Mayor Kadir Topbaş described as the heaviest snow in seven years.
Turkish Airlines announced the cancelation of 227 scheduled domestic and international flights from its hub Atatürk Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport on the Asian side due to bad weather conditions on Jan. 9. The carrier later announced that it canceled flights departing from Atatürk Airport until 6 p.m.
The carrier and the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMİ) urged passengers to monitor the latest updates on official websites or call centers before their flights. The flagship carrier had already canceled more than 600 domestic and international flights at Istanbul International Atatürk Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport on Jan. 8. In addition, low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines also announced that it canceled a total of 74 domestic and international flights on Jan. 9, adding to 228 flights over the past three days.