Turkish Airlines

[Tim R-T-C]

Nuts, I was planning to use that late night flight to connect to Erbil.

Do any other UK airports still have a late night, very early morning Turkish Airlines flight for end of March?

 

[User001]

It was only Manchester and Heathrow that had the late night flight unfortunately.

 

[Tim R-T-C]

Ah well, extra early flight from Heathrow with Austrian it is. Glad I hadn't booked it already.

 

[ethanegcc]

A while since some good news from TK. Airbus A330-300 operating this coming Saturday on the AM flight:

TK1993 IST 0845 MAN 0950 333
TK1994 MAN 1120 IST 1820 333

 

[Aceshigh]

Passengers do forget. ....

 

[ethanegcc]

Passengers do forget. ....

Maybe they do...!
Turkish using A330-300 on Wednesday, arriving 1520, departing 1650.

This is the second A333 operation in two weeks.

 

[Aceshigh]

3 x A330 in last 2 weeks. Shows short term memory loss and how fickle the traveling public actually are.

 

[ethanegcc]

This point is also valid for the 'trump slump' and I am sure that this rocky time for TATL travel will soon end. Will Turkish operate more A330s into Manchester or will the night flight be reinstated?

 

[rutamkrd]

Turkish operate more A330s into Manchester or will the night flight be reinstated

1. Almost certainly
2. Likely in 2018 summer timetable

The Turkish coast and that hill side village "dump of a place Hisaronu" has a military ring of steel presence . I would have no problem vacationing here today - its safer than the south of France imho and a site lot cheaper (provided you ignore the carpet sellers especially when trapped on a day excursion - they always stop at a warehouse !)

 

[ethanegcc]

I've just had a quick look and no more A330s scheduled in April, but I'm not sure if they are planned that far ahead- usually they come to light about a week in advance. Would be nice to see some special liveries.

 

[User001]

Another A330 on 12th. TK1994/1995 flight.

 

[ethanegcc]

Great to see more A330 appearances - I'm hoping these become more of a regular appearance, rather than a one-off.

 

[ethanegcc]

Some nice treats from Turkish throughout July:
16th, 18th, 19th, 22nd, 24th July: Airbus A330-300 operating (mix of morning and afternoon flights)

17th July: Boeing 777-300ER operates:
TK1996 dep 1650 arr 2255

 

[User001]

Nice to see the B77W sent to MAN. I have been told the 3rd daily will be restored next summer as there has been a rise in bookings again.

 

[Dobbo]

Adds to the list of B77W operators, which has slipped with SQ and CX adopting the A350.

 

[ethanegcc]

Nice to see the B77W sent to MAN.

Completely agree; I will definitely be making a spotting trip. I would be happy to see the night departure restored.

 

[David_itl]

Looking at it not too scientifically, it appears a 26% reduction in potential seats led to 24% few passengers in April. Seat factors consistent, yield may be slightly up as they can inflate prices a little with the squeeze on capacity?

 

[User001]

The B77W has now been canx and swapped for an A330-300.

 

[ethanegcc]

The B77W has now been canx and swapped for an A330-300.

Oh, I was excited! We will wait and see if there are any more changes. It may come back...!

 

[User001]

Turkish will now send 2xA330 on 17th July instead of 1xA330 and 1xA321.