Now you're not going to see my face in this video because the intro I filmed had far too much background noise although from the
Video title you've probably worked out the today's flight is with Turkish Airlines from Izmir through to Istanbul in an Airbus
A330 and if you follow me on Instagram you probably already see my face, lucky you guys I suppose!
I found out afterwards that there's a separate premium entry so if you
end up in the main check-in area turn right and keep walking
I had access to the business lounge which I believe had been recently refurbished.
There was plenty of space to relax and a reasonable selection of light snacks and drinks.
Now the flight itself was only an hour long so economy would have been perfectly reasonable although when I bought the tickets
Business was only an extra fifty Australian dollars, or about ten thousand post-Brexit British pounds.
As I knew I would be arriving early, that was almost worth it just to get into the lounge before the flight.
There's also a business center for the three people in the world who don't carry their own laptop or tablet, and two showers next door
So you have to ask the staff where to find them.
Our flight was called and a bus picked us up directly from the lounge.
We headed up some stairs and on board I initially discovered two english gents who were in the wrong seat clearly
Demonstrating the spatial awareness that would get them into their national cricket team...
Well I guess we've all done at some stage.
While we wait for everyone to board, drinks and nuts were provided and I had a look through the seat.
Now this is an older business class product
Which is obviously showing its age it doesn't have direct aisle access although it was perfectly comfortable for this short flight.
Unfortunately for me, the in-flight entertainment was disconnected for the short flight
Which seemed a little bizarre to me so I had to keep myself entertained by the view out the window,
which was pretty impressive as you'll see soon after we take off.
And rather annoyingly, there were no overhead
airvents which kind of sucks as I enjoy a steady stream of air through my hair, well what's left of it.
We backed out and headed for the runway. I'll stop talking so you can enjoy the spool up from the pratt & whitney
PW4000
The meal
Was served promptly and I'll include the menus at the end of the video. It tasted fine although the Hunters Borak with beef
Had spices that could launch you into space! And the fire in my mouth
Was early extinguished once I finished the bottle of sauvignon blanc. As I said earlier, the in-flight entertainment
Was turned off for the short
Domestic fight so I had to entertain myself watching the view out of the windows, and extinguishing the fire on my face
And on the topic of aviation views check out my instagram and facebook page for more amazing inflight views, and
Dorky selfies with other aviation youtubers including Jeb Brooks, who I ran into just the other day
He does great videos and I'll include a link to his channel in the video description below.
Now back to this flight. As I said before it was quite a brief flight with our descent into Istanbul
starting not long after we've reached cruising altitude.
It's a little unfair for me to critique the actual seat too much as it was an older aircraft so clearly it's not class leading
But for such a short flight, it was better than most intra-Europe
Business class, which is often just an economy seat with the middle seat empty.
For comparison's sake I'll include a link between my Lufthansa and British Airways short haul
Business class video reviews in the description below and you'll see that the Turkish product actually comes out quite favorable really.
favorably...
The service was really good and the young guy working on our side was great
Delivering and removing food promptly and he seemed to understand my convict Aussie accent, or he was just smiling and nodding politely.
Another nice touch, was that we got a dedicated business class bus carrying us from the remote stand once we landed in Istanbul.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this brief flight. There's plenty of other flights I took on this trip to Turkey including Malaysian Airlines Qatar Lufthansa,
and a special mention to the 747-8, and Japan's ANA so check out my channel for those.
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Thanks for watching and coming up shortly are the menus.