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 16, 2016, 7:47 am
#106
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TK just announced cancellation / rebooking policy on this.
Notes: Customer serivce department is completely swamped, took 25 min to connect and get on hold, another 45 min to get to an agent. They also said that the notice is wrong, and reroutes aren't possible.
http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-in...booking-rights
We're getting refunds though, and can book on another carrier.
Notes: Customer serivce department is completely swamped, took 25 min to connect and get on hold, another 45 min to get to an agent. They also said that the notice is wrong, and reroutes aren't possible.
http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-in...booking-rights
We're getting refunds though, and can book on another carrier.
Jul 16, 2016, 7:48 am
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Does anyone know if the protesters breached the second security check and passport control, or just the terminal entry check where the explosions occurred a couple weeks ago? If so, was there a terminal dump before flights resumed? I can't tell exactly what happened from the video on US cable news.
Jul 16, 2016, 9:38 am
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Well, he is not quite as bad as "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular."
Jul 16, 2016, 10:57 am
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President His Excellency was used for the first President of the United States of America too.
Jul 16, 2016, 11:11 am
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Jul 16, 2016, 11:19 am
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The US FAA has banned all inbound flights from Turkey.
Per the Federal Aviation Administration’s notice to airmen (NOTAM) dated July 15, 2016, U.S. airline carriers are prohibited from flying to or from Istanbul and Ankara airports. All airline carriers, regardless of country of registry, are prohibited from flying into the United States from Turkey either directly or via third country.
Per the Federal Aviation Administration’s notice to airmen (NOTAM) dated July 15, 2016, U.S. airline carriers are prohibited from flying to or from Istanbul and Ankara airports. All airline carriers, regardless of country of registry, are prohibited from flying into the United States from Turkey either directly or via third country.
Jul 16, 2016, 11:46 am
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Obviously, not flying to or from IST in the next couple of days is a good idea. It would seem that flights to the USA are still banned.
At least the coup attempt seems to have had a quick ending. I would think that, by Wednesday, things will be pretty much back to normal in Istanbul. Well, at least as "normal" as they've been lately.
Jul 16, 2016, 1:19 pm
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The US FAA has banned all inbound flights from Turkey.
Per the Federal Aviation Administration’s notice to airmen (NOTAM) dated July 15, 2016, U.S. airline carriers are prohibited from flying to or from Istanbul and Ankara airports. All airline carriers, regardless of country of registry, are prohibited from flying into the United States from Turkey either directly or via third country.
Per the Federal Aviation Administration’s notice to airmen (NOTAM) dated July 15, 2016, U.S. airline carriers are prohibited from flying to or from Istanbul and Ankara airports. All airline carriers, regardless of country of registry, are prohibited from flying into the United States from Turkey either directly or via third country.
Jul 16, 2016, 1:21 pm
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The US FAA has banned all inbound flights from Turkey.
Per the Federal Aviation Administration’s notice to airmen (NOTAM) dated July 15, 2016, U.S. airline carriers are prohibited from flying to or from Istanbul and Ankara airports. All airline carriers, regardless of country of registry, are prohibited from flying into the United States from Turkey either directly or via third country.
Per the Federal Aviation Administration’s notice to airmen (NOTAM) dated July 15, 2016, U.S. airline carriers are prohibited from flying to or from Istanbul and Ankara airports. All airline carriers, regardless of country of registry, are prohibited from flying into the United States from Turkey either directly or via third country.
Jul 16, 2016, 1:46 pm
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After waiting the whole day, at AYT we were very slowly called by flight number to go for immigration to enter Turkey, then registered for hotel stays, get check-in luggage and finally bussed to fancy resort hotels. I'm staying at WOW Kremlin Palace. The 11 flights stuck here are supposed to start flying out gradually starting from 0340.
Jul 16, 2016, 1:57 pm
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My guess is that the resriction is motivated by security. If order is restored quickly in Turkey and government airport security procedures are restored to acceptable level, I would expect the rule to be rescinded fairly quickly but YMMV.
Jul 16, 2016, 2:00 pm
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It won't last even 7 days, so your flights will be allowed in August-October unless something else changes.