VIM Airlines, which has suspended charter flights, operated 22 domestic and international flights carrying 3,000 passengers on Saturday and 20 more flights are scheduled for Sunday, the Russian Transport Ministry posted the information on its site, TASS reports.
"On September 30, the VIM-Avia air carrier is to operate 22 regular domestic flights and charter international flights, carrying about 3,000 passengers. In particular, about 2,000 people will be transported from Antalya until the end of day," says the statement released after a Saturday meeting of the emergency response center chaired by Deputy Transport Minister Valery Okulov.
"VIM-Avia’s 20 flights are scheduled for Sunday, October 1, including three flights from Antalya to regions (Samara, Chelyabinsk and Nizhnevartovsk)," it reads.
The ministry has the required resources to take home the compatriots stranded abroad and the Transport Ministry "is ready to transport home [Russian] tourists from Turkey and other countries as soon as possible."
