Istanbul Atatürk Airport

A note handed by a passenger to a flight attendant ahead of a flight to Nicosia from Istanbul sparked a bomb scare on May 24, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The number of Turkish Airlines passengers flying to New York increased 2.5 percent in April despite a ban preventing passengers from bringing large electronic devices into the cabin on flights from a number of Middle Eastern countries and Turkey to the United States, a company official has stated.

Turkish Airlines began distributing laptops to its business-class passengers flying to the United Kingdom on May 12 following a ban preventing passengers from keeping large electronic devices in the cabin on flights from a number of Middle Eastern countries and Turkey to the country and the United States. 

Turkish Airlines early on May 6 began distributing laptops to its business class passengers flying to the U.S. following a ban preventing passengers from keeping large electronic devices in the cabin in flights from a number of Middle Eastern countries and Turkey to the United States and the United Kingdom, the company has stated.

Turkish Airlines early on May 6 began distributing laptops to its business class passengers to the U.S. following a ban preventing passengers from keeping large electronic devices in the cabin in flights from a number of Middle Eastern countries and Turkey to the United States and the United Kingdom, the company has stated.

In a widening diplomatic rift between Turkey and the EU, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made a new provocative statement saying that the "collapsing" Europe "will pay" for "humiliating" and "oppressing" Turks living on the continent.

Top Turkish officials condemned the suspected terrorist attack outside Britain's parliament on March 22 in which five people were killed and around 40 injured.  
     
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a letter of condolences to British Prime Minister Theresa May.  
    

Turkey and Russia have maintained equanimity in relations after a Russian air strike killed three Turkish soldiers on Feb. 9 near the town of al-Bab in northern Syria, in an apparent move to evade tension again after the downing of a Russian jet by the Turkish military in 2015.  

Turkish Airlines has canceled at least 338 of its scheduled flights to and from Istanbul's Atatürk and Sabiha Gökçen airports, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMİ) has announced to reduce 20 percent of flights at Atatürk International Airport. 

A Slovenian passenger flying with Turkish Airlines suffered a panic attack on board on Jan. 12, forcing the plane to return to Istanbul Atatürk Airport after he caused damage to the cabin and hit cabin crew and passengers.

Flying with his wife, Anton Cestnik was struck by a panic attack crisis as the plane was flying over Egyptian air space en route from Istanbul to Mombasa, Kenya.