ISTANBUL: The first Russian flight carrying package tourists to Turkey since a diplomatic crisis erupted eight months ago landed on Saturday in the Turkish Mediterranean resort of Antalya.

The Rossiya Airlines plane touched down at Antalya's international airport at around 0730 GMT, after President Vladimir Putin last month officially lifted restrictions on tourism to Turkey.

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