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Analyzing 2020 flight data, Turna.com announced that the most expensive flight tickets were purchased in July, August, November and December. Accordingly, the most expensive one-way flight tickets found buyers for 1,244.99 TL on domestic flights and 15,034.68 TL on international flights.

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İSTANBUL (TR) - Due to the coronavirus pandemic that has affected the whole world for more than a year, restrictions were imposed on international and domestic travel in March 2020; Flight restrictions were gradually lifted since June. According to the 2020 Travel Report prepared by Turna.com, the online flight ticket and bus ticket platform, the months of March, April and May, when flight restrictions were high, were the cheapest time for airline tickets to be registered. The most expensive flight tickets of 2020 were purchased in July, August, November and December. The most expensive one-way ticket found buyers for 1,244.99 TL for the Istanbul-Bodrum flight on domestic flights and 15,034.68 TL on the Istanbul-Shanghai line for international flights.

The cheapest one-way flight ticket was 53.99 TL

According to the data shared by Turna.com, the cheapest one-way ticket of 2020 was sold domestically on the Ankara-Antalya line for 53.99 TL. The Izmir-Adana ticket, which was sold for 121.98 TL, was the cheapest round trip ticket last year. The Istanbul-Izmir flight, which was sold for 1,884.54 TL, became the most expensive return ticket. The cheapest one-way ticket sold in overseas destinations was bought for 78.43 TL for the Antalya-Vienna flight. The Istanbul-Prishtina ticket, which was sold for 581.28 TL, was recorded as the cheapest international round trip ticket. The most expensive round trip ticket of 2020 was sold on the Hermosillo (Mexico) - Istanbul line for 13,867.37 TL.

Turkey could not be separated from the pupil or the sister country

Despite the pandemic, Turkey was neither separated from its pupil, Izmir, nor from its sister country, Azerbaijan. Izmir - Istanbul was the most traveled line in the country, while Istanbul - Baku took the first place abroad. The students also turned their course to Azerbaijan in 2020. In this list of European and Balkan cities in 2019 and before, due to travel restrictions, Paris came first, replaced by Baku, followed by London and Munich. The cities where students flew the most in 2020 were Istanbul, Izmir and Antalya respectively. While the cities where couples and families with children fly the most abroad are the same as students, the choice of couples on foreign trips was Amsterdam in 2020 as it was in 2019. It was followed by the cities of Düsseldorf and Tashkent.

"The start of vaccination has increased mobility”

Turna.com the report also focused on routes for passengers over the age of 65 who are required to have a travel permit. In 2020, passengers over 65 years of age traveled most domestically to Istanbul, Izmir and Trabzon, and abroad to Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Cologne. In consideration for 2021 Turna.com General Manager Kadir red, " with the start of vaccination, booking mobility in the first 3 months of 2021 gives us hope. We anticipate that demand for flights will increase with the upcoming holiday season,” he said. Dr. Kadir Red also noted that travel plans can be secured against possible changes with the additional “unconditional cancellation of tickets” service they have developed.

Russia and Ukraine's favorites were coastlines

The Izmir - Istanbul line, which is the most traveled in the country, took the first place in 2020 as well as in 2019. Istanbul - Antalya and Istanbul - Adana, Istanbul - Trabzon and Istanbul - Ankara lines followed this list, respectively. Among the most traveled lines abroad, Istanbul - Baku, which did not take the first place for 4 years, was followed by Istanbul - Tashkent, Kiev - Antalya, Istanbul - Tehran, Istanbul - Moscow and Istanbul - London.

Pegasus was preferred for domestic flights, Turkish Airlines was preferred abroad

Pegasus was preferred by 36 percent on domestic lines, followed by Anadolu Jet and Turkish Airlines. On foreign lines, Turkish Airlines was the most preferred airline with 41 percent, followed by SunExpress and Pegasus.