Review of Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Dubai in Economy

INTRODUCTION

Hey Yall, Welcome back to Winged Reviews!! Today we are continuing our journey to Dubai, the first flight was pretty long but I was able to get a good rest onboard. This flight was a red eye, we would be landing at 1am in Dubai so this would be a rough flight. We had a few hours in Istanbul so we decided to head to the lounge. 

This airport was absolutely amazing! It was built not to long ago and it has an open concept. This airport has a lot of shopping and services. The only problem we had was that the walk to the lounges from the gates were really far and the signs were a little confusing. 

LOUNGE

This was one of the views from the lounge, it over looked the airport and there was plenty of seating for everybody. This lounge also had a dedicated smoking area outside in a little fenced in area. In the bathroom area there was also shoers you could request along with private prayer rooms. 

The lounge had a lot of food options, there was a few self service buffet styles. it also had a pasta station where they made the meat balls fresh right in front of you which was really cool. The food was really good and everybody can definitely find something. 

They also had a live band which sounded really good. 

BOARDING

As we got to the gate we had a great view of a neighboring A330. 

This is the seat map for our Turkish Airlines A330-300 today. It is one of the newer cabin ones. We are sitting in seat 39A. Later in this trip we will be flying on the older version of this plane that even had a medical stretcher in the back. 

These are the economy seats on this plane. they are not to old and have adjustable head rests that slide up and down. The seats themselves were comfier than they look. On this flight each seat came with a pillow. 

Each seat also had its own entertainment screen. They worked fine and had a wide selection of movies and shows. They each had one headphone jack and a USB connector. 

It also had a remote that popped out of the seat. 

There was a really long taxi time to get to the runway but there was lots to see. 

Shortly after takeoff the crew came around and handed out dinner. i went with the beef and it was not very good. The meat was over cooked and very dry. The bread and cup water was really good though. 
 

The bathroom was pretty nice and it came with a bottle of hand lotion and some perfume. The bathroom was clean and was not to cramped.

This flight was pretty full and most people were just watching stuff on their entertainment screens. 

As we came into Dubai the views were absolutely stunning!