For the FAO of Liquitech number 42 Re: Turkish Airlines

bosstrabs

What are they like? And how’s Istanbul airport?

Normally I fly BA (but they’re not doing flights to and from mainland China at the moment) or Finnair or SAS because they were the fastest/most direct from Beijing when they could fly over Russia. Now they have to go around the bottom though, making Turkish via Istanbul a competitive option time-wise, especially at 3000 GBP Business via Istanbul to Manchester (I get reimbursed up to 1600 GBP).

Along_the_Wire

bosstrabs business class long haul is excellent

LT42

bosstrabs Turkish are a brilliant airline, consistently in the top 10 globally and one of the best, if not the best, airlines in Europe. Great staff and the food onboard is always of a high standard.

The new Istanbul airport is excellent but it’s miles away from the city, that’s the only downside.

You planning a bantz world tour?

Dubman

I’ve used them a few times and I find them pretty decent. They’ve now got a new international airport which is so much better than the old one.

Smallman1

Dave and Liqui in the Bul?

Watch out ladies!

bosstrabs

Smallman1 Dave and Liqui in the Bul?

Watch out ladies!

If it was us there, it would be one in BOSS TRABS, one in the BOSPHORUS.

Hursty

MC in 3…2…1

Mad_Cyril

Hursty
Boss counting Hursty lad

Amps

bosstrabs Fair play, that’s a decent bit of work there.

Hursty

Mad_Cyril I was expecting you to chime in rapido due to the utterance of the words “business class” something you won’t have experienced flying Ryan Air to Rome!

Mad_Cyril

Hursty
Maybe I could dress like a hobo, save money to fly with the big dogs?

Then endlessly bore fuckers talking about lounges?

mono-stereo

I got bumped up to business class on my last long haul flight with BA, which was nice.

Millsy

mono-stereo euphemism?

mono-stereo

I took one hell of a sexual bumping from 36F all the way down to the galley.

Smallman1

If you’re not ledging it up a lounge before every flight, you’re basically a mahoosive LOOSER

bosstrabs

Smallman1 Also, you’re not suaving the air hostesses if you’re in a double digit row and that is just that.

bosstrabs

LT42 The new Istanbul airport is excellent but it’s miles away from the city, that’s the only downside.

That doesn’t really factor in my decision. The timings seem to be about 16-17 hours between Manchester and Beijing or Shanghai, with about 2 hours in Istanbul airport.

I would be looking for 13-14 total journey time normally, but as I said the closure of Russian airspace to European carriers has fucked that, SAS and Finnair are having to go down over Poland and Turkey anyway.

Dubman

bosstrabs
I’d grab that with both hands. Only 2hrs in Istanbul is a good option.

LT42

Yeah a 2 hour layover in that airport would be easy.