Low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines is to start flying three times a week between Birmingham Airport (BHX) and its Istanbul hub, Sabiha Gökçen International (SAW) Airport.

From December 21 Pegasus will offer the flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Pegasus serves more than 130 destinations in 49 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe from SAW.

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Nick Barton, CEO of BHX, said: “I have no doubt these new services to SAW will be very popular with sunseekers, pilgrims, business travellers and people going to see family both in Türkiye and across the vast array of destinations offered by Pegasus’s strong onwards network covering Asia, Europe and Africa.”