Prior to arriving at the airport

• Do not forget to inquire whether there is a direct flight to your destination when purchasing a domestic flight ticket. You may lose time for instance, at Esenboga Airport in Ankara connecting flights when there is a direct flight.
• Keep in mind that the consulates of certain countries may cause unimaginable difficulties in issuing a visa in Turkey. Prefer the consulates that provide convenience when issuing a European Visa. You do not have to travel to the country of the consulate that has issued a Schengen visa.
  
• Do not forget to make reservations in accordance with the aircraft type when determining the flight date and time. Prefer comfortable airplanes with broad body, if available.
  
• In preferring selecting the airlines that you shall fly with, select those with an extensive airplane fleet. Thus, an alternative airplane may be provided as soon as possible in the event of any defects or delays occurring on your airplane.
  
• Some airlines are providing certain advantages in international flights. If you shall keep track of these, you may be able to order the food that you prefer or select your seat number when purchasing your ticket.
  
• Do not forget to postpone your ticket by informing at a minimum of 24 hours in advance if you shall attend the flight. Otherwise, you shall be subject to payment of thirty percent the ticket fee in cancellations made less than 6 hours in advance. You shall loose all rights related with the ticket if you shall fail to inform the situation.
  
• Be at the airplane at minimum 30 minutes in advance for domestic flights and minimum one hour in advance for the international flights. However, due to airline companies selling tickets in advance with the consideration of no-show passengers in the recent periods in domestic flights, do not rely on these periods and wait for the departure of your airplane at the airport.
  
  

WHEN COMING TO THE AIRPORT

• Do not forget to take the traffic into consideration when coming to the airport. Keep the time option determined in your mind for arrival at the airport broad. For instance, keep in mind that certain roads encircling the airport may be closed to traffic in the event of arrival of the senior officials.
  
• If your flight is from big cities and you plan to arrive at the airport with your own vehicle, take into consideration that the car parks at the airports are the most expensive car parks of the city.
  
• Do not forget to take bring your ticket and passport. Be careful with the consideration that there are numerous items that you cannot bring into the airport or the airplane on you or in your bag.
  
• There is a weight restriction on the belongings that can be taken along. Your luggage must be prepared accordingly. Do not forget that excessive luggage fee is not low at all.
  

AT THE AIRPORT

• Have your check in process completed as soon as you arrive at the airport. Since the officials shall start placement of the passengers from the front section backwards in the event of the airplane being full, you may find yourself at the most rear section which is considered the most undesired section of the airplane, if you have not reserved your place in advance.
  
• If you shall travel in airplanes with large body and double corridor and you do not have an intention of watching the view from the window, prefer the aisle side of the middle row and the most front sections or the in the row with the emergency exits to the possible extent. The seat distances of this section are wider in comparison to other rows in most airplanes.
  
• Having your name and address written on your luggage shall be of assistance in the event of your items being lost. Do not leave valuable items in your luggage. Moreover select robust luggage because your luggage may be placed under numerous trunks.
  
• Have your passport control completed as soon as possible for international flights.
  · In the event of a delay in your flight, do not trust that the period informed is absolutely correct. Said period may be extended or shortened. For this reason keep your flight under control without entering the confined area.
  
• Do not accept any items for delivery to your destination from any one during your stay at the airport. Keep in mind that this may lead to incidents ranging from explosions to hijacking.
  
• Always keep your luggage with you and make sure that you take your luggage with you even to the WC, or to leave them with a person you know. Because unattended luggage are being seized and terminated by the police.
  
• If you are traveling abroad with an item which is subject to customs when returning to the country, do not forget to have these items recorded in your passport. Otherwise you may be faced with difficulty at the customs on your return.
  
• Do not take the announcement made for your flight too seriously, do not forget that excuses such as "you did not announce" or "I did not hear it" are not applicable.
  
• If your hand baggage is bulky, try to be among the first boarding the airplane because you may face difficulties in full airplanes.
  
  

ABOARD THE AIRPLANE

• Make sure your cellular is switched off prior to boarding the airplane. Moreover, be informed on the prohibitions imposed on electronic devices, of which handling and usage are prohibited aboard the airplane, and comply with these for your own safety.
  
• Reading something when the airplane accelerates for the take off and when the wheels first take off from the land may cause nausea. To avoid this look at the most remote point on the airplane or look outside from the window. Fasten your safety belt at the time of departure. Subsequently, just loosen your safety belt after the safety belt warning lights are switched off.
  
• Do not take your shoes off during the flight; this shall disturb the people around you and cause a swelling in your feet due to change in the pressure.
  
• Arrange the time to go to the WC in accordance with the service of the cabin personnel. Otherwise you may have to wait until the cabin personnel complete the service up to your seat on your way back from the WC.
  
• You can see whether the WC is vacant or not with a small light indicator from your seat in most airplanes. In airplane types without said light, the red or green indicator shall provide information on whether any one is inside or not.
  
• Do not forget to make small exercises in long flights. Said movements shall prevent disturbance by means of increasing the blood circulation.
  
• You may ask for a pillow or a blanket from the cabin personnel for sleeping.
  
• Keep in mind that the airway travel is the most reliable mode of transportation. Moreover, the moaning noise you shall hear short period prior to the descent of the airplane is the noise of engines opening the landing gear flaps. The following slight shaking and noise is caused by opening and locking of the landing gear.
  
• Applauding the pilot when the wheels make first contact with the ground is an action witnessed only in Turkey. This can be perceived as a gratitude for the fine landing by the pilot or a sign of thanking the journey is over.
  
• Do not stand up until the airplane comes to a complete stop. You cannot gain time by haste; even if your airplane is at the bellows since you shall be receiving your luggage with everyone else and since the other passengers shall be awaited in the event of the airplane being parked in the clearing.
  
• Filling of a form is required in certain international flights for the destination country. Said forms shall be handed over by the cabin personnel during the flight and filling of said forms, if any, during the flight shall be easier.

Change on reservations, free baggage limits, cancel and returnt tickets, promotions and discounts depend on airline. Please contact wtih your travel agency or the airline.

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