Soon boarding started and we got on the bus for the ride to the plane. No upgrade this time round haha. Enjoyed a tour of the very busy IST tarmac while on the ride to our aircraft.
15 August 2014
Turkish Airlines
TK 2312
Istanbul Ataturk (IST) - Izmir (ADB)
A340-300
TC-JII
Economy Class
As luck would have it, our bus pulled up to the exact same aircraft that we disembarked from barely 3hrs ago! Here we were, flying on "Mersin" again, but at the back of the bus this time round.
Door 2 and 4 were used for boarding and thus being seated at the aft section, we decided to board from the rear instead. Photo galore time as nobody seemed to mind the camera snapping session, not only by me but other passengers as well.
Up close and personal to the "hair-dryers".
Boarding from the rear.
The engine seemed really puny for the huge aircraft!
Hiyah fellow Singaporean! SQ birdie just arrived and taxiing to the remote bay as I was boarding.
Was welcomed aboard by 2 rather cheerful female crew at the door and proceeded to out seats at 28A/B. We had boarded via the first bus and so the cabin still remained rather empty while awaiting more buses.
Middle row across.
Seat pitch was perfectly sufficient for this very short flight and also for a long-haul as well. However there is a IFE box at the A seats taking up half the legroom space. Pillows were available in the overhead bins and flight map was switched on.
Contents in the seat pocket.
At the gate while waiting for more buses and pax to arrive.
