Excellent trip report! The 737-900ER J-seats are horrible for such a long flight. Especially if you book business class because you want to be able to work/be rested the following day. I read somewhere that TK actually have fitted these planes with additional fuel tanks to be able to fly this far.
TK has announced they are planning to use 737Max on IST-DAR from starting some time 2019. They will have a new type of recliner seats.
Hopefully TK will one day be able to fly a wide-body with lie flats on this route. They have done that seasonally before from IST-ZNZ I believe.
It should be noted that a new and much better airport in Dar is well underway, should open next year.
A minor detail, you write TK603 is business class (O) , but O-fare is economy, isn't it?
Last edited by Goaguy; Oct 8, 2018 at 10:55 pm