Pegasus Airlines has announced that its London Stansted–Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen/North Cyprus (Ercan) route will increase from five a week to daily from April. And as part of scaling up its services to Turkey from the UK in 2009, the airline will introduce a direct service from Stansted to Bodrum on 4 May.
Pegasus offers 13 onward connection points from Istanbul to summer destinations across Turkey, including Bodrum, Antalya and Izmir.
The carrier's chairman, Ali Sabanci, has declared, "Europe is an important market for us, with annual growth projected at approximately 20%.”
The DoD has changed its structures and is been increasing efforts to facilitate access to loans by companies interested in working with artificial intelligence, advanced materials and semiconductors, biotechnology and quantum science.
India has approved millions of dollars in new military purchases, most of which will go to public sector companies.
The main obstacles to overcoming risks in the region are a lack of a strong cybersecurity culture and inadequate funds to invest in this domain given a widespread Chinese presence in the region.
MBDA is adapting to supply chain pressures as the Russian invasion of Ukraine leads to increased demand for armaments.
Despite the additional funding promised this week, the UK armed forces still look set to face cutbacks, and maintaining international commitments to AUKUS and GCAP may limit the options for other programmes.
This week on the Shephard Defence Podcast, senior naval reporter Harry Lye and military training & simulation reporter Norbert Neumann chat with Professor John Louth.
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