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Old Jul 8, 2012, 3:54 am
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FAQ 4: Flying with Turkish Airlines: lounges, aircraft, routes, baggage...



FAQ 4: Flying with Turkish Airlines: lounges, aircraft, routes, baggage

Turkish Airlines (TK) is the national airline of Turkey. It's headquarters are at Atatürk Airport which is also its main hub.

It operates scheduled services to 203 international and 41 domestic cities (38 domestic airports), serving a total of 200 airports, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

TK has been a member of the Star Alliance network since 1 April 2008.

TK was awarded "Best Airline in Europe" in 2011 and 2012 by Skytrax.

You can read all about the history of Turkish Airlines here.

See below for:

Fleet
Seats
Catering
Lounges
Baggage
Stop overs at IST

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Fleet

TK currently operates around 200 passenger aircraft in a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft.

Airbus A319-100
Airbus A320-200
Airbus A321-200
Airbus A330-200
Airbus A330-300
Airbus A340-300
Boeing 737-400
Boeing 737-700
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-900ER
Boeing 777-300ER

Seats and inflight classes

To check the seat plans for each aircraft click on the links above. Note some aircraft may have more than one version.

Note: Seats, especially business class seats, differ across the fleet and are subject to change.

Short, mid and long haul operate in a two class (economy and business class) configuration.

Economy class:

Seats are standard economy seats with varying pitch, largely around 31". TK provides free catering in economy class on all flights, including free alcoholic drinks (not domestic).

737/319/320/321(old): picture
737-800s/737-900: picture
321(new): picture

330-200: picture
340-300: picture
330-300: picture
777-300: picture

Business class:

Business class seats are either recliner seats or flat beds depending on the aircraft. Flat bed seat pitch is 78" with a 177 degree recline.

737/319/320/321(old): picture or picture
321(new)/737-800s/737-900: picture

330-200: Angled flat: picture
340-300: Angled flat: picture
330-300: Flat bed: picture
777-300: Flat bed: picture

First class:

TK no longer offers first class.

Internet and live TV on board (WiFi)

The longhaul fleet is progressively being updated with new inflight entertainment systems which includes WiFi. Check out http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/turki...lanet-ife.html

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Old Jul 8, 2012, 4:07 am
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Lounges

TK's flagship lounge at IST is the International CIP Lounge. Watch a video of the lounge here.



The lounge offers extensive food and beverage options but can become very busy at times.

For a thorough discussion of the lounge with pictures and reviews check out http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/turki...er-thread.html

CIP lounges can also be found at other Turkish airports and the domestic terminal at IST. These are being discussed here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/turki...er-thread.html

Business class passengers can use partner business lounges and *Gs can use Star Alliance *G lounges at other destinations. In some cases a third party local contract lounge is being used.

The Star Alliance lounge finder is a handy tool to find the right lounge.

Lounges can only be accessed when departing on a same day Star Alliance flight.

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Routes

TK operates flights to more than 200 destinations.

  • Aalborg
  • Abidjan
  • Abu Dhabi
  • Accra
  • Adana
  • Addis Ababa
  • Adıyaman
  • Aleppo
  • Alexandria
  • Algiers
  • Almaty
  • Amman
  • Amsterdam
  • Ankara
  • Antalya
  • Ashgabat
  • Astana
  • Athens
  • Ağrı
  • Baghdad
  • Bahrain
  • Baku
  • Bangkok
  • Barcelona
  • Basel
  • Basra
  • Batman
  • Batumi
  • Beijing
  • Beirut
  • Belgrade
  • Benghazi
  • Berlin
  • Bilbao
  • Billund
  • Birmingham
  • Bishkek
  • Bodrum
  • Bologna
  • Bremen
  • Brussels
  • Bucharest
  • Budapest
  • Cairo
  • Cape Town
  • Casablanca
  • Chicago
  • Chisinau
  • Cologne/Bonn
  • Copenhagen
  • Dakar
  • Dalaman
  • Damascus
  • Dammam
  • Dar es Salaam
  • Delhi
  • Denizli
  • Dhaka
  • Diyarbakır
  • Dnipropetrovsk
  • Doha
  • Donetsk
  • Dubai
  • Dublin
  • Dushanbe
  • Düsseldorf
  • Edinburgh
  • Elazığ
  • Entebbe/Kampala
  • Erbil
  • Erzincan
  • Erzurum
  • Eskişehir
  • Frankfurt
  • Gaziantep
  • Geneva
  • Genoa
  • Gothenburg
  • Guangzhou
  • Hamburg
  • Hannover
  • Hatay
  • Helsinki
  • Ho Chi Minh City
  • Hong Kong
  • Houston
  • Islamabad
  • Istanbul
  • İzmir
  • Jakarta
  • Jeddah
  • Johannesburg
  • Kabul
  • Kahramanmaraş
  • Karachi
  • Kars
  • Kayseri
  • Kazan
  • Khartoum
  • Kiev
  • Kigali
  • Konya
  • Kuwait
  • Lagos
  • Leipzig
  • Lisbon
  • Ljubljana
  • London
  • Los Angeles
  • Lviv
  • Lyon
  • Maastricht
  • Madrid
  • Malatya
  • Manchester
  • Mardin
  • Mashhad
  • Medina
  • Merzifon
  • Miami
  • Milan
  • Minsk
  • Misrata
  • Mogadishu
  • Moscow
  • Mosul
  • Mumbai
  • Munich
  • Muscat
  • Muş
  • Málaga
  • Nairobi
  • Najaf
  • Nakhchivan
  • Naples
  • Nevşehir
  • New York
  • Nice
  • Nicosia
  • Novosibirsk
  • Nuremberg
  • Odessa
  • Osaka
  • Osh
  • Oslo
  • Paris
  • Podgorica
  • Prague
  • Pristina
  • Riga
  • Riyadh
  • Rome
  • Rostov-on-Don
  • Saint Petersburg
  • Samsun
  • Sana'a
  • Sarajevo
  • Seoul
  • Shanghai
  • Shiraz
  • Simferopol
  • Singapore
  • Sinop
  • Sivas
  • Skopje
  • Sochi
  • Sofia
  • Stockholm
  • Stuttgart
  • Sulaymaniyah
  • Săo Paulo
  • Ta'if
  • Tabriz
  • Tashkent
  • Tbilisi
  • Tehran
  • Tel Aviv
  • Thessaloniki
  • Tirana
  • Tokyo
  • Toronto
  • Toulouse
  • Trabzon
  • Tripoli
  • Tunis
  • Turin
  • Ufa
  • Ulan Bator
  • Valencia
  • Van
  • Venice
  • Vienna
  • Warsaw
  • Washington, D.C.
  • Yanbu
  • Yekaterinburg
  • Zagreb
  • Zurich
  • Şanlıurfa


Note: Some routes may change for operational or commercial reasons. More destinations are available as codeshares.

Discussion on new routes: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/turki...tk-2012-a.html

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Baggage

TK operates the following adult checked (hold) baggage allowances:

Domestic flights:

Economy: 20kg
Business: 30kg

Unlimited pieces not exceeding total limit above.

International flights:

Economy: 20kg
Comfort: 20kg
Business: 30kg

Unlimited pieces not exceeding total limit above.

Flights originating/terminating in North and South America, Nigeria and Senegal:


Economy: 2 pieces not exceeding 23kg each
Comfort: 2 pieces not exceeding 23kg each
Business: 2 pieces not exceeding 32kg each

Star Alliance Gold customers get 20kg extra or one piece extra in all service classes.


Details including infant rules are here

Hand (cabin) luggage:

Economy: 1 piece, max weight 8kg, max dimensions 23x40x55 cm
Comfort: 1 piece, max weight 8kg, max dimensions 23x40x55 cm
Business: 2 pieces, max weight 8kg each, max dimensions 23x40x55 cm

Note: Rules may differ when interlining with another airline.

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Stopover at IST

If you are flying on Turkish Airlines via IST and have a long layover, you may be eligible for a free hotel or tour of Istanbul.

Details are here:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/turki...cting-ist.html

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Before the rebranding the airline was named THY--They Hate You.
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FAQ 4: Flying with Turkish Airlines: lounges, aircraft, routes, baggage

Starflyergold you forgot A320.
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Originally Posted by bwiadca
Starflyergold you forgot A320.
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Business class seats are flat beds. Seat pitch is 78" with a 177 degree recline.
Just a little reminder, these seats are currently only available on the 777-300ER and A330-300 fleet.

The A340s and A330-200s have the angled flat seats.

Also, there is 1 ex-QR A330 on lease where J/C has angled flat seats with IFE and Y without. This a/c usually flies to mid-haul routes with the occasional flight to DEL.

The narrow-body fleet (737/319/320/321) have many different seating configurations. Therefore one should not rely on seatguru for seat selections.

The new A321s/B737-800s and B737-900s come with the new narrow-body J/C product that offers Comfort seats (including IFE in both J and Y) in leather. The delivery of these a/c are ongoing.

I hope my post hasn't been too confusing...
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Turkish Lounge SIN

Business class passengers and *Gs can use Star Alliance *G lounges at other destinations. In some cases a third party local contract lounge is being used.
Does this mean we can use the Thai Royal Silk Lounge in Terminal 1 at SIN flying J to IST? I thought the lounge at SIN was the SATS one?

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Originally Posted by MarkAHowarth
Does this mean we can use the Thai Royal Silk Lounge in Terminal 1 at SIN flying J to IST? I thought the lounge at SIN was the SATS one?

Thanks
Have you tried this? http://www.staralliance.com/en/benef...lounge-finder/
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Thanks Starflyer - noticed it after I posted the message.
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Originally Posted by tcm
Just a little reminder, these seats are currently only available on the 777-300ER and A330-300 fleet.

The A340s and A330-200s have the angled flat seats.

Also, there is 1 ex-QR A330 on lease where J/C has angled flat seats with IFE and Y without. This a/c usually flies to mid-haul routes with the occasional flight to DEL.

The narrow-body fleet (737/319/320/321) have many different seating configurations. Therefore one should not rely on seatguru for seat selections.

The new A321s/B737-800s and B737-900s come with the new narrow-body J/C product that offers Comfort seats (including IFE in both J and Y) in leather. The delivery of these a/c are ongoing.

I hope my post hasn't been too confusing...
Actually i found your post easier to comprehend than the FAQ which relies bad seatguru information.
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Originally Posted by joorinainen
Actually i found your post easier to comprehend than the FAQ which relies bad seatguru information.
Feel free to contribute and make the FAQ better.
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