What is this Russian IL-96 VIP government transport doing in Turkey?

Geoffrey Thomas

By Geoffrey Thomas Thu Mar 10, 2022

What is this Russian IL-96 VIP government transport doing in Turkey? The Russian IL-96 VIP transport has just flown from Moscow to the important resort city of Antalya in Turkey but there are no details as to why. It has been suggested that both Turkey and Israel could hold the key to a peace deal in Ukraine. READ: Ocean Infinity commits to a new search for MH370 in 2023. READ: Hundreds of thousands watching spy planes and drones near Ukraine. Here is the flight path. READ: Qatar Airways adding more flights to meet Australian demand Over the past week, there has been a shuttle of VIP jets flying between Tel Aviv, Istanbul, and Moscow, while Turkish Airlines flights are shuttling back and forwards to Moscow from Istanbul. The Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Russian President Vladimir Putin for three hours in the Kremlin on Saturday and then spoke by phone with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. He also met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. No details have been released of the discussions but the VIP flights continue. And Russian oligarchs, who have significant power in Russia continue to fly their private jets to Israel. ABOUT AirlineRatings.com Airlineratings.com was developed to provide everyone in the world a one-stop shop for everything related to airlines, formed by a team of aviation editors, who have forensically researched nearly every airline in the world. Our rating system is rated from one to seven stars on safety – with seven being the highest ranking. Within each airline, you will find the country of origin, airline code, booking URL, and seat map information. The rating system takes into account a number of different factors related to audits from aviation’s governing bodies, lead associations, as well as the airlines, own safety data. Every airline has a safety rating breakdown so you can see exactly how they rate.

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