Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum

Flights, Airlines and Airports => Flights to Dalaman and Turkey, Airlines and Airports => Topic started by: siemli on June 25, 2016, 14:25:42 PM

Title: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: siemli on June 25, 2016, 14:25:42 PM

Has anyone got any ideas of who fly direct STN or other London to DLM please for Xmas?
Also if there is any or normally direct ones when do they get released please.
Cheers,

Title: Re: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: JohnF on June 25, 2016, 14:39:24 PM

No-one this year.  Via Antalya (mibbe) or Istanbul only.

JF

Title: Re: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: Yoshi on June 25, 2016, 16:54:32 PM

Pegasus via Istanbul have flights released

Title: Re: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: George Warner on June 25, 2016, 17:14:01 PM

Turkish Airlines fly from Dalaman via Istanbul to quite a few UK airports throughout the winter not Stansted though,fair prices in view of the service.

Title: Re: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: lissa on June 25, 2016, 19:14:59 PM

Pegasus fly from Gatwick and Stansted to Dalaman. Turkish airlines fly from Gatwick and Heathrow. Both via Istanbul. No direct flights this winter to Dalaman, unfortunately.

Title: Re: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: Scunner on June 25, 2016, 20:27:47 PM

Just like the old days :(

Title: Re: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: JohnF on June 26, 2016, 11:47:26 AM

Mibbe, but at least you aren't pointing out your bag on the tarmac, in the weeing rain...

JF

Title: Re: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: Scunner on June 26, 2016, 12:17:11 PM

Or getting free giant whiskies onboard

Title: Re: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: lissa on June 26, 2016, 14:43:09 PM

Well we used to have the choice of Turkish Airlines which were generally very expensive, or good old Cyprus Turkish Airlines. That's a real blast from the past! But in the winter, CTA flew from Antalya and Izmir, not Dalaman. And if I remember correctly, into Stansted.
Pegasus and Turkish Airline flights now are affordable and it is not so bad changing in Istanbul.
Thomas Cook are flying into Antalya, certainly from Gatwick, I think maybe twice a week? But then you have the journey from Antalya, so I prefer to travel via Istanbul personally.

Title: Re: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: usedbustickets on June 26, 2016, 16:35:06 PM

Your right Lissa.  And any issues with changing at Istanbul are soon outweighed by the benefits of price and quality of a Turkish Airline scheduled flight.  Plus the journey (out and return) can be made on any day of the week, not just on one day of the week when TC used to do it.

Title: Re: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: lissa on June 26, 2016, 18:53:13 PM

Pegasus are very good also, no inflight food or drink provided free of charge, but very friendly onboard crew and not too bad prices for food and drink. Flight prices also very good. Probably Turkish airlines a cut above but stop overs and prices would make me book out with one, in with other!

Title: Re: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: siemli on July 10, 2016, 12:45:36 PM

Shame, last year i think Thomas cook or someone did direct STN-DLM oh well i can live in hope...

Title: Re: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: lissa on July 10, 2016, 18:42:55 PM

I think the only direct to a London airport at that time last year was to gatwick. Don't think there has been any Dalaman to Stansted direct for years. Pegasus flys into Stansted in the winter but via Istanbul.

Title: Re: Xmas 2016 Flights to Dalaman?
Post by: BernieTeyze on July 10, 2016, 22:21:17 PM

We did Manchester to Antalya when we moved over. Wasnt as bad as we thought.