In Ljubljana, Turkish Airlines increased its frequencies from fourteen to eighteen weekly flights in mid-June. However, services will be temporarily reduced to sixteen weekly for the week starting August 4, before increasing to seventeen weekly until October. The schedule is then set to return to eighteen weekly flights, although the airline has yet to finalise its October timetable. In Sarajevo, one weekly rotation will be cut in August, reducing operations from 24 to 23 weekly flights, and from a planned 21 to 20 weekly in September. Similarly, in Pristina, frequencies will be reduced from fourteen to thirteen weekly flights in both August and September.

This week, Turkish Airlines cancelled more than 100 flights for both August and September, cutting over 22.000 seats in each month. The airline has not provided an official explanation for the cancellations. Turkish Airlines continues to be affected by the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G GTF engine issues on its Airbus A320neos, though the ratio of grounded aircraft has improved as more spares have become available on the market. It is unclear whether these cancellations are in relation to engine inspections, although almost all the cancelled flights are on short and medium-haul services. The carrier’s Chairman, Ahmet Bolat, said recently, “I expect that [engine] issue will be solved completely in three to four years”. Around thirty A320neo aircraft will remain grounded by the end of 2025, a noticeable drop from a previous peak of 45 grounded aircraft.