Aug 31, 2009 03:35 PM
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I had flown Turkish airline very recently in August 2009 between Mumbai-Istanbul and then Istanbul- Belgrade and return.
Not to mention, it was a great disaster for me to travel this airline. When I went to the check in counter in Mumbai, the flight was to fly at 0450 and the time displayed was 0545. After being asked, the person informed me that it has got delayed. After being asked about why this was not informed, he preferred to keep quiet. The check in process was smooth.
The flight finally took off at 0615 hrs. I had requested for vegetarian food and was given two cutlets, some rice and daal with some salad. It was pathetic. The quantity also was not sufficient. I landed at the airport at 1030 hrs. instead of 0915 hrs. I had to leave for a meeting by 1130 hrs. and hence had to head for the meeting straight from the airport rather than going to the hotel and freshening up. One can imagine how one looks like a zombie after a disturbed sleep of the night and then attend an important business meeting ahead. Besides , no fault of yours.
My second leg was between Istanbul and Belgrade, which was a smaller one . This time, again it got late by 20 minutes. Now I was a little worried on my way back from Belgrade , I had only 1 hour in beween to catch up the flight from Istanbul to Mumbai. Again , to keep up to the same expectations, the flight from Belgrade to Istanbul got delayed by 30 minutes and I was very sure of missing on the flight . The moment I got off the flight, I was relieved to see that the flight for Mumbai was delayed by 45 minutes. This time, the delay was on a better side, fortunately.
There was no in flight shopping. Even the entertainment was just two LCD screens and was no choice. The music was terrible. The air hostess was even rude once when I had asked for an extra packet of Hazelnuts. Not to mention, the food was not up to the mark either.All in all, not a very good experience specially when I had flown Singapore, Korean, Cathay Pacific, British, etc. Overall a rubbish airline.
