econjon

Just noticed that our evening flight for may IST-ATH is on a 777? I had to do a double take, but it seems that they do this every summer?

So...we are booked LAX-IST-ATH and the connection in IST is tight. What's the chance that the 777 they are sending to ATH is the one from LAX?

fezoff

Can you not see on your booking what plane they are using? From my experience I've never seen TK use a 777 intra Europe

moler

I am booked on the early morning IST-ATH (TK1845) next month, and it is showing a 2-class 77W.

Forrest Bump

1845 and 1843 look to be consistently on 777 on summer schedule.
Unlikely you'll get the same aircraft, and anyway it could well be parked on apron position.

faustthetraveller

It happened to me in IST-TLV leg for a 2h flight.

IceTrojan

I've been looking at the 777 all week for April 2. And it's been there for a while on a couple of flights.

TPJ

Yes - 77W on morning flights plus an additional night flight leaving 5 minutes after midnight...

1TK 1841 C4 D4 K4 J4 I4 ISTATH 0005 0125 319 M 0 DCA /E
R4 Y9 B9 M9 H9 S9 E9 Q9 T9 L9 V9 PC WC X9
3TK 1845 C4 D4 K4 J4 I4 ISTATH 0655 0825 77W M 0 DCA /E
R4 Y9 B9 M9 H9 S9 E9 Q9 T9 L9 VC PC WC X9 N0 G0
4TK/A3 7991 D4 K4 B4 M4 H4 ISTATH 1035 1200 319 H/ 0 DCA /E
S4 E4 T4
5TK 1849 C4 D4 K4 J4 I2 ISTATH 1310 1435 321 M 0 DCA /E
R0 Y9 B9 M9 H9 S9 E9 Q9 T8 LC VC PC WC X0 N0 G0
6TK/A3 7993 D4 K4 B4 M4 H4 ISTATH 1600 1725 319 H/ 0 DCA /E
S4 E4 T4
7TK 1843 C4 D4 K4 J4 I4 ISTATH 1915 2045 77W M 0 X2 DCA /E
R4 Y9 B9 M9 H9 S9 E9 Q9 TC LC VC PC WC X0 N0 G0

Mict

They actually do use it quite a lot.

LHR and ATH get them a lot.
Have seen the TK 777 at BRU, CDG and FRA as well.
They also use it on IST-ADB which is like a 40 minutes domestic flight sometimes in the early morning and evening flight.

fezoff

Wow I've never seen that. Why would they use that on such short flights?

Mict

If you are asking for ADB:
I can't remember the exact number but around 75% of people traveling internationally from IST are originating somewhere in Turkey so they need to bring all these people from domestic cities to IST. If you look, there is about 5 widebodies doing the IST-ADB run everyday (mostly A330s and A340s but you see 77W from time to time as well)
Same story for IST-ESB.

IceTrojan

The aircraft have extra time available, so why sit them on the ground when they can make a run somewhere and free up a gate or parking slot? Plus, good for crew training.

fezoff

No that makes perfect sense, I just assumed (and assumption being the mother of all evils) that the 777 schedule would be fully booked out. Unfortunately I've never been so lucky to have seen it on either a domestic or intra Europe route.

vincewy

...and AYT.

3 cities (ESB,AYT,ADB) where you'll see at least one 777/A330 in the morning and at least another 777/A330 in the evening to connect 2 major long haul arrival/departure banks.

Phenomenon

for ADB and ATH it's actually for the cruises that start from these cities

there is an amazing appeal for those cruises almost all of the flights are full