Turkish Airlines has just put its newest route to the United States on sale, as flagged by @IshrionA. This represents the new longest route for this particular airport…
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although TK is part of Star, they aren't part of the UA/LH group JV so competes for a fair amount of traffic that could flow over the Star JV partners.
after picking off other airline hubs, it was not only a given that TK would increase its presence in UA hubs but that UA will have to balance its non-JV and JV contributions.
Turkish Airlines, the airline where you can’t sign up for a loyalty program unless you figure out the unwritten rule that your password has to be exactly 6 characters and numeric, and has to not have sequential or repeating numbers??????
TK are turning into a global powerhouse. In fact, I read they are one of the most profitable airlines in the world, if not the #1 (even above Delta if you can believe it). They've taken on the same model as QR and EK with their connecting model via IST.
They offer very good cash fares to basically anywhere. And the advantage is that you don't need to reposition domestically due to their great North American coverage.
Now, if only they can fix their godforsaken 2-3-2 and 2-2-2 business class products on their 777s and A330s.
Will the Denver takeoffs need to be capacity limited to accommodate the high altitude?
DEN has 16,000ft runway, I've always been under the impression that's for helping avoid hot/high restrictions?
Thanks! Booked IST => DEN, it didn’t show on Lifemiles unfortunately so 90k Aeroplan miles it is…
Just on 6/11 (inaugural flight), I believe. Most dates I looked at showed the A350.
Same here. Haven't tried calling yet. It's showing up on Aeroplan too, but I haven't tried to book all the way through there.
“This is a pretty awesome new route for Denver, as it represents the carrier’s new longest route. Currently the airport’s longest route is to Tokyo Narita (NRT), which covers a distance of 5,787 miles, so this new service beats that by well over 300 miles.“
Did someone else write the article for you ? One would think you know way better than that : both IST-LAX and IST-SFO are way longer than IST-DEN…
THANK YOU!!!
I've been trying to sign up for a Miles & Smiles account for over two years now, but I could never get the password thing to work. I always thought it was a glitch. Now it makes sense, as my numbers were both repeating and sequential. Again, thank you!
Award space seems to be phantom… can’t book with United via Premier desk or online 🙁
Haven’t tried with Aeroplan
This is a very common issue with this site. Lots of typos and errors like this. I've given feedback on improving this, like simply trading off a few articles per week to improve on quality, but to no avail.
That's right. The 777s will get a new 1-2-1 seat. The A330s will probably stay 2-2-2, but those will probably not be used in the North American sectors and will get switched to mid-haul in Africa/Middle East/Europe.
It helps, but what's really at play is the rotation-speed rating of the aircraft's tires. If altitude causes you to exceed it during takeoff run, then even a 16kilometer runway wouldn't help.
Fortunately, that's far less of a problem for modern aircraft than it was even a decade or so ago. A359 should be able to do this with not much problem at all.
I booked on the inaugural and now bummed it's on the 777 in a crappy old config. You'd think they'd want their first flight to show off their newest product. Doesn't make sense that all the subsequent flights are on an A350, with only this one on a 777. Hope it changes.
Beware if you book with United Mileage Plus - there is a years-long IT glitch between United and Turkish that causes these awards to ticket with no baggage allocation. You'll be forced to pay hundreds of dollars for bags at check-in.
Let's hope they make it a codeshare with a U.S. flag carrier so U.S. govt employees can use it for official travel.
I don't think it's wise for Turkish to fly their A350 with their premium seats to a place like Denver. They should fly a 787 there instead and save those for destinations like Los Angeles and New York. Once again, Turkish is too corruptly run to be a top tier airline.
Not really. The runways at DEN are pretty long to accommodate a long haul flight.
Surely 88k + USD5.60 and no cancellation charges through UA is better than 90k + CAD127 and CAD150 cancellation through AC?
The evening departure time will help. It won’t be as hot as it would be for a midday departure.
Interesting, at biz class check in IST I had to show the lady my baggage allowance from the booking email. I didn't have to pay anything but definitely checks out that their system don't talk baggage.
Ex Aeroflop A350 only flies til somewhere November only, December onwards all old A350 with the same seats as SQ Regional, that narrow J
QR is the most profitable airline, per 2022-23 stats. It's followed by Ryan Air and IAG (BA and IB).
Is the A350-900 economy seating layout 3-2-1-3 correct? Any videos of this layout?