flee 5 Report post Posted November 18, 2015 No two ways about it - if u want to compete with the ME3, u need to scale up too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Tan 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2015 They're pretty much a Turkish version of EK, with narrowbodies. Pretty much every airport in Europe and Africa with a runway has TK service. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2015 They're pretty much a Turkish version of EK, with narrowbodies. Pretty much every airport in Europe and Africa with a runway has TK service. I lost track on how many new destinations TK has launched this year. I can only recall: Ankara to Moscow Dusseldorf Frankfurt Vienna Baku Brussels London Tehran Amsterdam. Istanbul Ataturk to Miami Johannesburg – Maputo Johannesburg –Durban Zaporizhia Abuja Bamako Conakry Juba Istanbul – Port Louis - Antananarivo In 2016, Turkish Airlines will begin flying directly from Ankara to Atlanta, Berlin, Hamburg, Koln, Stuttgart, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Paris. In 2017, flights will go from Ankara to Munich, Batumi, Arbil, Bagdad and Jeddah. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alif A. F. 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2015 IST to MGQ (Mogadishu) via JIB (Djibouti) anyone? Wherever there is Turkish government presence/interest in that particular country, TK will put efforts to realizing flights there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Izanee 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2015 No wonder MH struggles because these ME giants keep increasing frequencies and steal all the European traffic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radzi 2 Report post Posted November 18, 2015 How to find out which stations served with which type of aircraft? I'm quite interested in finding out where their B777 and B737NG goes to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mushrif A 3 Report post Posted November 18, 2015 Capt, Thinking of having doner kebabs instead of nasi lemaks? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hakan 2 Report post Posted November 18, 2015 Capt Radzi, are you asking for TK flights? Meanwhile, A380s must be wait for new 3rd "mega" airport, because of there no parking slot in IST anymore....even for baggage carts! They are living parking slots problem with new B777s also. New airport setting up for more parking slots and capable for A380. But I'm not sure they can be fill up the A380 as profitable even TK growing up at least %20 percent every year. Latest report says TK crossed 50million passanger limit in a year. GM of Turkish Airlines says that; "the target is grow up in Africa section". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Tan 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2015 Once they've run out of airports in Africa/Europe/Middle East to expand to, it's just a matter of time before they launch IST-KBR/JHB/TGG/AOR/SDK/MYY. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC Tam 2 Report post Posted November 18, 2015 ..... it's just a matter of time before they launch IST-KBR/JHB/TGG/AOR/SDK/MYY...... then MYY-IST direct non-stop ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amirul Mazlan 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2015 You can really get return ticket to UK for less than RM 2500 in January. Now that's cheap Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kandiah k 0 Report post Posted January 21, 2016 Turkish Airlines S16 Long-Haul Service Changes as of 20JAN16 by JL Istanbul Ataturk – Kuala Lumpur eff 31MAY16 Increase from 10 to 14 weekly, A330-300 service Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheng Kit 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2016 (edited) Turkish Airlines to reduce Istanbul Ataturk – Kuala Lumpur from 14 to 10 weekly from 30 OCT 16 to 25 MAR 17. From here Edited September 4, 2016 by Cheng Kit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jani 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 (edited) Not really surprising considering the low winter season. However couple weeks ago I made the trip to IST and it was 100% full, with economy overbooked. Return sector IST-KUL however was relatively empty, with only about 7 people in biz. Edited September 5, 2016 by jani Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Lawrence 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 Not really surprising considering the low winter season. However couple weeks ago I made the trip to IST and it was 100% full, with economy overbooked. Return sector IST-KUL however was relatively empty, with only about 7 people in And with the conflicts happened in Turkey recently.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Izanee 0 Report post Posted October 24, 2016 From routesonline.com Turkish Airlines in today’s schedule update (24OCT16) made initial changes for long-haul operation in summer 2017 season, effective from 27MAR17. Planned service changes as follow.Istanbul Ataturk – Kuala Lumpur eff 27MAR17 1 of 2 daily service operates with 777-300ER (TK060/061), replacing A330-300 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jani 0 Report post Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) Nice. Did KUL-IST recently in A333 (or A332?). It was overbooked. Lots of pax got upgraded from Y to J. That said, IST-KUL was relatively empty with only about 6 people in J and many in Y who got the whole row to themselves to sleep. Edited October 25, 2016 by jani Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khalil Abd Halim 0 Report post Posted October 25, 2016 travelling around europe via IST is cheaper with many LCC options Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.Bandit 0 Report post Posted October 25, 2016 With upcoming code sharing between TK and OD, to get full load on B777 or increase in frequency should be no problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shahid 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2016 Yay, we even get their 77W down to SIN too w.e.f 30MAY17. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2016 With upcoming code sharing between TK and OD, to get full load on B777 or increase in frequency should be no problem. TK did not sign a code-sharing agreement with OD. They signed an interline/SPA agreement - different from a code-share. e.g. - The following routing is permitted for a simple KUL-PEN: 1. IST-BJS/HKG/SHA-CA/CX/FM/KA/MU-PEN 2. IST-KUL/SIN-3K/OD-PEN That just means passengers have the option of flying from Istanbul to Penang via KUL (along with SIN/BJS/HKG/SHA) but KUL-PEN must be on OD instead of MH. And for PER: 1. IST-KUL/SIN-3K/OD-PER Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.Bandit 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2016 TK did not sign a code-sharing agreement with OD. They signed an interline/SPA agreement - different from a code-share. e.g. - The following routing is permitted for a simple KUL-PEN: 1. IST-BJS/HKG/SHA-CA/CX/FM/KA/MU-PEN 2. IST-KUL/SIN-3K/OD-PEN That just means passengers have the option of flying from Istanbul to Penang via KUL (along with SIN/BJS/HKG/SHA) but KUL-PEN must be on OD instead of MH. And for PER: 1. IST-KUL/SIN-3K/OD-PER Thanks for clarification! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Izanee 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2016 Not so nice... From airlineroutes: Turkish Airlines as of 27OCT16 has made additional aircraft update for summer 2017 long-haul operations. Majority of the changes appeared earlier this week has been reverted. Planned changes as of 27OCT16 as follow. Istanbul Ataturk Bogota Panama City Istanbaul Ataturk eff 29MAR17 Airbus A330-200 continues 3 weekly operation, replacing previously planned 777-300ER Istanbul Ataturk Kuala Lumpur eff 26MAR17 Planned 2nd daily service is now removed in the latest schedule update. Currently service displays as 1 daily A330-300, instead of 1 daily each A330-300 and 777-300ER Istanbul Ataturk Miami eff 29MAY17 Boeing 777-300ER continues operation, replacing previously planned A330-200 Istanbul Ataturk Tokyo Narita eff 27MAR17 Previously planned A330-300 service in S17 has switched back to 777-300ER Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M. Sofian H. 0 Report post Posted October 28, 2016 MAB also plan to resume KUL-IST route Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted November 2, 2016 (edited) On a side note, 19 of Turkish Airlines's total fleet have not flown for more than two days. They just parked seven A330-223 for interim storage: TC-JIP, TC-JIR, TC-JIS, TC-JIT, TC-JIV, TC-JIY, TC-JIZ. All are ex-TAM Linhas Aéreas frames. A fleet of B77W, B738NG, A319/A320 are grounded. All A343 are grounded for good. Edited November 2, 2016 by JuliusWong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
