Turkish Airlines has made significant reductions across its network over the past week, suspending eighteen routes and cutting frequencies on numerous services. Within the region, the reductions will impact Sarajevo, Zagreb, Ljubljana and Pristina. Overall, the airline has removed more than 100 weekly departures per month from its schedule (or over 200 weekly flights including return services) from May through October, with the deepest cuts concentrated in May and June, when more than 140 weekly departures have been withdrawn.
In Sarajevo, Turkish Airlines will remove an average of three weekly services from its initial plan from July through the end of the summer season in October. As frequencies vary week by week, this translates into a total of eighty departures from Sarajevo in July, down from the 93 initially planned, 82 in August, down from 93, 77 in September, down from ninety, and 62 in October through the end of the summer season, compared to the planned 72. This is also below last year’s levels, when the airline maintained an average of 23 weekly rotations.
In Zagreb, Turkish Airlines is removing one to two weekly services from its schedule starting in June. As a result, the Star Alliance member will operate between nineteen and twenty weekly flights from June through October, down from the planned 21 weekly services and below last year’s 20 to 22 weekly flights, depending on the month. As frequencies also vary by week, this translates into a total of 85 departures from Zagreb in June, down from the planned ninety, 84 in July, down from 93, 86 in August, down from 93, 81 in September, down from ninety, and 67 in October through the end of the summer season, compared to the planned 72.
In Ljubljana and Pristina, the reductions will be more modest and currently affect only a single month. Turkish Airlines will reduce operations between Ljubljana and Istanbul in June from the planned 77 departures to 68, with frequencies varying by week. As a result, it will maintain the same number of flights from the Slovenian capital as last year. Similarly, in Pristina, services in July will be reduced, with the carrier planning 51 departures during the month, down from 62. This is also below the 58 flights operated in July 2025, Ex Yu Aviation news writes.
