Ferry services between the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Hatay, Türkiye have been suspended until April next year due to the arrival of winter weather conditions.

Services from Girne and Gazimağusa are expected to resume once conditions at sea improve with the arrival of spring.

HADO or the Hatay Sea Bus Enterprises announced on Friday that it is suspending its services between the TRNC and Hatay Türkiye during the winter months due to seasonal meteorological conditions.

According to a statement issued by the Hatay Metropolitan Municipality, HADO will resume services in April next year following an improvement in the weather.

More than 25,000 passengers have used the ferry service between the TRNC and Hatay.

There are two weekly ferries from Girne and one from Gazimağusa.

HADO General Director Bülent Ok said that the majority of passengers were students from Kahramanmaraş, Diyarbakır, Adıyaman, Osmaniye and Gaziantep.

He also said that they were planning to add larger and more comfortable ships to their fleet next year.