Originally Posted by
hfly
Nice report however I must note that you must not have a lot of experience of US F. The TK seats on the 73's are convertable seats, they have little or no extra legroom and the only thing that changes is the width as they go from 4 to 6 seats across, they can do this back to row 18 or so if they wish. Almost all Euro carriers switch their abreast seating to either 4 or 5 in biz, the difference is how they do this, TK essentially does a BA A/C on both sides, however no greater pitch.
No, they were real seats, not convertible. 2 + 2, extra-wide big leather armchairs. Yes, 737-400 has the convertibles, but at least that particular 737-800 had real business class seats. I did not take a picture unfortunately to show. If I am not wrong, the name of the plane was Usak.
Originally Posted by
hfly
Regarding queues an hour is extreme, and in the 700 or so times that I have arrived in Istanbul I have rarely if ever waited anywhere near that long, that being said, if the VISA line AND the passport line are long, it could go longer. Regarding the security check at arrival, the trick is generally to arrive at the last doors as Turks really don;t think things through 90% disembark at the first terminal doors, while if you drive to the third or fourth set, the wait will often be minimal.
I have been also quite a number of times there, but it was first time I saw this as well. Mostly I have arrived around midnight, though. This time it was late afternoon.