Turkish Airlines

[Leither]

Having flown quite often over the years with this airline I am amazed at the price increases for next year 2015,flights to Birmingham,Edinburgh well prices have doubled and more if your lucky enough to get on the web site just read the extras,easy jet and ryan come into mind.

[woodspeckie]

What extras? Just checked a flight from Manchester everything included, meal and 23kg luggage, plus you get drinks included. £270 each sounds ok to me.

[jen]

We're flying Turkish at the end of march , return flights Ercan/Birmingham €240 , meals and 23k luggage included

[Leither]

Ercan to Birmingham return June July just under £1000 for two,never paid that last year same time,look at the taxes and fuel surcharges,really mounts it all up.

[surfmeetseast]

June/July is height of season, are you booking online? It is v expensive at that time. Try last minute.com
I try to go back to UK out of season, and same price as other posts

[nurseawful]

I just booked Ercan to Edinburgh 28th March to 11th April. £175 inclusive. Can't beat that.

Chris

[kiplet]

Do they fly direct from Manchester Luton or Birmingham ? (refuse to fly via istanbul)

[Mollie the cat]

Surfmeetseast

Thanks for the tip for last minute.com. Just booked flights back to the UK for the middle of June £248. I have never had them that cheap before.

[surfmeetseast]

You are welcome, that's a great price! I think it is always cheaper to book well in advance

[Keithcaley]

Do they fly direct from Manchester Luton or Birmingham ? (refuse to fly via istanbul)

I'm not quite sure what you mean - No airline is allowed to fly 'non-stop' to TRNC from any Country other than Turkey, as the TRNC is not recognised as being a legitimate destination in a recognised Country.

The definition of a 'direct' flight is one where you don't have to get off the 'plane, i.e. it may stop at one or more places en-route to let passengers on and off, and occasionally, as is the case with flights to TRNC, to change the flight number because all flights to TRNC have to , technically, originate from one of the airports in Turkey, but you stay in the same seat, on the same 'plane.

I'm not sure if that answers your question or not - feel free to clarify if it doesn't.

[surfmeetseast]

As far as I know you can only fly direct to Larnaca

[Keithcaley]

As far as I know you can only fly direct to Larnaca

They don't fly to or from Larnaca

[surfmeetseast]

Sorry, no I meant the budget airlines do

[come_on_aylin]

Atlasjet fly from Luton via Istanbul from around March/April until October - you don't have to get off at Istanbul. Their price includes food and baggage, they even do discounts for students. Pegasus fly from Stansted landing, but no need to disembark, in Turkey - no food included in basic price. If you don't want to travel via Turkey only choice is to fly south. Don't think you can fly with Turkish airlines here without changing planes in Istanbul.

[flossie44]

We flew Turkish from Manchester last October. Very impressed with the Airline but not the change of plane at Istanbul. We had to run between planes as the changeover was that tight. Not much contingency if the Manchester leg delayed. Plane landed on time but no bay to park it.

More time on the way back but took us ages to get to the new gate. Long walk and strict security.

[PoshinDevon]

Flown Turkish Airlines many times via Istanbul with plane change. You can take a chance and book a short stopover in Istanbul of maybe 1hr. But you will need to get a move on and if inbound flight delayed you will miss connection. Bags may also miss the transfer. You can choose your connecting flight from Istanbul to Ercan and give yourself more time if you want. Overall TA very impressive and if booked early prices good to.

Flown Pegasus a couple of times and even tho you don't get off the plane in Istanbul we have decided that service is poor, no IFE and overall experience not good. Won't fly with them again.

[sophie]

Have just spent ages replying to this thread, with some relevant points only to find that PoshinDevon has "jumped the queue" Can't be bothered to write it all again!!

[Leither]

The reason I started this thread is that my wife and I flew Turkish Airlines on the exact same dates last year (June July) for less than £500 this time when booking again at the same time the price is nearly £1000 thats some increase,the flights into Edinburgh are less than half this,is it possible that airport charges,fuel surcharge and insurance just for Birmingham have shot up?

[jen]

Ercan Birmingham return end of March ,€240 ,about the same as last year

[jen]

Ercan Birmingham return end of March ,€240 ,about the same as last year

[Retired]

Leither...I had the same experience with TA a couple of years ago. Because of my husbands work dates had to book a flight for him that was ott..almost double. When I called TA they said I should have waited as they release flights in batches and..true to their word..the flight price came down a few weeks later. Unfortunately I had booked a flight that couldn, t be changed. Probably worth a wait.

[amelia]

Just looked on TA website

For July and August the fare Birmingham - Ercan is £270 Return

[amelia]

Just looked on TA website

For July and August the fare Birmingham - Ercan is £270 Return

Sorry just realised you want Ercan - B'ham.

Yes, they do seem to be expensive!!

[Mollie the cat]

We regularly fly to Manchester, on the return flight it has always been at tight squeeze landing at 17.10 and the flight to Ercan 18.10. In june the flight to Ercan is now 18.50, not so much a rush, may even get time for a drink in the business lounge.

[Mollie the cat]

While on the subject of flying, we have been granted access to the CIP lounge at Ercan airport via our Iktisat card. Don't hold your breath it's nothing special, not sounding ungrateful here but you can get a coffee and a cake and that's about it. The lounge is separated, we were greeted with "thats your side".

[Darrener2]

While on the subject of flying, we have been granted access to the CIP lounge at Ercan airport via our Iktisat card. Don't hold your breath it's nothing special, not sounding ungrateful here but you can get a coffee and a cake and that's about it. The lounge is separated, we were greeted with "thats your side".

"Ordinary" (ie unaffiliated to some bank or casino) business class passengers do not qualify for entrance to the lounge at Ercan. Didn't think I was missing much when I saw there was no-one in there.

[woodspeckie]

When transferring at Istanbul you no longer go through security we were sent straight through to departures got the lift up to second floor gate 301 did it in Twenty minutes from landing.

[wanderer]

BHX to ECN return yesterday £270 today £219 same days same flight very nice saving of £102

[turtle]

Just depends on when you go...

BHX - ERC May yesterday £270 Today £285 ?