Turkish Airlines says technical issue fixed, operations resuming

A technical glitch that cancelled all flights departing from Turkey’s biggest city of Istanbul on Wednesday is now fixed and operations are returning gradually to normal, Turkey’s flag-carrier Turkish Airlines spokesperson Yahya Ustun said on social media platform X.

He denied speculation on social media that the issue had been caused by a cyber attack. “There is no cyber attack situation,” he said.

Reservation changes will be made free of charge and unused tickets will be refunded without any deductions due to the technical disruption, Turkish Airlines said in a statement on its website.

“No-show penalty will not be charged to passengers who have not yet taken action even though their flight time has passed,” the statement said.