We are flying from Boston/or NYC to Istanbul
ending trip in Bodrum. We prefer non stop or one stop so thought we would try Roundtrip Athens and do local flights ATH-IST and Bodrum-IST for return to Athens. Good idea? Thought we would allow a full day /night in ATH before return flight.
Ideas/thougjts/Experience? Is Turkish Air fairly reliable? Has anyone flown Turkish Airlines non stop (Economy) from JFK?? Thank you.
Posted by
Boston, MA, USA
254 posts
We flew Turkish Air non-stop from Boston to Istanbul last month. No problems.
Posted by
Virginia
613 posts
Turkish is a huge airline with excellent service. No reason to fly to Greece if your destination is Turkey.
Posted by
Lynnwood, Washington
9989 posts
Turkish Airlines is great! I’ve flown their nonstop from Seattle a few times and also flown Istanbul to Cape Town on them. All long haul flights, all well done.
Posted by
Washington DC
30134 posts
I returned home from Istanbul to Washington-Dulles (IAD) on a Turkish Airlines nonstop flight a few years ago. It was perfectly fine. IST is a huge airport, so it can take a surprisingly long time to get out the front door if you start measuring from when the wheels touch down.
I haven't transferred at IST; I suppose connection times might need to be a bit longer there than at some other potential transfer points.
Posted by
Portsmouth
5932 posts
I've only flown business class on Turkish Airlines and I've found them to be an excellent airline, great service, excellent food and their flight coverage is very extensive.
Now that British Airways has lost my allegiance I now consider Turkish Airlines to be my favoured airline particularly if flying east from the UK. However I have noticed their prices are creeping up. My trip to Thailand in March is with Qatar Airways as they were surprisingly cheaper than Turkish even flying business despite the fact that Qatar Airways have consistently been voted the best airline in the world and their prices are typically higher than their rivals as a result.
Posted by
San Francisco, CA, USA
79 posts
I second the other recommendations. Unless I wanted to sightsee in Athens for a few days, I'd fly directly to Istanbul, where the sightseeing is equally exciting, and from there take a flight to Bodrum. I'd be too jet lagged to do sightseeing in either Athens or Istanbul on my way to Bodrum and would take either of those stops on my return when I'd be alert enough to enjoy them. Bodrum and a boat trip would be a much better place to go through jet lag for me. I've done the trip a few times and always taken Turkish Airlines, which is associated with Star Alliance, so I can accumulate travel points I use on United flights. I hope this is helpful.