Review of Pegasus Airlines flight Tel Aviv → Istanbul in Economy

Hello All! Salut! Halo! Shalom! Hola!

Welcome to this flight report on a trip to Italy that I made last month. This time was my 2nd time in Italy.

Introduction:

My family had decided to go on a trip of all the generations of the family (Grandpa&ma, Parents and grandchildren).The Chioce was trip of 10 days in Italy (Toscana and Rome (without Grandpa&ma)).

We invited our tickets (to/from Rome - FCO) on November 2014, 8 months before the flight! EasyJet was the cheaper option with direct flights but the departure time from Tel Aviv is horrible: 10.05PM! I wanted to try the new 737-900 of El Al or the 777 of them, but the problem was that El-Al doesn't fly on saturdays. Alitalia's flights price were high (500$) and they're horrible as I remember from my flight with them to Buenos Aires 4 years ago.
2nd option was a mix of Pegasus Airlines with 1h 50m connection in Istanbul (Sabiha) and back on a short direct flight (3 hours) with EasyJet afternoon. We took that option for 240$ per pax!!!
Else, Pegasus offers to send a suitcase (max 20 kg) for each passenger without any charge!

Day of the Flight

I woke up at 4:45AM and I took the taxi to the airport at 5:30AM for 7:55AM flight. The price of the taxi was pretty cheap (20 minutes from Tel Aviv, (100 NIS = 26 USD = 24 EUR).

Our flight was appearing on the screen!


At the check-in desk:


Duty-Free zone:


British Airways Boeing 777-200ER before flight to London - LHR:


Air France Airbus A320-200 before flight to Paris - CDG:


Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-200(WL) Before flight to Ataturk:



I had 1 hour to spend in the Duty-Free so I bought a crossiant for myself.
On the way to our gate (Gate C4):


Boarding started quickly at 7:15AM, I was on of the first pax to get onboard.
Our plane for today: Boeing 737-800, TC-AIP, Just Arrived from Antalya, Turkey:



Cabin:

Seat pitch was tight but decent for 2 hours flight:

Safety Instructions were published on the tray table, instead on a card:


Staring our Journey!


TLV Airport (Ben Gurion Intl Airport who was the 1st prime minister of Israel)is appearing on the screen!

Safety Video:


Air France Airbus A320-200:

Taxi to Runway 26:


Flying over The Turkish Cyprus (You also can see Larnaca in the Greek side):


Flying over Turkey:


A commercials behalf of pegasus were showing on the screens durning the flights and sometimes the flight map and details were appearing:

Cabin load was about 60%:



Descent started 20 min before landing:


Cabin before landing:

Istanbul coast-line before landing:


Turkish Airlines (Old Livery) Boeing 737-800 on the ground:


Pegasus Boeing 737-800 on special livery:


More Pegasus's jets:


Arriving to our gate (I don't know the gate number….)