This story is dedicated to the people at Turkish Airlines,
just for the surprise to fly these pretty big bird again
The trip in one word:
ANNIVERSARY
"The theme around this story is solely to feel the clear blue autumn sky above Cappadocia"
Merhaba, hello, dear readers,
there is just a little bit more travel for the fourth quarter of the year on schedule.
France and Serbia is done and now we go merely a little bit further today:
Thanx once more to:
http://www.gcmap.com/
Thursday, 24.10.2013
STR (Flughafen Stuttgart)
IST (İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı)
Service TK 1702 operated by Turkish Airlines
Scheduled: 11.20 // 15.10
Here we see all the visited countries:
VISITED COUNTRIES auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen
The plane types recorded:
PLANE TYPES RECORDED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen
Some lately checked airlines:
AIRLINES CHECKED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen
A couple of visited airports:
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And also one or two more:
Visited Airports II auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen
The Tripreporter 2013 and it´s final edition:
TRIPREPORTER 2013 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen
And this is 2014:
TRIPREPORTER 2014 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen
And we continue also with the relaxed late morning departures.
Up at 05.45 am, the very same time like the last run.
Acceptable traffic, queues, ok, but nothing out of the ordinary and P0 it is again to take a rest for the car.
This ticket is fixed as a oneway by Opodo.de, the
fare is 105.00 Euro´s.
OLCI works well with the TK website.
And OLCI brings also a warm welcomed surprise on my laptop. The A320 on schedule, but usually this type offers one aisle only and these plane shows me two!. Perfect.
Self printed this time, solely for this special occasion.
In the terminal and ready for a view to the screen.
Inbound looks like ok and outbound, too
A swift security check, how I like this time of the day to fly somewhere else and the very same at passport check.
Short after the necessary Star Lounge visit.
Well, big birds need two gates isn´t it?. 128 and 129 today.
Just for a view to the sunny apron and yes, this is a really nice view
And where to park this beauty?
Parking spot secured and soon thereafter boarding starts by bus with, just to my surprise, not that many pax around.
Is this really true?
Under the engine or maybe also under the wing?.
How I like nice weather apron boarding, oh, yes!
Four engines twice, but no Avro for me today!
And these machine looks like shiny new
But it isn´t. Certainly good work by Turkish maintenance.
This is TC-JDK "Diyarbakir", an A340-300, new to the log and leg no. 9 on type.
In the air with TK since 10.08.1993. 7 planes on type are in the fleet.
Here are some stories:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4183d5e4&opt=0
http://avherald.com/h?article=432a7b56&opt=0
In fact, this is one of the oldest active A343´s around the world. Only Airbus Industrie with no. 1, beside the guy´s from Iran, Iran Asseman and Mahan operate older equipment
My seat, my two seats, my 100 seats!.
37K, the last row window and I feel lonely here!.
The load is not more than 30%, mostly turkish pax and also some biz people to notice
AB with the big plane, too parked beside us. The A330 just arrived from Palma.
This is the welcome message by Turkish Airlines. Lovely, isn´t it?
Up and away from the sunny "Flughafen Stuttgart", clear sky and 19 degrees.
It´s 11.20 am, as ontime as ever possible by "Turkish".
2.40 hours from runway "Two-Five"
The legroom is not that imposing and the IFE box, big and oldfashioned
Cockpit crew is from Turkey, so it seems, no word to hear at all. Seat details and the safety card
The magazine and the small inseat screens
There is a young woman serving my seat.
Not that large, not that slim, black hair, ponytail, really nice.
And when I´ve asked, what I´am usually do these days, for some veggie food she even goes the extra mile and checked if there is something in biz available.
No one here beside me and the service starts
Bulgur not far from MUC, well, why not?
The menu with real metal cutlery, how nice
You know, I usually don´t eat the middle part of the menu
and today is no exception. Vegetables and bulgur for me
The routing is MUC-Balaton-Timisoara-Plovdiv-Edirne at maximum 39000 feet.
Free drinks, coffee, tea are served several times.
Wait, is this really Istanbul down there, so fast?
Finals for the 2580 meters runway "Zero-Five" and welcome at "İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı".
2.15 pm in Germany, 3.15 pm local, short behind schedule, 19 degrees, clear sky
Where the sky is as blue as possible and bye now for my plane
For sure a nice experience. More this way also domestic, please!
Turkish immigration is not as pleasant as the flight.
Lot´s of people around, non turkish citizens in the turkish queue, complaining, sure it´s not their fault. More complaining international connecting pax in the passport check queue, lovely, you know these kind of people. But after some 15 minutes I´am ok to enter Turkey!.
Bye now, take care.
The Tripreporter
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