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Flight Review Turkish Airlines TK1979, from Istanbul to London, Heathrow Airport

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We flew with Turkish Airlines, flight TK1979, from Istanbul to London, Heathrow Airport. Turkish Airlines flight TK1979 This was a flight from Indonesia back to the UK with an Istanbul connection. The flight takes off from Istanbul at 8:45 am and arrives at London, Heathrow Airport at around 9:30 am. The journey time is just over four hours, but the actual flight time was around three hours. Flight history of Turkish Airlines flight TK1979 The recent flight history shows that the flight was generally on time, but there were days when it arrived two hours late. As the flight was bound for the UK, security checks at Istanbul airport were somewhat strict and there were scenes of personal belongings and body checks at the boarding gate. Boarding Turkish Airlines flight TK1979 Our flight started boarding a little later than scheduled. The seats are arranged in rows by 3 rows. Meals on board Turkish Airlines flight TK1979 Breakfast was served o...

Turkish Airlines flight review of flight TK509 Jakarta to Istanbul

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We flew with Turkish Airlines, flight TK509 from Jakarta to Istanbul. The flight takes off from Jakarta at 9:50am and arrives in Istanbul at 6:25pm, a flight time of 12 hours 35 minutes. Turkish Airlines flight TK509, slight delay A delay of several minutes was already reported before we arrived at the airport. Boarding was not grouped and passengers boarded by seat number, but we wondered if there was any point in separating by seat number to check their boarding passes, passengers boarded at the same time. Seats are arranged in rows of three, three and three, with enough leg space. Meals on board Turkish Airlines flight TK509 Onboard meals were served as breakfast, snacks (crackers only) and dinner. Breakfast is omelette and croquettes, mushrooms, fruit, vegetables and cheese and bread. It was a little strange that the bread was served afterwards.It was hot, though. Drinks included a variety of juices, coffee and tea, and there was also wine and Turkish beer o...