Turkish Airlines, the national carrier, will start operations to the festival city, Edinburgh, capital of Scotland from July 16.

Edinburgh is the airline’s fourth destination in the UK, with existing services to London, Manchester and Birmingham.

Introductory rates for the Istanbul-Edinburgh flights will start from 129 euros ($170.90). Flights will operate four times per week, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Turkish Airlines will add three destinations to its network in May – Kigali (Rwanda) on the 16th and on the 28th Bilbao (Spain) and Leipzig (Germany) will come online.

Initially, Istanbul-Kigali-Entebbe-Istanbul flights will operate three days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, soon increasing to four with the addition of a Thursday flight. – TradeArabia News Service