Originally Posted by
MitjaPod
When was the Havaist $3 a ride 🤔 It is acctually €10. .
Unless there's been a very recent increase in fares, a Havaist ticket between the airport and Aksaray (or Taksim) costs
₺52.00, which converts to a little over €3.
Maybe you were diddled
Originally Posted by
MitjaPod
Another thing is, that TK could use the hotels that are near to the Airport also, and spare you the unneccesary road trip to the city and back. There are some hotels that cost €50 nearby and would offer the same comfort as those that you get from hotel desk in Sultanahmet. That would solve the 9,5 - 12h layover problem. There is also a Radisson Blu nearby, but I guess that one is too expensive for the airline.
THY is commercial organisaion driven by price and contracts, and the requirement is for dependable providers with the scale and flexibility to keep numbers of rooms on tap - at attractive rates. The smaller independent hotels closer to the (new) airport are not in that league, but the airline enjoys a commercially strong hand with the hotels marooned around the old airport, and in the city.
The Park Inn (a Radisson) near the airport probably has no need for TK's business: I imagine it's coining it with travellers booking rooms independently.