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Old Jan 31, 2016 | 1:58 am
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Originally Posted by Jimgotkp
IIRC, TK does a stop at JNB before they land into CPT, so that wouldn't be an option.
It varies, they operate IST-CPT nonstop in the southern summer:

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 flight | orig | dest | equip | departs  |    from    |     to     |  days   
--------+------+------+-------+----------+------------+------------+---------
 TK44   | IST  | CPT  | 343   | 01:40:00 | 2016-01-04 | 2016-01-18 | MTWRFSU
 TK44   | IST  | CPT  | 333   | 01:40:00 | 2016-01-19 | 2016-01-19 |  T     
 TK44   | IST  | CPT  | 343   | 01:40:00 | 2016-01-20 | 2016-02-03 | MTWRFSU
 TK44   | IST  | CPT  | 333   | 01:40:00 | 2016-02-04 | 2016-03-24 |    R   
 TK44   | IST  | CPT  | 343   | 01:40:00 | 2016-02-05 | 2016-03-27 | MTW FSU 
 TK40   | IST  | JNB  | 333   | 01:30:00 | 2016-03-29 | 2016-10-29 |  T R S  
 TK40   | JNB  | CPT  | 333   | 11:35:00 | 2016-03-29 | 2016-10-29 |  T R S  
 TK44   | IST  | CPT  | 333   | 01:40:00 | 2016-10-31 | 2016-12-31 | MTWRFSU
Originally Posted by FrequentFlyKid
The variables of *A, no JNB nor FRA leave you exactly three options:

MUC
IAD & ADD
ZRH (via Eidelweiss Air)
TK offers daily IST-CPT nonstops in mid-March (the OP's trip time).
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