The first international touristic flight from Tomsk to the airport of Antalia in Turkey took place on May 16 in the early morning.

The airport of Tomsk got an international status in 2010, in 2011-2012 the building of the airport was reconstructed. Its area was expanded in three times.

The post of passing through the state border was opened in April, this year. The flight from Tomsk to Antalya is conducted by the air-company “Nordwind Airlines” on the plane Boeing 757-200, which can transport 221 passengers. For now they plan to conduct flights from Tomsk to Antalya once in two weeks. But later the amount of flights and directions will increase. It is planned to conduct flights to Turkey and Spain in summer.