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, 2:47 pm
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From friends in Istanbul, as of one minute ago:
State TV has been shut down. Both bridges on Bosphorus were blocked on one way (from Asia to Europe) by the military personnel. Turkish Armed Forces officially confirmed the action.
State TV has been shut down. Both bridges on Bosphorus were blocked on one way (from Asia to Europe) by the military personnel. Turkish Armed Forces officially confirmed the action.
Jul 15, 2016, 2:47 pm
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I'd switch to this thread if I were you. Might throw something up along the way. If it is a coup then I think it is fairly certain the airport will be closed down. But who knows.
Jul 15, 2016, 2:52 pm
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I'd switch to this thread if I were you.
Jul 15, 2016, 2:52 pm
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I'd switch to this thread if I were you. Might throw something up along the way. If it is a coup then I think it is fairly certain the airport will be closed down. But who knows.
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Jul 15, 2016, 2:59 pm
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There is a bunch more military and police related flight activity around Istanbul right now. Can't imagine they will want to maintain all the normal civilian aviation traffic volume until they either go back to the proverbial barracks or feel comfortable with their level of seized control. [And the police and military aren't all on the same side, as one is sort of closer to the government than the other.]
Holding patterns and restricted air route and runway usage is "typical" (as much as that can be said) for this kind of situation.
Tanks and other military assets placed at and around IST indeed.
Holding patterns and restricted air route and runway usage is "typical" (as much as that can be said) for this kind of situation.
Tanks and other military assets placed at and around IST indeed.
Jul 15, 2016, 3:01 pm
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It's surreal looking at the IST airport map on FlightAware. You can see several of the arriving flights have turned around.
Look at BA680: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW680/history/20160715/1645Z/EGLL/LTBA
Look at BA680: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW680/history/20160715/1645Z/EGLL/LTBA
Jul 15, 2016, 3:21 pm
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It's surreal looking at the IST airport map on FlightAware. You can see several of the arriving flights have turned around.
Look at BA680: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/B...645Z/EGLL/LTBA
Look at BA680: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/B...645Z/EGLL/LTBA