Review of Turkish Airlines flight Tel Aviv Istanbul in Economy

Airline Turkish Airlines
Flight TK789
Class Economy
Seat 11K
Aircraft Boeing 777-300ER
Flight time 02:20
Take-off 18 Jul 17, 21:45
Arrival at 19 Jul 17, 00:05
TK   #13 out of 95 Airlines A minimum of 10 flight-reports within the past two years is required to appear in the rankings. 776 reviews
Yonatan Paz
By 2981
Published on 26th July 2017
Hello and welcome to my America Trip of 2017.

Planned flights:

TLV (Tel Aviv, Israel) -> IST (Istanbul, Turkey) TK Y B77W YOU ARE HERE!/VOUS ETES ICI!
IST (Istanbul, Turkey) -> BOG (Bogota, Columbia) TK Y A332
BOG (Bogota, Columbia) -> PTY (Panama City, Panama) TK Y A332
PTY (Panama City, Panama) -> SJO (San Jose, Costa Rica) CM Y B73G
SJO (San Jose, Costa Rica) -> EWR (Newark, NJ, USA) UA Y B738
EWR (Newark, NJ, USA) -> TLV (Tel Aviv, Israel) UA Y B77W

I'd arrived at airport 3 hours before the departure as of some busy traffic cause the summer. However, I passed the whole check in 20 minutes.
As of my high status in Star Alliance, I could use the business class desk:
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Turkish Airlines makes their check in process on the landing floor along with Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines. Then you have to go to the main departure floor:
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The way to the duty-free:
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There is a big departure screen in the duty-free area:
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I didn't buy anything at the duty-free. Instead of that, I did some spotting before the dark. There wasn't a lot of traffic in those hours.
Transavia 737-800 landed from Amsterdam (AMS) and Noes 737-800 before departure to Milan (MXP):
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El Al Boeing 747-400 before night departure to New York (JFK), Their 747's will be retired when all the 789's will arrive (The first 787-9, 4X-EDA, will arrive in Israel on 23 Aug)
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Israir Airlines A320 before a flight to Ljubljana (LJU):
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Delta 777-200ER and United 777-300ER, both of them are before night depart to Both New York's airport (JFK and EWR):
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One of the waiting area near the gates:
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Delta:
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United:
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On the to our concourse and to the Dan Lounge, you can see our flight as TK789:
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The lounge offers pretty basic catering and some drinks:

Transavia again:
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LOT Boeing 737-800 landed from Warsaw (WAW), this 738 will depart soon to Poznan (POZ):
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Our plane is on the way!
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Azerbaijan Airlines Boeing 757-200 before a night flight to Baku (GYD):
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Time to Board to our plane!
Turkish AIrlines Boeing 777-300ER, TC-JJT, EX2014, with the "old" cabin):
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Old business class:
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The pitch was ok for less than 2 hours flight:
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IFE:
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I was sitting in the little front economy class cabin:
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Tour in the plane durning boarding:

Lavatory:
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As the front row was empty, the cabin crew had asked if I would like to change my seat. The pitch was extremly better:
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The new tower and Alitalia A320 that its flight to Athens (ATH) was cancelled:
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View:
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United 787-9 before flight to San Francisco (SFO):
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Terminal 3:
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Heading to runway 26 for depart, after a delay of 1 hour:
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Take off and view of Tel Aviv at night:

Bye bye Israel:
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It's time for a light dinner! Dinner was included a cherry cake, sandwich with cheese and salmon salad, Not bad for 1:40 hours of flight:
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Front economy cabin :
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IFE's menu:
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Over Turkey:
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Descent. We had to wait for about 20 minutes in the air till the permission to land.
Landing in IST:
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Some people decided to stand up durning the landing!
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Many traffic in IST:
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AirBridge for today:

Bye bye my 77W!
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I was rushing to my connection to Panama, there wasn't a time to buy somethings in the duty free area either;
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Verdict

Turkish Airlines

9.1/10
Cabin9.0
Cabin crew7.5
Entertainment/wifi10.0
Meal/catering10.0

Independent Dan Lounge

4.9/10
Comfort7.5
Meal/catering4.0
Entertainment/wifi4.0
Services4.0

Tel Aviv - TLV

10.0/10
Efficiency10.0
Access10.0
Services10.0
Cleanliness10.0

Istanbul - ISL

7.4/10
Efficiency4.5
Access6.0
Services10.0
Cleanliness9.0

Conclusion

It was a nice flight with Turkish. I like to get such a huge plane for 1:40 hours of flight. Also, this flight is nice because you are departing at night.
The crew wasn't so friendly on this flight, for example, they said that I can't take a photo of the departure!
The meal was really good.
I will fly with TK again! even there were some passengers that made some noise and distributed to my and to the other passengers.

Information on the route Tel Aviv (TLV) Istanbul (ISL)

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La compagnie qui obtient la meilleure moyenne est Turkish Airlines avec 8.1/10.

La durée moyenne des vols est de 2 heures et 21 minutes.

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