Jul 15, 2016, 3:23 pm
Last edit by: SanDiego1K
Let's keep this thread specific to flight and travel information. For those members who are OMNI-enabled and wish to discuss political or non-travel/flight aspects of this, they may do so at: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni-pr/1778571-military-coup-turkey.html We'd request that such posts not take place in this Turkish Airlines thread. Thanks.
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IST Airport is open again and TK flights are arriving and departing. US flights remain cancelled. TK have extended the following waiver:
What to do if you want to change plans outside the waiver?
You are out of luck. If the flights are operating you will not get a refund or be able to change flights for free. You may wish to check the conditions of your travel insurance. If your country advises against travel to Turkey your travel insurance may cover the costs, however currently neither the US, UK or any EU countries have such advisories.
If your journey involves a TK flight to/from the US these are currently banned. You should be able to change these or get a refund by contacting the airline. This will only apply while the FAA ban is in operation.
As of July 16, the USA has banned all inbound flights from Turkey. Knowledgeable sources indicate flights should restart on 20 July.
Other airports, including SAW, are operating relatively normal.
Live information about the events unfolding can be found via Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/live/x9gf3donjlkq
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IST Airport is open again and TK flights are arriving and departing. US flights remain cancelled. TK have extended the following waiver:
Due to this situation, for individual and group reservations, provided that:
disregardıng of related fare rules
1) All Rebooking/ReRouting will be made without any charge provided that new destination is same IATA region & same cabin class
2) Refund requests:
a) Unused tickets: refund will be made without any charge; or
b) For partially used tickets, when planned trip is not complete; the remaining flights will be refunded without any charge.
3) Extension of ticket validity:
Validity of ticket can be extended until 15 August 2016 (inclusive) without any fare difference or penalty.
- Flights operated by Turkish Airlines ( including AnadoluJet trademark )
- Departing/arriving to Turkey (including domestic flights) and/or transit flights via Turkey
- Flights operated between 15 July 2016 – 20 July 2016 (inclusive)
- Ticketed on/before 15 July 2016
- Tickets are revalidated untıl 15 August 2016 (ınclusive)
disregardıng of related fare rules
1) All Rebooking/ReRouting will be made without any charge provided that new destination is same IATA region & same cabin class
2) Refund requests:
a) Unused tickets: refund will be made without any charge; or
b) For partially used tickets, when planned trip is not complete; the remaining flights will be refunded without any charge.
3) Extension of ticket validity:
Validity of ticket can be extended until 15 August 2016 (inclusive) without any fare difference or penalty.
You are out of luck. If the flights are operating you will not get a refund or be able to change flights for free. You may wish to check the conditions of your travel insurance. If your country advises against travel to Turkey your travel insurance may cover the costs, however currently neither the US, UK or any EU countries have such advisories.
If your journey involves a TK flight to/from the US these are currently banned. You should be able to change these or get a refund by contacting the airline. This will only apply while the FAA ban is in operation.
As of July 16, the USA has banned all inbound flights from Turkey. Knowledgeable sources indicate flights should restart on 20 July.
Other airports, including SAW, are operating relatively normal.
Live information about the events unfolding can be found via Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/live/x9gf3donjlkq
Attempted Military Coup in Turkey (July 15, 2016)
Jul 15, 2016, 3:23 pm
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Jul 15, 2016, 3:23 pm
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Update that may be relevant:
* Turkish Airlines customer support in Turkey is currently unreachable via Google Voice
* Customer service is reachable in the US
* Customer service is *not* authorised to reroute flights via codeshares at this time
* Turkish Airlines customer support in Turkey is currently unreachable via Google Voice
* Customer service is reachable in the US
* Customer service is *not* authorised to reroute flights via codeshares at this time
Jul 15, 2016, 3:25 pm
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The Army has declared martial law and the formation of a "council of peace" to run the power in the country. So everything has fallen under their control - airport and comm.
Jul 15, 2016, 3:27 pm
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I hope I can reroute to United for my flight back to TLV in two weeks. There are going to be a lot of stranded Israelis this summer since TK has something like 20% market share at TLV and the LY pilots have been striking.
Jul 15, 2016, 3:31 pm
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Jul 15, 2016, 3:32 pm
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I was referring to a particular instance of that flight number historically (hence the 1990 reference): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britis...ays_Flight_149
Jul 15, 2016, 3:38 pm
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I have been in Bangkok for multiple military actions, including massive protest control and the latest military coup.
The biggest problem with aviation was the sunrise to sunset curfews: getting everyone and everything it takes to support airport operations lined up. Foreign carriers stop flights, ground transportation links shut down, no concrete information available on flight statuses or flight resumptions, ect.
It will be a mess for quite some time.
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The biggest problem with aviation was the sunrise to sunset curfews: getting everyone and everything it takes to support airport operations lined up. Foreign carriers stop flights, ground transportation links shut down, no concrete information available on flight statuses or flight resumptions, ect.
It will be a mess for quite some time.
SL
Jul 15, 2016, 3:39 pm
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Watching coverage on Aljazeera.com which has live video from the streets of Istanbul. Not so sure about the commentaries, but spin from government is sounding too positive to be believed. Thought I just heard the President say the word Pennsylvania. Is he claiming this coup has been instigated by the US?
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Jul 15, 2016, 3:40 pm
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