Candlelight dinner high above the clouds : new Do&Co concept
Nov 23, 2013, 3:33 am
#21
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Brussels,Belgium
Posts: 191
"The new catering plan of Turkish Airlines was first introduced on the Istanbul-New York sector on 22 October 2013, as a trial application. As of today, the new concept is being used on flights to New York, Guangzhou, Jakarta, Cape Town, Buenos Aires, Sao Paolo, Hong Kong, Washington DC, Seoul, Johannesburg, Osaka, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Chicago, Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Toronto, and Houston. The new service concept will be applied across the network of Turkish Airlines in the next four months."
Nov 23, 2013, 5:35 am
#22
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Brussels,Belgium
Posts: 191
TK60 IST to KUL on A330-300 new business class
I was fortunate to experience the new DO&CO catering on my TK60 flight from IST to KUL on November 3th. Trip report with pictures on my blog: http://travel.bart.la/2013/11/23/tur...usiness-class/ Thanks!
Nov 23, 2013, 6:21 am
#23
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: YVR, KUL
Programs: AC, MH, BA, AF-KL
Posts: 2,903
I was fortunate to experience the new DO&CO catering on my TK60 flight from IST to KUL on November 3th. Trip report with pictures on my blog: http://travel.bart.la/2013/11/23/tur...usiness-class/ Thanks!
Nov 23, 2013, 7:11 am
#24
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Brussels,Belgium
Posts: 191
Nov 23, 2013, 9:04 am
#25
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Programs: TK Elite+, HIlton Diamond, Delta Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 201
Just finished my candlelight dinner on TK 1 headed to JFK. Added bonus: Tarkan is sitting behind me in 2A. Waiting for him to serenade us with one of his old pop hits 
Nov 23, 2013, 8:03 pm
#27
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: PHL
Programs: NEXUS, UA Club
Posts: 641
"The new catering plan of Turkish Airlines was first introduced on the Istanbul-New York sector on 22 October 2013, as a trial application. As of today, the new concept is being used on flights to New York, Guangzhou, Jakarta, Cape Town, Buenos Aires, Sao Paolo, Hong Kong, Washington DC, Seoul, Johannesburg, Osaka, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Chicago, Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Toronto, and Houston. The new service concept will be applied across the network of Turkish Airlines in the next four months."
Nov 23, 2013, 10:00 pm
#28
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: YVR, KUL
Programs: AC, MH, BA, AF-KL
Posts: 2,903
Well unless they plan on serving the candlelight meals on the hour-long tag on, that should be the case.
Nov 24, 2013, 8:54 am
#29
Join Date: Aug 2010
Programs: TK Elite Plus, SAS EBG, QR Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,297
Nov 24, 2013, 6:47 pm
#30
Join Date: May 2004
Programs: BA blue, LH Senator, KQ (FB) gold
Posts: 8,215
I was unimpressed with this meal service IST-IAD. It was incredibly complex with long waits between table setup and service and between courses. While the food was fine, if not spectacular, the drinks service was abominable, because they were spending so much time and effort to get the food out, the drinks were ignored. If you wanted another glass, or to change drinks, you had to ask. Flight attendants would remove glasses without offering a refill. Without significant proactivity on the part of the passenger, it was easily possible that you would eat your main course with no glass on your table at all. Some of this may be training, but I think a lot of it is time. On other European airlines, there was a drinks service with each course, without question.
