Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Other Local Resorts & Areas => Hisaronu Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Sleuth on July 10, 2011, 10:28:36 AM
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Flew back from Dalaman yesterday July 10th after spending nine weeks out here and was shocked to see the plane ( onur air ) :o at least only 60 ish % full. In twelve years of visits to Turkey at various times of the year we have never before encountered so many empty seats :o this just endorsed the similarites that many people were telling us on their flights to Dalaman. A worrying trend ? will next years flights be trimmed ? Are we seeing the end of an era with the brits now massively cutting back on holidays abroad ? or is it just Turkey ?
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We've been out twice this year, April and June. All our flights - from Gatwick - were rammed full, and in fact that was what all our friends said as well. Except where there had been a late change of plane to a bigger wide bodied jet. Which was the UK destination airport?
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Well the Scots must be trying to do their bit as I recently went out on a Thomson flight and returned Thomas Cook, and there wasn't a spare seat to be seen.
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Flew out 27th June flight full, returned 7th july flight full.
In fact I have never seen Calis with so many visitors
Ron 8) 8)
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Flew out last week in May with TC from Aberdeen 40 empty seats. Flew back after three weeks and the plane had no spare seats. I happen to know there are no seats for the whole of August from Aberdeen to Dalaman it's been fully booked for a long time.
Perhaps, people are now getting a bit wary with Onur as their flights are so often the subject of changes.
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usedbustickets it was Birmingham, in fact thinking about it, most of the people who were mentioning the `empty seats` were referring to Birmingham [?]
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Brits to Turkey this year so far - 12% down on last year
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Possibly cos it was Onur Air?
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not so sure......we have always booked well in advance for our August flights to ensure we got the dates we wanted.. However times are a bit stretched so we left it until recently to secure our seats........I was beginning to panic that we wouldn't find seats for the days we needed, but when I asked, I was told, don't worry plenty of seats available ! The flight we wanted still had 70 seats free........
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Our return flight Dalaman to Glasgow on 23 June was half full and I noticed a Dalaman to Prestwick flight,both Onur Air,which was leaving around a hour ahead of us did not seem to have a full plane load either.
This is the first time I have been on an Onur Air flight which was not full.
Could be the cost of flights that put people off. I paid for our September flights from Aegean Flights around a year ago at a cost of £370 for both. When I checked the same flights yesterday the cost was £720.
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Same flights a few minutes ago £795.
Does anyone buy at these prices?
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We went from Manchester two weeks ago, out with TC and back with EJ, not a spare seat to me found. I also note that there are very few bargains at the moment compared to same time last year.
Kevin
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No bargains to be found from Manchester at the moment, I have tried the usual sites, looks like I will have to pay over £250 return, the most I have ever paid, but hey, worth it when you get there.
Kevin