Turkish Airlines Adds Sydney Flights, Via Kuala Lumpur

I'm surprised it isn't being done through SIN, given it being a fellow *Alliance hub. Though I guess it's good to give people more options between SYD and KUL for now.

For these routes *A connections (and connections in SIN/KUL) don’t work due to timing. like on the return this flight lands at 1:55 am in KUL and departs at 3:55 am, while MEL-SIN-IST lands at 2:50 am in SIN and departs at 4:30 am. in both cases connection opportunities are virtually nonexistent

The stop had to be either BKK or KUL. SIN-SYD already has BA as a European competitor to TK.

While true, note EK had been flying SIN-MEL for 20+ years when TK launched IST-SIN-MEL and TK chose to compete against them anyway

Says a lot about the continued growth for Oz...the last 15 years or so, in particular (minus COVID).

I like the KUL routing, as it comes with hugely less competition versus SIN.

Is TK allowed to pick up passengers between KUL-SYD? At the moment it seems you can’t book that route although you can already book IST-SYD via KUL.

"Sydney is now Turkish Airlines’ furthest destination"

Ben just trying to be helpful, since you're a writer, as you get this wrong all the time.

FARTHER is used when you're dealing with distance or geography.
FURTHER is used when you're dealing with an idea or objective.

Since this blog is 99% about distance or geography, guess which one you need to start using. 🙂

Star Alliance hub doesn't really help them, unless it's a J/V partner... and SQ doesn't really get down like that with just about any of its Star partners on longhaul.

There's really nothing TK could get from SQ@SIN, that they couldn't also receive from using an interline with MH@KUL, if feed is what they sought.

Certainly a much needed improvement.
I’ve flown to SYD on a TK Y ticket, KUL-SYD is currently operated by MAS as a code share.

As an elite plus on TK I got zero benefits on the code share, no priority boarding, no lounge access, and no miles!
On a positive note the Malaysian airlines crew was much, much more friendly than TK’s and much to my surprise they even had whiskey in economy.

This is not true. When dealing with distance, they can be used interchangeably. Some might prefer to differentiate them, but it is not a rule, merely a preference.

Could someone explain why TK insists that IST-SYD only earns 7500 miles instead of 9290 miles?
(IST-MEL is correctly displayed as earning 9087 miles)
I even asked them via the feedback form (and after submitting screenshots of their website showing this flight and the miles earned), they replied:
‘... Upon our investigation subsequent to your feedback, we have not identified any errors in the number of miles eligible for earning on the flights you submitted.’
"You may contact with us regarding our response via clicking here and creating a new feedback." ???

I think during the journey passengers can either stay on the plane or some get off in kuala lumpur.

This applies for the Istanbul to Sydney and Sydney to Istanbul.

It can pick passengers up in kuala lumpur Thanks to Turkish Airlines

It does not actually appear possible to solely book the KUL-SYD segment on its own. Unlike the IST-SIN-MEL flight, the IST-KUL-SYD route is seemingly not fifth freedom on the second sector. If anyone knows a way to book this I would love to know because I can't find it anywhere. SIN-MEL, on the other hand, is readily bookable through all channels. 5 months of service so far and still not bookable on this sector alone!