International flights to Turkey suspended after coup attempt

July 17, 2016 00:26

Many international flights to Turkey were cancelled today despite efforts by the Ankara authorities to get life back to normal following an abortive

coup attempt.

The US government said it had suspended all flights to Turkey, and banned all airlines from flying to the United States from Turkey due to uncertainty after yesterday's failed coup.

Turkish authorities were seeking today to resume business as usual and Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport -- shut down by the plotters -- was gradually reopening.

But international carriers were preferring to wait and see before resuming a normal service.

Along with their US counterparts, Russian airlines have suspended flights to Turkey although they were repatriating vacationers back home.

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