Turkish low cost carrier Onur Air commenced flights between Istanbul's Ataturk Airport and Ohrid yesterday, with the airline to maintain a one weekly seasonal service from April 15 until October 7. Tickets for Onur Air's new Ohrid route can be purchased through the airline's website, as well as Turkish tour operator Tatil Budur. It joins Brussels Airlines (Brussels), TUIfly (Eindhoven), Corendon Dutch Airlines (Maastricht), Nordica (Tallinn), Enter Air (Warsaw) and Wizz Air (Vienna) in launching new flights to the lake-side city this year. The Macedonian government has outlined it aims to attract more low cost carriers to Ohrid. "We, as a government, have an obligation to do our outmost to develop air traffic, and, in that sense, we will support any airline that wishes to fly to Macedonia. St Paul the Apostle Airport in Ohrid has untapped potential and we are focusing on shifting traffic to that airport and providing the public with many destinations operated by low cost airlines", the Macedonian Minister for Transport and Communication, Goran Sugareski, said recently. A total of 129.708 Turkish tourists visited Macedonia in 2017, representing an increase of 22.7% on the year before. Most visitors arriving in Macedonia are from Turkey.