Re: Turkish Aviation - December 2023

I have a couple of (general) questions. Upon receiving some answers I will co-relate these with Turkish Aviation. 1) Within EU, can airlines fly domestic flights in a second EU state other than the EU state they are already registered? (i.e. practising domestic flights within a different EU state??...

Re: Turkish Aviation - November 2023

I'm actually curious why TK hasn't tried LPA, PMI, JMK, IBZ, HER, JTR etc as it has done RVN, MRU so I'd have thought it would make sense, especially Greek islands popular with US tourists would be a hit no? This summer PEGASUS started SAW-RHO flights and they announced that they would fly to Lesbo...

Re: Turkish Aviation - November 2023

I'm actually curious why TK hasn't tried LPA, PMI, JMK, IBZ, HER, JTR etc as it has done RVN, MRU so I'd have thought it would make sense, especially Greek islands popular with US tourists would be a hit no?

Re: Turkish Aviation - November 2023

konkret wrote:

So will AJet eventually replace Anadolujet or the plan is form them to exist side by side? If the latter - what will be the differences in business strategy, product, marketing between the two?

Re: JetBlue Wants KLM Out of JFK Over Slot Dispute

Let us endeavor to elucidate the matter with a factual and comprehensive perspective, thereby averting further conjecture and unwarranted discourse... Tl:dr...you havent read the filing, didnt you? The subject is simply about the NL government disregarding international standing agreements for cutt...

Re: JetBlue Wants KLM Out of JFK Over Slot Dispute

I have read all the discussion, and admittedly having nothing vested in either KL/DL or B6, I'm sure both sides have.a point. However, I'd like to say that those who think KL/DL have historical rights and B6 wasn't there to get slots earlier bother me; does this mean whoever is there first should al...

Re: Lufthansa "City Airlines"

Why does the LH Group need ANOTHER airline? They just need to make a low cost version of themselves for the German market. Eurowings for European low cost flights and Discover for long haul low cost flights. Make DUS a fortress hub. BER is not going to work (look at Norse). That’s it. Pick a strate...

Re: Lufthansa "City Airlines"

Is full service in coach considered something different in Europe than the U.S.? What do you mean with full service in coach? I am used of getting something to eat and drink free of charge on flights operated by KLM, even when they last less than an hour. Two pieces of hand luggage are also always ...

Re: Turkish Aviation - October 2023

Well to be fair that was a(lpha) jet

Re: Turkish Aviation September 2023

Re-branding is a serious matter and from what I see neither the brand name Ajet nor the new logo is far from looking good. I can't say I liked AnadoluJet either but I would favor it over Ajet for sure. I dislike airline names that ends with Jet as this restricts your fleet to jet only. Ajet is a re...

Re: Turkish Aviation August 2023

IST will never be a premium airport because all premium airports around the world have a healthy mix of airlines from around the world and not one carrier absolutely dominating the airport. SIN, HKG, LHR, LAX (if it can be considered premium) all have global airlines with their flagship products fly...

Re: Adults-Only Section to be tested by Corendon

I have read all the comments and I have to say, I agree this is a great idea. I acknowledge parents' right to bring their children to wherever they want (within reason of course, they wouldn't be allowed in libraries if they were screaming, or movie theaters I presume?) but I also acknowledge other ...

Re: Any chance KLM would serve Gatwick and/or Stansted?

There might be market overlap, but there are still millions of people in the STN catchment area traveling to places on the BA or KL long haul networks (US, Asia, Caribbean etc) who wouldn't mind connecting at AMS if it means a short drive to STN instead of trekking for hours across London to LHR. BA...

Re: Turkish Aviation June 2023

Is it a PIA flight on codeshare? Though the flight no is wrong for that.

Re: Turkish Aviation June 2023

So the above analysis was spot on, well done! And congrats to TK on finally landing on the last inhabited continent and joining the 6 continents club.

Re: Turkish Aviation June 2023

The skew towards IST / AYT post Covid continues. Before Covid these two cities were dominant too but not to this level. I believe we had seen ESB and ADB at or over 15m pax with SAW / AYT around 25-30m and IST at 55-60m. Now the second and third largest cities see less than 10% IST does and less th...

Re: Turkish Aviation June 2023

Month traffic data is out. Here the calculated 12m rolling numbers for the major airports: IST: 71'989'366 SAW: 33'491'036 AYT: 33'317'157 ESB: 9'882'613 ADB: 10'289'340 The skew towards IST / AYT post Covid continues. Before Covid these two cities were dominant too but not to this level. I believe...

Re: Turkish Aviation May 2023

Here it is clearly visible that TC-JNE's paint is in awful condition and needs to be urgently renewed. Are there plans for it? https://www.planespotters.net/photo/1421696/tc-jne-turkish-airlines-airbus-a330-203 Is it really the paint or just heavy dirt which would only require a good wash ;) And wh...

Re: RUMOUR: Iberia looking to launch a new destination East

chunhimlai wrote:

How about IST, theoretically it is an East destination.

Re: Turkish Aviation April 2023

Unfortunately all the alliances have this alliance within an alliance JV issue, with DL/AF/KL in Skyteam, AA/BA/IB in Oneworld and LH group/UA/AC in *A. I also think the alliance doesn't benefit TK much but rather than leaving, it should act smart and try to strike its own JV with a worthy partner -...

Re: Turkish Aviation April 2023

The recent agreements between UA and EK and the way UAE airlines have doubled their rights/slots to Canada is not a very good news for TK. UA went out of their scope by entering into such an extensive deal with EK ignoring Star Alliance member airlines in the region. TK should be worried and align ...

Re: AC Launches YVR-DXB

It's odd how AC dissed a *A partner at TK with a new airport and a much larger home market and does not even fly to IST from YYZ while it is expanding flights to DXB. Does the AC/TK partnership not work for AC despite being in the same alliance? I believe the IST flight was removed when there was s...

Re: AC Launches YVR-DXB

It's odd how AC dissed a *A partner at TK with a new airport and a much larger home market and does not even fly to IST from YYZ while it is expanding flights to DXB. Does the AC/TK partnership not work for AC despite being in the same alliance?

Re: Turkish Aviation April 2023

Meal service must be tricky on this, you board way past dinnertime, then land way before breakfast, all the while cruising through the night. I'd hate to be on the flight and be woken up 2 hours into the flight with the smell of meat and alcohol.

Re: Turkish Aviation March 2023

I concur with the need for a separate fleet update thread. Also, looking at the trend in TK traffic results for the last couple of years, more and more of the traffic is now international. I know that int'l was already the major source of income for TK for a while now, but now even in terms of no of...

Re: Emirates unveils first new livery in 24 years

Qantas F1 collab? Seriously, they paid for this?

Re: Turkish Aviation January 2023

A 200m walk outside for the Kagithane connection. I reckon Gayrettepe would be connected underground but not sure if these tunnels would be operational right away when the station opens.

Re: Turkish Aviation Thread - December 2022

Operationally flying IST-PER is surely possible with modern-day longhaul aircraft, but economically I don't see a positive business case (yet). O/D Australia-UK is on a totally different level than Australia-Turkey(-Europe). TK would just replicate the ME carriers on a market which anyhow is quite ...