Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Flights, Airlines and Airports => Flights to Dalaman and Turkey, Airlines and Airports => Topic started by: Marggie on December 11, 2012, 12:18:48 PM
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The following petition is being run at the moment. Please sign and share.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/turkish-airlines-please-amend-your-winter/
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Very annoying having to overnight in Istanbul, but I don't think that the petition will have any impact this year. All the slots will have been allocated to the airlines by now and unless a pemanent slot becomes available (which will only be if an airline cancels a route into the UK) then they wouldn't be able to change it even if they wanted to.
The airlines apply for their slots in advance and don't always get what they want, but they also choose slot times according to cost as peak times are more expensive. The petition may well make the airline realise that they would get more traffic from provincial Turkish airports into the UK if they connected, so it could help for next year.
I had to book Pegasus into Stansted, but unfortunately they don't fly to the northern airports :(
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It is not about slot times in / out of the UK, this is Turkish Airlines being silly; they did have a 5am flight from Dalaman to Istanbul, now much later. Likewise they have brought forward their evening flight from Istanbul, which was previously at 20:45 & is now 17:30. Both originally connected to UK flights
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Exactly Liz. Earlier flights out of Dalaman and later flights from Istanbul will fit the bill nicely. Come on everybody please sign the petition :)
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Sighned >:(