Turkey’s budget carrier Pegasus is expanding to the Gulf with flights from its Istanbul base to Dubai in the UAE beginning in October.
Using its Sabihir Gokcen main base in the Asian side of Istanbul, Pegasus will also provide a low cost hub route to many places in Europe via its 20-year-old low cost network.
As Turkey’s largest private carrier, Pegasus includes Northern Cyprus as well as many major European and Turkish domestic destinations.
Costs for the one way flight between Dubai and Istanbul are likely to be in the region of AED377 – or just over US$100. It will compete with flydubai on the route.
Both Turkish Airlines and Emirates also serve the two cities.
via Arabian Aerospace – Turkish budget carrier to take on flydubai with Dubai links.