Istanbul, Turkey — Major Turkish carriers have suspended flights to Iran following new US sanctions targeting the Iranian aviation sector, Turkish media reported Tuesday.
Turkish Airlines and its budget subsidiary AJet removed all scheduled flights to Iranian destinations from their booking systems through March 2027, according to the financial news outlet Ekonomim.
Pegasus Airlines also removed Iranian destinations from its reservation platform. The report did not specify how long its suspension would remain in effect.
Searches for Iranian destinations on the Turkish Airlines website returned a message saying no flights were available for the selected dates and routes.
Ekonomim linked the suspensions to tighter US secondary sanctions affecting the operation of aircraft containing American-made components. These include Boeing planes and some Airbus aircraft.
The US Treasury Department announced new sanctions targeting Iran’s aviation sector earlier this month.
The measures suspended authorizations that had allowed non-US airlines to operate US-origin or US-controlled commercial aircraft on routes to Iran.
The airlines had yet to issue detailed public statements on the reported suspensions.
With reports from Xinhua News Agency
