Is there a dedication to do here?. It is and no question the nice AnadoluJet FA impressed me!.
The trip in one word:
INFINITELY
"Enjoying the sunny, wide open scenery, well, I like it this way!"
Iyi günler, a good day, dear readers,
should I really close January 2014 with this part of the trip?.
Well, it seems so!.
Ukraine via Russia was the starter.
The video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_2eWNFJ7Ak
The Ukraine, finally and
well, the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGFl3m6ipcg
Greece, after a long time, the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efTVjgIXwyk
The rings, lucky me and, yes, the video!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph9wzWaCVs0
Espagna by Swiftair just for the case and the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEPbFPSXWfU
More Swiftair, sure!. This is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2POeiS9Stq0
Down for the deep southeast and also here, the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttyiN_ua3NE
What about this way?:
Thanx to once again:
http://www.gcmap.com/
Friday, 30.01.2014
GNY (Şanlıurfa GAP Havalimani)
ESB (Ankara Esenboğa Havalimanı Esenboğa Uluslararası Havalimanı)
The video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THrNnPsLLfQ
Service Turkish Airlines TK 7115 operated by AnadoluJet
Scheduled: 11.30 // 12.50
GNY is no. 290 on the visited airports map, warm welcomed:
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The first 200 places:
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All the checked airlines:
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And maybe the recorded plane types:
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Just some visited countries:
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Here is 2014 at least till now:
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Well, I´am in Sanliurfa, these exotic, at least for me, place in southeastern Anatolia close to the Syrian border. Three legs to go today and when I really like to catch the first one it seems better to walk just a little bit faster back for the hotel!.
Pick up my things and heading for the Havas bus stop in direction airport, wherever it is?.
Abide Ziyaettin Akbulut Park close to Aksaroglu Petrol station is definitely nothing new to me, isn´t it?.
Ahem, always these nice talking.
Well, not that really appropriate to my tight schedule but there is this nice young woman from the hotels management and again, the exot I´am is not allowed to leave the hotel prior to a couple of questions!.
Well, now I need a "Taksi" for the Havas bus place.
The young taxista does a good job and delivered me perfectly ontime to the bus.
Calm down, talking to the driver as I usually do:
This bus is for the airport and the Ankara service?.
No Ankara, this is Istanbul. The other bus for Ankara.
Ontime, believe me, the one closed the doors right now and tried to leave.
Well again, the international signage, jump and wave helps not for the first time!. The driver noticed me, opened the door again, lucky me, so I´am on the right bus for the airport.
Where, after a drive at a modern style motorway along endless agricultural fields welcomed me the middle of nowhere.
Strange, a new built airport and nothing around
This is really in the middle of nowhere.
There is no city or something like this in the close vicinity,
there is no biz related need.
Anything else?. A couple of years ago Turkey decided to start the Great Anatolia Project GAP and try to construct a large, a really large dam to secure the water ressources for the agriculture in Anatolia. The airport was built to supply the large construction engines and also material and workers to the area and offers a really long 4000 meters runway good for all the heavy freighters. But they are gone nowadays
And there is definitely nothing around beside a couple of trees, lots of empty parking spaces and a close to deserted terminal
OLCI works also here well 24 hours prior to departure.
There are two legs on the directly by Turkish Airlines secured ticket. The fare per leg is 30.00 Euro´s.
A nice young woman at the desk printed the papers for me.
Close to no one else at security and ready for a view around
this way
Clear blue sky, snowy peaks in the distance and a plane, not bad, isn´t it?
And just by surprise, space enough on the apron for two or three more examples!
Well, that´s the one for me, so it looks like
The wide open scenery
I don´t checked it with a lounge here.
Ground handling, let´s go!
Is there something else coming in?
Ankara for me, please!
There is no gate number announced.
Boarding started self service and I like it with these conditions.
Just by surprise, under the wing, you know!
So, this is TC-SAG, also known as "Sarigamis" the 737-700 like on schedule.
Leg no. 42 on these type and yes, lucky me, new to the log.
In the air and around with EZY, absolutely no reminders in the cabin, no way, since 27.06.2003.
Joined the Turkish register with Turkish Airlines, Sun Express and finally AnadoluJet.
9 examples are in the fleet and there are no stories to show here
11.25 am, short ahead to schedule we are at "Anadolujet".
No duration info to notice, departure from the 4000 meters runway "Zero-Four" with a clear blue sky and 15 degrees.
Leaving the "Sanliurfa Güney Dogu Anadolu Projesi GAP Havalimani" right now
Cabin crew is one middle aged nice male
and two women, one middle aged nice, not that large, blonde
the other one also middle aged with a really nice welcome and talking at the planes door. The rear door, the queue at the front door as usual, you know!.
Relaxed it looks like on the tarmac
Talking about a wide open scenery, isn´t it?
Just by real surprise the "Kapitän" is from Germany. The FO is from Turkey with detailed infos inflight in turkish and english.
Looks like nice, isn´t it?
Green it is, really green
Up for the blue sky
Just above the runway
Heading for the GAP
Call it an artificial lake
Dry around the blue water
A real special feeling to fly around here.
The syrian border just a couple of kilometers to the south
and kurdish northern iraq some more kilometers to the southeast
The load is 90%, all local beside me as far as I see, nothing new!.
The last row window and three for me, 25 A it is.
There is a magazine and also a safety card on offer
Lower legroom than on TK and absolutely no idea, never ever, with the seats and the previous operator of the plane, no way!
These white peaks down there
Looks like really special
Service AnadoluJet style, sandwich and free water, coffee, tea
Yes, this one looks like really high
Impressive, isn´t it?
Well, just sometimes it´s really worth a window seat, isn´t it?
Down for the "Ankara Esenboğa Havalimanı Esenboğa Uluslararası Havalimanı" it is
Also an impressive approach above the dry landscape
Touchdown at the 3750 meters "Two-One-Right", 12.40 am, ten minutes ahead to schedule, 4 degrees and clear, sunny sky, perfect.
Take care, more to come, hopefully.
The Tripreporter.
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