Turkish Airways is increasing its presence in Singapore by making the SIN – IST route a 14x weekly affair by September from 10x weekly at present.
In the mean time, Turkish Airways has TK55 which departs SIN every day at 2330 and arrives in IST the subsequent day at 535. The IST to SIN leg (TK54) departs Istanbul at 0210 and arrives in Singapore at 1750. I’ve personally taken this flight numerous instances and that is often fairly a full flight because it leaves Singapore late at night time, permitting passengers to reach in Istanbul or to most European locations by morning the subsequent day.
Turkish Airways additionally has TK2o9 which departs SIN each Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 1040 and arrives in IST at 1645. From twelfth August, TK will add Saturday and Sunday flights for TK209, departing at 1115. From thirteenth September, TK209 will change into a every day flight with a Wednesday and Thursday departure.
Consequently, the IST-SIN flight – TK208 – which at present departs IST at 1715 each Monday, Thursday and Sunday will change into a every day affair by September.
The brand new flights will enhance complete seat capability by 2,632 seats for a complete of 9,492 seats per week. TK55/54 will proceed to be serviced with Boeing 777-300ER whereas the brand new flights will likely be serviced with the A350 which has the newer Turkish Airways enterprise class seats. The present TK209/208 3x weekly flights are already serviced by the A350s.
I’ve personally been on TK’s A330s, 777-300ERs and Dreamliner, the latter having the identical seat configuration as their A350s. The newer enterprise class seats present an all-aisle entry, one thing which the Boeing 777-300ERs don’t possess. I’m most likely one amongst a minority who truly likes the older seat configuration. Although missing in privateness and possessing a center seat, I discover it wider and extra snug for sleeping.
When it comes to flight redemptions, Turkish Airways has the Miles & Smiles frequent flyer programme. In case you are based mostly in Singapore, you possibly can redeem for Miles and Smiles factors by a Citi bank card.
I’ve been redeeming Turkish Airways flights for years. It was once fairly easy to search out availability out of Singapore even a month or two earlier than departure however it has change into difficult for the reason that reopening in 2022. My most up-to-date Turkish Airways redemption flight to Baku led me to fly out of KUL! Hopefully, there will likely be extra availability after the elevated frequency kicks in.
