OREANDA-NEWS. A significant event in the history of cooperation between Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Pegasus Airlines: exactly one year ago, one of Turkey's largest air carriers operated its first flight to Moscow.

Flights from Istanbul to Moscow and back are operated on a regular basis three times a week, which provides more opportunities to business travelers and tourists. Thus, only in the period from January to September 2014, several dozens of thousands of people were rendered services by Pegasus Airlines flies daily via Moscow Domodedovo Airport.

Istanbul is one of the most popular destinations for travelers: It is among the leaders of the most popular international routes of the Moscow aviation hub. It is one of the few cities in the world located on two continents - Europe and Asia. Called the second Rome, Istanbul fascinates with its historical appearance: museums, amazing architectural heritage objects, and interesting traditions - it can give its guests a sense of celebration and at the same time to enrich them spiritually.

Pegasus Airlines offers Moscow Domodedovo Airport passengers to fly to the cultural center of Turkey with comfort and on favorable terms: flexible pricing policy of the carrier promotes development of aviation transportation between the two countries. Cooperation with leading airports of the country and Eastern Europe has become a key event for Pegasus Airlines: the carrier, for the first time in its twenty-year history, began to operate regular flights between the capitals of Russia and Turkey.

"Since our flights to Moscow Domodedovo Airport began, approximately 82,000 guests have travelled between Turkey and Moscow with us. Our low-cost model and dynamic pricing system means that we bring a new concept for guests at every one of our new destinations, in turn contributing to the development of these markets. On behalf of Pegasus Airlines, I'd like to thank all the guests who have flown with us on our Moscow flights since their launch and I would also like to extend our thanks to Moscow Domodedovo Airport who provided us the possibility to fulfill our commitment towards our guests for an ontime and quality service", said Guliz Ozturk, Senior Vice President Commercial at Pegasus Airlines.

Pegasus Airlines is the company that has revolutionized passenger air travel sector in Turkey offering affordable prices and high quality. Pegasus Airlines invests into the latest technologies and expands its route network. Today, the airline performs regular flights to Europe, Middle East, Russia and Caucasus, as well as to 20 destinations within Turkey and offers its clients an opportunity to set out on travels to 30 countries of the world.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the largest air hub in Russia, and in 2013, its total passenger traffic amounted 30.76 million people. It is the best airport in Russia and the CIS as rated by Skytrax. Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the base airport in Moscow for member airlines of the largest global airline alliances - Star Alliance and oneworld.