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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #20 on: February 08, 2019, 03:04:58 AM »
I went through the airport with my hat and jacket  no problem whatsoever  I didnt even feel like I was being steered at    nice lounges

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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #21 on: February 08, 2019, 03:32:21 AM »
Only difference I can remember is that most people davened beyichidus. There may have been a small minyan.

Otoh on Ukrainian we had a minyan factory and all the workers there where yelling that they'll leave without everyone if they didn't get into the plane when the last minoan was still in middle of shemoneh esray.
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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2019, 05:09:05 AM »
Only difference I can remember is that most people davened beyichidus. There may have been a small minyan.

Otoh on Ukrainian we had a minyan factory and all the workers there where yelling that they'll leave without everyone if they didn't get into the plane when the last minoan was still in middle of shemoneh esray.
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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2019, 06:55:32 AM »
Only difference I can remember is that most people davened beyichidus. There may have been a small minyan.

Otoh on Ukrainian we had a minyan factory and all the workers there where yelling that they'll leave without everyone if they didn't get into the plane when the last minoan was still in middle of shemoneh esray.
Can't recall ever seeing a minyan at IST (might be partially because I usually head straight to the lounge). OTOH on my way back through MAD people got together right after the security check for connecting flights and we had a nice minyan for Shachris and Mussaf. Can't imagine that experience in IST, but only due to the fact that IST compared to MAD is like comparing pedestrian traffic in Times Square to pedestrian traffic on 14th Avenue in Boro Park. There's just no quiet place in IST that we could have davened like we did at MAD.
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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #24 on: February 08, 2019, 08:20:45 AM »
It's as safe as LHR, but you gotta know yourself (and your family) if you/they are going to be paranoid and shiver to death on every turban don't do it, it's not a matter of facts it's your feelings
#fakenews. LHR is the most dangerous airport in the world. Your knees are likely to disintegrate from the walking. Last time I was there, my Fitbit screamed out, "are you kidding me?"

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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #25 on: February 08, 2019, 08:56:14 AM »
I went through the airport with my hat and jacket  no problem whatsoever  I didnt even feel like I was being steered at    nice lounges
We've made multiple minyanim there without and problems...
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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #26 on: February 08, 2019, 08:56:28 AM »
#fakenews. LHR is the most dangerous airport in the world. Your knees are likely to disintegrate from the walking. Last time I was there, my Fitbit screamed out, "are you kidding me?"
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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #27 on: February 08, 2019, 09:31:39 AM »
#fakenews. LHR is the most dangerous airport in the world. Your knees are likely to disintegrate from the walking. Last time I was there, my Fitbit screamed out, "are you kidding me?"
Never been to LHR. Is it really worse than Turkey? In IST you can easily need to walk 25 minutes. They put the TLV flight at the farthest gate. Literally the last gate.
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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #28 on: February 08, 2019, 10:47:06 AM »
Never been to LHR. Is it really worse than Turkey? In IST you can easily need to walk 25 minutes. They put the TLV flight at the farthest gate. Literally the last gate.
PE much worse, i flew from BUD-LHR-JFK on BA in F, had a 4.5h layover, we landed early and finally got to the 1st class lounge 20min before departure (we had massages reserved but never made it there) worst airport experience ever and thats with flying 1st.

The most i had to walk was about 20min in IST which i think is not that bad (and if your running late they will escort you through security and get you to the gate)
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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #29 on: February 08, 2019, 10:48:14 AM »
Never been to LHR. Is it really worse than Turkey? In IST you can easily need to walk 25 minutes. They put the TLV flight at the farthest gate. Literally the last gate.
I haven't been to LHR in quite a long while. I don't recall long walks, but I do recall long bus rides for connections.

TLV and US gates at IST are YMMV, I've had them all the way at the end (last time I connected, were they not only both all the way at the end, but both required bus rides to the aircraft >:(), and I've had them both right in the center, with the shortest possible walk to/from the lounge. All of this should change after March 1st (though I wouldn't hold my breath, as the date has been pushed off a couple of times).

YYZ is quite bad with walking distances.
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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #30 on: February 09, 2019, 03:18:49 PM »
Never seen a minyan at IST but did at SAW

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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #31 on: February 09, 2019, 09:28:55 PM »
100% safe. TK is one of the largest airlines in TLV with 10 daily flights!
how many times have you flown turkish thru IST? left airport??

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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #32 on: February 09, 2019, 09:29:30 PM »
I didn't say anything about leaving the airport.
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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #33 on: February 09, 2019, 11:19:50 PM »
I've flown through IST a handful of times and remember davening mincha with a minyan there one of the times I was there.

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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #34 on: February 10, 2019, 12:42:55 AM »
I think you meant to post this on Facebook. We do t want garbage like this on the forums!
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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #35 on: February 10, 2019, 03:25:48 AM »
Never seen a minyan at IST but did at SAW
Interesting,  I never flew through IST, but in SAW the loudest language I heard consistently was Hebrew, although I didn't see any from jews.
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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #36 on: February 10, 2019, 10:32:05 AM »
how many times have you flown turkish thru IST? left airport??
what could go wrong?

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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #37 on: February 10, 2019, 10:48:30 AM »
how many times have you flown turkish thru IST? left airport??
I flew through IST and left the airport for the night. I'm still alive to talk about it.
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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #38 on: February 10, 2019, 10:50:54 AM »
I flew through IST and left the airport for the night. I'm still alive to talk about it.
+1  I left the airport just to get a stamp  I left with jacket beard peyos and still alive  didnt even feel awkyard

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Re: Is it safe flying with Turkish Air
« Reply #39 on: February 10, 2019, 11:04:47 AM »
I flew through IST and left the airport for the night. I'm still alive to talk about it.
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+1  I left the airport just to get a stamp  I left with jacket beard peyos and still alive  didnt even feel awkyard
feel awkward about what?