The Airlines which has also for the first time in two decades landed at Mogadishu airport in war-torn Somalia early this year intends to operate direct passenger service from Khartoum to Mogadishu.

It has also reduced its ticket price more than three times the initial price where a passenger travelling from Sudanese capital to Mogadishu used to pay $900 but now they will only pay about $200.

Early last march, Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bosdag was on board the first Turkish flight to Mogadishu few months after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan — who said he wanted to challenge the idea that the Somali capital was a no-go area visit to Mogadishu last year.

Turkish Airlines now operate a twice-weekly passenger service from Istanbul via Sudan’s capital, Khartoum.