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Turkish Airlines Cancel Flights to/from Sofia after Istanbul Airport Terror Attack
Business | June 29, 2016, Wednesday // 09:10
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Turkish Airlines have cancelled flights on the Sofia-Istanbul route scheduled for Wednesday morning in the wake of the terror attack at Ataturk International Airport.
Flight TK1027 from Istanbul to Sofia scheduled to arrive at 09:05 and Flight TK1028 that had been scheduled to depart from Sofia to Istanbul at 10:00 were cancelled, Sofia Airport announced on its website on Wednesday.
The Istanbul-Sofia Flight TK1029 arriving at 20:45 and Sofia-Istanbul Flight TK1030 departing at 21:40 haven’t been cancelled as of 09:00 Sofia time.
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