Pegasus or KTHY which one???

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 16:44

From where i live in the uk its as easy for me to fly from either Manchester or Stansted but i've only ever flown MAN with KTHY. Looking at some dates i have in mind its a little cheaper to fly from Stansted with Pegasus.



Ive always been very happy with KTHY on the MAN route and wonder if paying a little less with pegasus would be really worth it?



Any views on either airline and route?



Thanks



Tootie.

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 16:48

I prefer Pegasus...I think KTHY trolly dolly are rude, sullen and couldnt care less about you...not for me..the trouble is they dont have to work to keep the job..

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 16:50

Hi Tootie , what price were you quoted ?

Regards , Simbas

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 16:55

I prefer Pegasus.

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 17:04

Hi simbas it was £141 Kthy and £120 Pegasus both plus tax.





tootie

Dusterbruce


Joined: 03/08/2007
Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 17:05

Dont forget you have the expense, time and hassle of travelling to Stansted, not easy by public transport

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 17:13

Getting to the aiport is not a problem for me as i have a very good friend who can give me a lift to either.



The prices ive said in msg5 are one way.



tootie

kavenkoy


Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 1787

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 17:15

tootie



i live in manch and allways use kthy or turkish into ercan ,or monarch into lca .



now this year my summer flights were £1300 for 4 adults with kthy,i clickedx with pegasus and from stanstead were £530 all in .



now call me old fashion but well worth a drive out to stanstead ,lol.



for £20 though per person you have to way up car parking or public transport etc and may be even the route or flexibility of times of flights ?



kav

Dusterbruce


Joined: 03/08/2007
Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 17:19

seems expensive for kthy flights, i priced last week was about £240pp

Dusterbruce


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Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 17:28

Its horses for courses I suppose but I for one would not travel to a southern UK airport, been there, done that when there was no choice.

Earlier this year I started booking a Monarch flight to LCA from Manchester that was advertised at £120, by the time all the extras had been added it was over £200, which for a budget airline to an airport I didnt really want to go to was a bit expensive I thought so I went THY.

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 17:38

Hi Tootie , they are very good prices . I paid £204 all in with Turkish Airlines , and i thought was getting a good price

Regards , Simbas

alano


Joined: 20/12/2008
Posts: 139

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 18:23

Pegasus are always slightly cheaper but only provide a trollet service. It would be nice to see either airline cabin crews smile for once , they seem so unhappy perhaps they have had a pay cut.

Bertie


Joined: 15/04/2008
Posts: 155

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 18:47

We have always found Stanstead an easy airport to go through The check in desk right up on the left corner so out of the way.Boarding gate clean bright and quiet and last time I went out new coffee bar which was pleasant. Pegasus staff pleasant but snack food only and everything priced at euro or pound treated equally,we have paid £89.00 one way booked last week for this month. Good value we think

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 18:57

Try Monarch if it's price your looking for.

DONTY


Joined: 07/06/2007
Posts: 534

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 19:02

Nothing in it at those prices. With Pegasus you have to buy a meal but the 10€ meal is pretty good.



Service about the same. I think the CTA crews have cheered up a bit recently. I think they have slightly better shifts at the moment hence they aren't dead on their feet.

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 19:04

I did the Manchester/Larnaca route last year...........























And wont be doing it again soon........lol



tootie

dickyboy


Joined: 31/12/2008
Posts: 129

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 19:50

Never flown with Pegasus yet, but have been flying with KHTY for the last ten years and i must say they have improved by 100% compared to our earlier flights !!

Linus


Joined: 04/05/2008
Posts: 281

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 20:19

I have sent 3 e-mails in the last week with no reply to KTHY and can never get though on the ephone. Any ideas

kenny



Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 20:26

i booked recently with KTHY, the web price came in at £224

when i phoned thier london office i got it for £200.58 !

that was return for june, from stan.

doddies


Joined: 16/02/2009
Posts: 102

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 21:25

Irrespective of what airport you want in the U.K the thread was CTA or Pegasus. Having flown with both airlines from Ercan-Stansted many times i would plumb for Pegasus without doubt. Friendly cabin crew, and flight times and checking in at both airports better than CTA.

Dusterbruce


Joined: 03/08/2007
Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 21:34

I will not be enthusiastic about Pegasus until they start using Manchester.

Or even better Leeds!

TimothyCadman


Joined: 13/12/2007
Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 21:53

Don't forget that there is no food on Pegasus. Yes, I am aware that KTHY food isn't really upto much but at least it's edible and passes and hour.

McSteviet



Joined: 11/05/2007
Posts: 1089

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 21:58

I just used Pegasus this week, for the second time and would use them every time.



Plane was brand new, all leather seats, great.



Mc

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 22:02

Went from Manchester to Larnaca in December- never again, worth paying a little extra with KTHY. Paid £276 return for 1 in September 10 days Saturday to Wednesday, cheaper to fly Wednesday flight than Saturday. Friend of ours is a Captain on KTHY I told him Brits were complaining about cabin crew, he said it was being addressed as complaints had been passed on to staff training.

southgate



Joined: 28/03/2009
Posts: 37

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 22:42

KTHY staff are the most miserable lot I've ever come across. They are so rude.



I took my (then) six month old son out to see his grandparents, I travelled with just myself and him, they were so unhelpful. I asked to be moved so I could have some extra space when a lot of passengers got off in Turkey and they wouldnt let me even though there were free seats. I couldnt eat or go to the toilet if it were not for some other kind people on the plane.



My husband let rip on them when he travelled home recently saying no wonder they couldnt compete with the South regarding tourism if thats how they treat passengers...and believe me he aint no fan of the greeks!!!

southgate



Joined: 28/03/2009
Posts: 37

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 22:43

And I always look at KTHY on the net for a rough guide, then call them, it always comes up cheaper.

Turtle


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Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 22:51

Kenny, what is the London office phone number please

batterboy58



Joined: 20/04/2008
Posts: 442

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 23:09

Message 22



On the contrary there is food on Pegasus and it is pretty good too.

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 23:46

Ive always found the food ok with kthy.



Also im a large chap and i booked seats near the wing exit and because im big airlines dont like you sittng by the wing exit and ive been asked before by airlines such as ba, firstchoice to cuba and bmi baby if i wouldn't mind moving seats. The only time ive been asked by cabin crew in a discreet way was on a kthy flight last year.



All the other airlines came upto me in my seat when the whole plane had loaded and doors shut to ask if id mind moving, which means finding someone else if they mind moving and in front of a plane load of people this is VERY embarrissing.



Kthy on the other hand had seen where i was sitting whilst boarding and asked me to come to the back of the plane and explained the situation and was sorted with no fuss or embarrasment.



tootie

southgate



Joined: 28/03/2009
Posts: 37

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 23:47

KTHY Newington Green London N16 - 020 7241 5523



Mon-Fri 9.30- 12.30/1.30-5.30

Sat 9.30- 1.30

Turtle


Joined: 28/05/2007
Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
03/04/2009 23:50

Many thanks Southgate

TimothyCadman


Joined: 13/12/2007
Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 00:36

Batterboy,



On 2 return flights in June and August from Stansted to Ercan in 2008 the only food that we had available was the one that they sold off the trolley and all priced in Euros with a lousey exchange rate too from either Sterling or Lira. If my memory serves me correctly there was a choice of hot meal, either beef or chicken that cost 10 Euros, and drinks of Coke at 2 Euros. If that's the same today, that's £10 per meal and £2 for a bottle of pop!



Maybe we were just unlucky, maybe things have changed and international flights have their meals back.

canyavuz


Joined: 22/02/2009
Posts: 363

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 02:51

kthy has actually improved on their sercvice recently, probably due to the number of complaints recieved last year, and to keep their standards up with their new flights to 2 german cities, and Tehran of Iran.



Pegasus can give you really good deals, and is subject to the same length of stop over as are the KTHY flights.

KTHY is more flexible. More flights. Pegasus can be cheaper, but not so flexible.



KTHY is less hassle to be honest,

batterboy58



Joined: 20/04/2008
Posts: 442

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 04:29

Timothy

First you state that there is no food on Pegasus, then in your next post you go on to describe what food you had. Maybe it's just me but I find this just a tad contradictory.

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 05:32

Batterboy.



In my post, What is your point????





tootie

keithr


Joined: 20/08/2008
Posts: 720

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 06:59

Does anybody know who flies to Dalaman from Ercan other than KTHY ??



I priced a fare today for mid may and the base price was 119 tl,then the "extras and taxes" pushed it up to 238 tl !!!



I can get to Itsanbul for 100tl return all in !!

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 07:14

Hi Keithr , Cyprus Turkish Airlines flies from Ercan to Dalaman

Regards , Simbas

batterboy58



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Posts: 442

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 10:31

Tootie



My posts were to TimothyCadman, unless you are him I was not referring to your posts.

chick


Joined: 02/07/2008
Posts: 323

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 11:20

I have always flown with KTHY mainly because in the past that was the only choice and have always found them okay, maybe the planes are a little tired and the cabin crew a bit dour but at the end of the day you are going from A to B and not on a social trip.

I flew with Pegasus last year and they were okay, we took our own food as most people did but you could buy food on board and if as TC said it was £10

thats not bad considering the likes of Thomson etc charge £12.

TimothyCadman


Joined: 13/12/2007
Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 13:43

Batterboy,



I didn't say that I had food on the flight, just that we could have purchased food on the flight at an extra cost to the flight ticket that we had bought, which, because of the cost, we did not do, nor did we buy any drinks.

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 14:43

manchester-larnaca £150 return in may.......... quite cheap i think??No meal but i don't realy look forward to airline food.

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 15:23

I've tried them both and there is very little to choose between them, living near to Manchester airport the price on Pegasus needs to be good to make up for the long journey to Stansted. At present we are getting ready to book our long awaited one way flight, I will fly with Dan Dare Airlines just so long as I get to Ercan and can start my retirement in TRNC.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 15:38

So much for CTA, cannot get a quote ECN-LHR-ECN for December returning March, let alone a time schedule so as to connect to already booked Australia flight journey!

Richard

Woodspeckie


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Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 18:36

CTA Winter schedule usually shows at the end of April beginning of May.

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
04/04/2009 23:44

we fly with pegasus from stansted for the first time on monday the 6th , cost us £780 for three of us compared to carriers from manchester averaging about £1250. four hours to stansted from wigan !worth it ? we will see



andy

Dusterbruce


Joined: 03/08/2007
Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
05/04/2009 00:22

I priced CTA from Manchester only yesterday £248pp, and TK £253 so thats a bit less that £1250 for 3people!

4 hours to get to the airport plus 2 hour check-in, thats 6 hours before you get to the plane! Very tiring.