Turkish airlines has got to have the BEST in-flight catering for economy passengers. Real cutlery and you always get fresh rolls, beats anything you would get on a US carrier
Recently flew Turkish Airlines. I really don't know what the fuss is about. They are extremely unfriendly, especially for families flying with a toddler. None of their staff seem to know what an infant car seat is. Crew seemed to get offended at every question we asked. Which weren't many. We only asked for milk from time to time. Food was bland. Cabin temperatures boiling hot. Yes, never flying Turkish ever again.
Relative to a US carrier, sure. Most US airlines are crap because they aren't competing with anyone for routes. But when it comes to Turkish against Qatar, the latter is on a different planet.
My favourite airline! Something not mentioned is the professionalism of the cabin crew. Ive flown some airlines which have had rude and condescending cabin crew. Was never an issue with Turkish airlines since they train their cabin crew to a high standard.
About fast track, in Turkey and especially in İstanbul they are always waiting you to take you to the fast track for connection flights for Turkish Airlines passengers, so most probably you will not miss your connection flight. Once it took 8-9 minutes to enter airport from the plane, pass passport control and catch domestic connection flight
In Sept I flew on a 13 hr Turkish Airlines flight Ist-IAH and they gave me a hygiene kit with 3 masks and one bottle of hand sanitizer. They said that you are supposed to change the mask every 4 hours.
I flew on a 12 hour flight from chicago to Istanbul. The flight was good for me but we were originally gonna take a direct flight on air India from chicago to Hyderabad but since my brother hated flying on that airline (mostly bc of the peanuts which he is allergic to) we had to fly on Turkish and Oman air and we had an 8 hour layover at each airport. This is why my father wanted to take air India because it took only 19 hours to get to Hyderabad from chicago and back but we instead took a 2 stop flight to Hyderabad and it took more than 48 hours to get to Hyderabad and back.
I actually love Turkish airlines, I have flown with them like 8 times I think, had a connecting flight to Dhaka in Istanbul this summer and everything was very nice but I was a bit stressed about the connecting but everything went nicely, love Turkish from Sweden🇸🇪
@@lattecafe921 Hehehe :D Håller med dig, åkte med dem 2 gånger nu i förra veckan från Arlanda till Istanbul, dem har så god mat o krispig bröd och att dem är varma :)
I flew Turkish a few years ago because of the price, but I didn’t expect to be on a superlative airline. Great plane, food and service, and Ataturk Airport was a pleasure.
Good video. Turkish Airlines represents the Turkish nation well. Not perfect but a very kind and hospitable people with generosity of spirit and welcome.
tbh all these reviews sound pretty much the same... a plane,a seat, meals, a remote control, a pilot....at least he is a good reviewer and not one of those snobbish aviation vloggers like Sam and so on!
Flying Turkish for my first flights and my first trip back to the US since before the pandemic in May (TBS-IST-BOS). Can't wait! Will be my first time in the new Istanbul airport too, last time I flew through there, it was three days before they stopped flights at Ataturk.
We also have a Tripreport on our channel of an Istanbul to Nairobi flight which was operated by an A330 with the new cabin, if you want to see what the other one is like… :)
At Istanbul Airport you should AT LEAST have 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours between your flights just because of the massive size and all the people. I had to wait for 45 minutes in security once because it was soo busy.
Hi, I never flown Turkish Airlines before, But perhaps if their fares are competitive enough we may consider flying them to UK, but that depends on connecting flights and frequency. Looking at the product from your videos, it definitely looks nice, Good IFE, good screen size, the food I'm glad to hear it was nice however two options would have been way nicer, comparing with my experience on Emirates Airlines, in my opinion Emirates has the better product, but this Turkish Airlines product is better than the A319 product that Qatar Airways offered in Economy.
Thanks Simply Aviation, I love your videos. I am a big avgeek and your videos inspired me to try to make a career in aviation. And, after 1,5 years of studying and a 5 month internship at KLM as a Service Agent at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, I now got a job as a Flight Attendant. Still have to do the training and pass my exams, but I will definitely keep watching your videos as an inspiration!! Thank you guys!
I think Felix should try to be the host of «Brutally Honest». Would be nice to see and hear him 😀 P. S. Simply Aviation, congratulations on the half a million subscribers 🥳👍5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
Yeah both David and Felix have been doing great work with this channel so sad they got half a million subscribers and they did not celebrate it with us faithfuls.
Have you done a trip report on Oman Air? I flew on it as a connecting flight because I arrived in muscat on Turkish airlines on the same aircraft as yours and flew from Muscat to Hyderabad on Oman air.
@Simply Aviation you should review Indonesia arline 'Garuda Indonesia' with brutally honest series if you have a trip to Indonesia, it's will be amazing.
I honestly flew with them from Beirut to istambul and istambul to marseille im not gonna say they were good but they were okay but I can’t judge since these days we still have this pandemic 😷
I flew on their A340 and it was a great flight. Crew did the best they could even with some passengers that had no manners. I'm more impressed by their 737, that looks like a great flight.
Hello, the videos you have taken are very nice, I like them very much. Can you take a video of Alaska Airlines? I am very curious about the Alaska plane and its cabin, please do it.
Some of the top tier airlines have downgraded their meal to 'new concept' meal- main and generic ice cream for 3-4 hours flight. Great to see TK still services- main, salad, dessert...etc for 3-4 hours flight. Well done TK! Thanks David.
I miss Ataturk airport so much....I realize there wasn't any space left to expand but the new IST feels so sterile and disconnected from the city (metaphorically and literally). But great review!
in minute 12:20 i have a question, if they lost a baggage, what happens to the baggage. Will it just stay in the airport?, it will be put in the lost and found? or the owner does not really care about it and just leaves it alone and just buys new luggage.
Most airlines will have your home address, and will return your luggage to you once it is located. If it is at the start of your travel, they will forward it to your destination.
no it happend to me once. If your luggage still in airplane or they lost it you are giving your adress to them, later when they find it they post it to your home.
Well Turkish airlines cancelled my return flight to sydney by some glitch in their system and have not reimbursed me for having to pay to purchase new tickets… this was only 2 weeks ago.
Turkish airlines has got to have the BEST in-flight catering for economy passengers. Real cutlery and you always get fresh rolls, beats anything you would get on a US carrier
Las aerolíneas estadounidenses son una letrina, lo único bueno es que a veces consigues buenas ofertas.
SQ and Thai are also up there.
Yep
Recently flew Turkish Airlines. I really don't know what the fuss is about. They are extremely unfriendly, especially for families flying with a toddler. None of their staff seem to know what an infant car seat is. Crew seemed to get offended at every question we asked. Which weren't many. We only asked for milk from time to time. Food was bland. Cabin temperatures boiling hot. Yes, never flying Turkish ever again.
Relative to a US carrier, sure. Most US airlines are crap because they aren't competing with anyone for routes. But when it comes to Turkish against Qatar, the latter is on a different planet.
Are we not gonna talk about that absolute butter of a landing on the a330?????
My favourite airline! Something not mentioned is the professionalism of the cabin crew. Ive flown some airlines which have had rude and condescending cabin crew. Was never an issue with Turkish airlines since they train their cabin crew to a high standard.
There still seems to be many problems occurring mentioned by some people.
About fast track, in Turkey and especially in İstanbul they are always waiting you to take you to the fast track for connection flights for Turkish Airlines passengers, so most probably you will not miss your connection flight. Once it took 8-9 minutes to enter airport from the plane, pass passport control and catch domestic connection flight
Best airline and crew in the terratory, my luggage never been lost at İstanbul airport in my hundred times of flights like you mentioned.
In Sept I flew on a 13 hr Turkish Airlines flight Ist-IAH and they gave me a hygiene kit with 3 masks and one bottle of hand sanitizer. They said that you are supposed to change the mask every 4 hours.
I flew on a 12 hour flight from chicago to Istanbul. The flight was good for me but we were originally gonna take a direct flight on air India from chicago to Hyderabad but since my brother hated flying on that airline (mostly bc of the peanuts which he is allergic to) we had to fly on Turkish and Oman air and we had an 8 hour layover at each airport. This is why my father wanted to take air India because it took only 19 hours to get to Hyderabad from chicago and back but we instead took a 2 stop flight to Hyderabad and it took more than 48 hours to get to Hyderabad and back.
I may or may not have flew the same flight with you- my flight was also in spent from ist to iah
I actually love Turkish airlines, I have flown with them like 8 times I think, had a connecting flight to Dhaka in Istanbul this summer and everything was very nice but I was a bit stressed about the connecting but everything went nicely, love Turkish from Sweden🇸🇪
BÖRK
Älskar TK med :D
@@yazz2850 De har en väldigt härlig service! Snygga flygvärdinnor med 😉
@@lattecafe921 Hehehe :D Håller med dig, åkte med dem 2 gånger nu i förra veckan från Arlanda till Istanbul, dem har så god mat o krispig bröd och att dem är varma :)
That reminds me, my dad had a similar flight, from DAC (Dhaka) to JFK (NYC) via Istanbul
6:50 that was reallyyyyyy butter😩😩
I flew Turkish a few years ago because of the price, but I didn’t expect to be on a superlative airline. Great plane, food and service, and Ataturk Airport was a pleasure.
I luv the a330 its a worth flying, and Turkish airlines is also pretty cool
Turkish has the most beautiful cabins ive ever seen
Good video. Turkish Airlines represents the Turkish nation well. Not perfect but a very kind and hospitable people with generosity of spirit and welcome.
I'm not sure why I watch videos reviewing a product that I'll never be able to afford, but I still love these reviews and find them fascinating!
Technically, no average person can afford an airliner... however you can definitely afford a ticket to somewhere
Just save money and believe in your dreams and God.
@@ayhemshaban9745 oh come on i was just about to purchase an a321neo
@@Ceratto168
🤣🤣
tbh all these reviews sound pretty much the same... a plane,a seat, meals, a remote control, a pilot....at least he is a good reviewer and not one of those snobbish aviation vloggers like Sam and so on!
do you think it's a 5 star airline when we look at lufthansa? because I do think we agree that turkish airlines is much better than lufthansa🤣🤣🙂
Congratulations on the 500k!!! Love your videos.
As always, love ❤️ brutally honest! Congratulations guys on the 500K subs!! Great job!!❤️👍✈️
That a330 landing😍😍
It’s the butter machine
4:40 This dish used to be served on Turkish Airlines even when I flew with them in 2009 xD
Flying Turkish for my first flights and my first trip back to the US since before the pandemic in May (TBS-IST-BOS). Can't wait! Will be my first time in the new Istanbul airport too, last time I flew through there, it was three days before they stopped flights at Ataturk.
Flew with Turkish 4 times in 2019 and had an absolute blast with them! Would love to fly them again in the future!
But they have many bad reviews
@@beyondthestars4299 But people have their own opinion 😮
"Having a blast" is probably not the best choice of words when reviewing an airline. 😂
@@EricAkif Yeah you’re right 😭😭😭
Best channel for airline reveiw and for airplanes in general
Another great video, keep up the great work
Congrats on 500K! :D
Beautiful and smooth landing
For a Turkish, I am very happy to see "Turkish Airlines" in a Brutally Honest video.
Flying this plane next week EWR-IST, not sure if its the old A330 or a newer one but good to see something to set my expectations.
We also have a Tripreport on our channel of an Istanbul to Nairobi flight which was operated by an A330 with the new cabin, if you want to see what the other one is like… :)
@@simply_aviation Will definitely check that out!
Congrats on 500k! :D
Complimentary hot food on short haul flights. That’s luxury.
Honestly, I never tried Turkish Airlines but would surely be trying it in 2024 during the PARIS OLYMPICS on DEL - IST - CDG route
Inshaa Allah
No hygiene kit with swiss, I went to dubai as well. Lx is really bad, last time there, I went with turkish, they were so GREAT 👍
nice videos dude i love it plss do more business class that one is cooler!
TURKISH AIRLINES BEST AIRLINE. NO PROBLEMS EVER. 🇹🇷 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Fantastic video David!😸
Congrats for reaching 500K ! Now road to 1 million ❤️
Good that 737 max work again
My country ditched all 737max for a320 neos
That a330 Landing though 🤤
At Istanbul Airport you should AT LEAST have 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours between your flights just because of the massive size and all the people. I had to wait for 45 minutes in security once because it was soo busy.
Hi, I never flown Turkish Airlines before, But perhaps if their fares are competitive enough we may consider flying them to UK, but that depends on connecting flights and frequency. Looking at the product from your videos, it definitely looks nice, Good IFE, good screen size, the food I'm glad to hear it was nice however two options would have been way nicer, comparing with my experience on Emirates Airlines, in my opinion Emirates has the better product, but this Turkish Airlines product is better than the A319 product that Qatar Airways offered in Economy.
I can’t believe that every a330 landing is butter it’s just awesome
8:55. What a beautiful shot!
This amazing David!
Love your brutally honest series :)
have a good journey!
i am writing from İstanbul/Üsküdar
That cabin looks so sleek and nice.
Lol, I’ve an ap test tomorrow but simply aviation’s got a vid out , got to get our priorities straight
Happy to post this 1 day before my birthday
THANKS FOR PROVIDING VIDEO
Thanks Simply Aviation, I love your videos. I am a big avgeek and your videos inspired me to try to make a career in aviation. And, after 1,5 years of studying and a 5 month internship at KLM as a Service Agent at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, I now got a job as a Flight Attendant. Still have to do the training and pass my exams, but I will definitely keep watching your videos as an inspiration!! Thank you guys!
Wow! What a journey! Congratulations Dennis! 🎉 Hope to bump into you on a KLM flight at some point! :)
as always, great video
1:32 usually TK760-763 is operated with B777 and TK758 with A330
Hands down, how many airlines i flought internationally, turkish airlines has the best inflight meals and amount of the entertainment content
I think Felix should try to be the host of «Brutally Honest». Would be nice to see and hear him 😀
P. S. Simply Aviation, congratulations on the half a million subscribers 🥳👍5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
Yeah both David and Felix have been doing great work with this channel so sad they got half a million subscribers and they did not celebrate it with us faithfuls.
I love your intros and outros welldome
You should definitely make a TripReport for Air Albania!
Someday, Turkish Airlines, I'm gonna fly with you. 🙏
Do your checked luggage have the destination tags or the transit tags? Sorry I'm new to the flying scene
OOO DAVID YOU JUST HIT 500K!
Tell me something about the Max, i think it is a good and beautiful planes, how was your experience?
Oh man that BGM is absolutely mesmerising.
Have you done a trip report on Oman Air? I flew on it as a connecting flight because I arrived in muscat on Turkish airlines on the same aircraft as yours and flew from Muscat to Hyderabad on Oman air.
@Simply Aviation you should review Indonesia arline 'Garuda Indonesia' with brutally honest series if you have a trip to Indonesia, it's will be amazing.
I honestly flew with them from Beirut to istambul and istambul to marseille im not gonna say they were good but they were okay but I can’t judge since these days we still have this pandemic 😷
Ah hoped you would see the star alliance lounge in Istanbul as it is one of the finest in the world. Next time then 🙂
❤️ Turkish Airlines
I flew on their A340 and it was a great flight. Crew did the best they could even with some passengers that had no manners.
I'm more impressed by their 737, that looks like a great flight.
ur a really good RUclipsr I love u
Nice flight report.
very good video thankss simple avoation
Good job! Do RJ next
The a330 is a classic
oh B737 Max 8? I remember 2019 it was suspended. anyhow, we love your aviation vlog. keep safe. from the Philippines.
I really love your videos very much
David, you have time to do some kind of excursions in the cities?
Would you say 2 hours is enough time for a layover in Istanbul ?
Mr. David, Please make a video on another airline flight.
World best Airlines ✈️💪
Abartma
Hello, the videos you have taken are very nice, I like them very much. Can you take a video of Alaska Airlines? I am very curious about the Alaska plane and its cabin, please do it.
I am Big Fan of Air lines
U should come to Barbados with Aer Lingus or British Airways 777-200
you should try the istanbul to dallas route in the 787-9
Some of the top tier airlines have downgraded their meal to 'new concept' meal- main and generic ice cream for 3-4 hours flight. Great to see TK still services- main, salad, dessert...etc for 3-4 hours flight. Well done TK! Thanks David.
Nice👍
❤️Turkish Airlines❤️
Thanks for sharing
Greetings from Helsinki ❄️ Finland
Outclass 737
Not much to complain about on either flight, and with metal cutlery!
how do you guys manage to wade through various covid requirements... i mean the tests n all?
enjoy your flight with turkish airlines🖒👍🙏
Turkish has a deserving transit at istanbul airport
Amazing
I miss Ataturk airport so much....I realize there wasn't any space left to expand but the new IST feels so sterile and disconnected from the city (metaphorically and literally). But great review!
We Turks...we all miss ÄTATÜRK airport....
in minute 12:20 i have a question, if they lost a baggage, what happens to the baggage. Will it just stay in the airport?, it will be put in the lost and found? or the owner does not really care about it and just leaves it alone and just buys new luggage.
Most airlines will have your home address, and will return your luggage to you once it is located. If it is at the start of your travel, they will forward it to your destination.
no it happend to me once. If your luggage still in airplane or they lost it you are giving your adress to them, later when they find it they post it to your home.
hi dave,i think that brutally honest is really the way to go...much better than trip report,more human;-)))
Hi from turkey!
First things first, congrizzles on half a million subscribers! Secondly, the food looked beyond delicious.
Well Turkish airlines cancelled my return flight to sydney by some glitch in their system and have not reimbursed me for having to pay to purchase new tickets… this was only 2 weeks ago.
4:08 super view
That Max is beautiful but could never be brave enough to get on one
MILES AND SMILES POINTS PLUS SUPER FLIGHTS INCLUDES 20 KG LUGGAGE AND FOOD/ DRINKS
I Love TURKISH Airlines ❤
My Favorite Airlines ✈️
Outside views of the countryside are very pretty.
Please travel mumbai to Bhubaneswar indiGo flight please
Nice trip