Review of Ukraine International flight Ankara Kiev in Economy

Flight PS722
Class Economy
Seat --
Aircraft Boeing 737-800
Flight time 02:05
Take-off 19 Feb 17, 07:00
Arrival at 19 Feb 17, 08:05
PS 81 reviews
fiftytwo
By GOLD 464
Published on 21st February 2017
Hello

End of my weekend in Ankara

Summary

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PS802 : waw-kbp : http://flight-report.com/en/report/22344/Ukraine-International-PS802-Warsaw-WAW-Kiev-KBP
PS721 : kbp-esb : http://flight-report.com/en/report/22345/Ukraine-International-PS721-Kiev-KBP-Ankara-ESB
PS722 : esb-kbp : here
PS801 : kbp-waw : http://flight-report.com/fr/report/22367/Ukraine-International-PS801-Kiev-KBP-Warsaw-WAW
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Esenboğa airport is located 30 kms away from city center , two solutions left , city bus 442 or taxi

Taxi is expensive and prices are random so better to use the bus

However now the line 442 is managed by a private company , so they offer a kind of shuttle ,

Catched the bus from Kizilay's square , however now that call it "July the 15th's square "

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lot of room for my legs

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Left kizilay and reached ESB 30 minutes later

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1st checkpoint

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And iam in the terminal , international flights

Tamam nereye gitmem gerekiyor ???

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Wait a bit for English version

Thats the schedule for international flights this Sunday

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For a capital city , especially the capital of a very populated country , thats quite low traffic

How will be weather in Warsaw ???

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Checkin , almost nobody

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Same for immigration but agents are slow as fu**

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Finally reached my gate

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The window is not dirty but but our plane is

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Oh , a new buddy in ESB

Get ready to use your flying blue card , since few months JV started flights to JED

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Ok now i can go to the Comfort lounge .

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Besides TK there are 2 lounges a Ankara

Millenium on the right

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Today i will try Comfort Lounge

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Le lounge is small , almost all these small details i like about a lounge are missing

In case you'd like to load your device

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Check what they offer

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Wanted to take a shower , but the guy told me its not possible cause h dont have the key !!

What else ??? Nothing , this lounge is just a waste of time

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My breakfast

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All time i was alone , but 30 minutes later a woman joined me , shes also flying to KBP

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La TV is on , with Turkish version of CNN

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Weather is going mad , 9°C / 48.2°F , is not normal in Anatolia

Crew just arrived , they left their hotel .and arrived after me

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Was so busy writing this report that i missed the boarding call . Went quickly through the gateway

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We will fly with a 737-800, was enough lucky to get a safety seat for free

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Next to us , PC to VIE , then LH to MUC

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Still working on my drafts

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Some tips can help you to guess who was previous owner of this plane

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Thats more funny to be here today , cause this plane started to fly in Turkey

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Boarding done , 30 mins before take-off

Safety demonstration inn English/Ukrainian/Russian

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taxing 15 mins later …

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Take-off 5 mins before planned time

Esenboğa Airport has long runways and good location , so the airport was designated as one of the emergency landing sites for NASA's Space Shuttle

Take off quite slow

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Moon is still from my side

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Slowly get sunny , we can see the mountains and small villages around Ankara

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Now we can head to the North

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Start our descent to Boryspil

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Ukraine is still under the snow

Landing and iam again in KBP

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Taxing , and we get what i was expected , a paxbus

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But they gave us only one , so it was crowded as hell

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Really hard to take good pixs when bus is crowded and 354850 are staring at you

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Left and reached the exit/transit area , we arrived same time as those flights

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Few seconds to get my boarding pass at transfer desks , here is the queue

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Finally they opened new checkpoints , but still wasnt enough to proceed everyone quickly

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20 minutes later iam free

End !
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Verdict

Ukraine International

5.6/10
Cabin7.5
Cabin crew5.0
Entertainment/wifi5.0
Meal/catering5.0

Primeclass Comfort Lounge (Intl)

2.0/10
Comfort5.0
Meal/catering1.0
Entertainment/wifi1.0
Services1.0

Ankara - ESB

7.5/10
Efficiency8.0
Access7.0
Services5.0
Cleanliness10.0

Kiev - KBP

4.5/10
Efficiency2.0
Access5.0
Services5.0
Cleanliness6.0

Conclusion

ESB = huge , clean , well lighted , spacious . I wish we could have the same building in Warsaw .However if you dont speak turkish and you need something it can be complicated , also there are too few services and shops there , and the lack of high-speed train between city and airport is a joke

Lounge = a joke

PS = good job

KBP = bad luck at transit

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