Turkish Airlines booking info

tarry67


Joined: 16/05/2008
Posts: 1053

Message Posted:
29/12/2009 15:54

How can you book on line as they don't list Ercan or Lefkosia.

Geoff1131MK11


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 396

Message Posted:
29/12/2009 16:34

I'm sure that booking with Turkish Airlines on line you book to Lefkosa on their website.

dozza67


Joined: 11/07/2008
Posts: 607

Message Posted:
29/12/2009 16:37

They are not allowed to book flights from Ercan. Government thingy. You have to book through a travel agent. You can book TO Ercan.

LondonCypriot


Joined: 15/12/2008
Posts: 426

Message Posted:
29/12/2009 17:10

Have another look. ITS LEFKOSA , NOT LEFKOSIA.



ITS ON THE TURKISH AIRLINES DESTINATION LIST.

Sideways



Joined: 21/01/2009
Posts: 529

Message Posted:
29/12/2009 17:24

London Cypriot.

You cannot book from Ercan or Lefkosa on their website from the TRNC.





Tarry 67.

I've used "lastmiute.com" you can book flights to and from Ercan with Turkish.





Pete.

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
29/12/2009 17:45

You can book to LEFKOSA on the web site as I have done it may times previously and just done it today no probelms as usual there is no need to use a travel agent or a middleman service.

Sideways



Joined: 21/01/2009
Posts: 529

Message Posted:
29/12/2009 20:20

Reference message 6.

I think you are missing the point here. "Tarry 67" cannot book online with Turkish Airlines from the TRNC.

It is just not possible Lefkosa or Ercan do NOT show on the destination list.

You can book from outside the TRNC online but not here also Lastminute.com are normally cheaper than using Turkish Airlines own website.

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 14:39

Just posted in error on the Manchester thread.



Alan at flightholiday can book Turkish for you (he is covering while I sit in sunny Kyrenia with coffee at Durkan's)

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 15:49

Tom

Haven't you a business to run rather sunning yourself in TRNC? In any case you should be drinking beer rather than coffee if you profess to be on holiday!



Richard

dublinderm


Joined: 26/09/2009
Posts: 538

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 18:43

Hi all,



I have just visited the Turkish Airlines Website and found the following;



On the first page you can register as living in Cyprus (North) and it will give you a default airport of origin as Lefkosa (ECN).



If you register for any other country and want to travel to Ercan, you must select you destination country as TURKEY and then it will allow you to select LEFKOSA as your destination.



I believe this is new as Ercan was deliberately left off the THY website so as to comply with the EU embargo. It seems someone is willing to challenge the status quo. Let's see if it lasts.



The prices seem to have come down a bit as well!



regards,



Dermot

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 19:25

Dermot

I followed through the instructions registering as North Cyprus on the web page & this is the answer I got

"We do not have permission to sell tickets for LEFKOSA flights. Please call the nearest Turkish Airlines Office for further information."

If you do it starting in the UK no problem with journey/or return journey to Lefkosa

I think its more that they do not wish to compete openly with KHTY (CTA) out of Ercan

dublinderm


Joined: 26/09/2009
Posts: 538

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 21:01

Hi Wanderer,



Dammit! It looked so good at first. I was able to follow it through for flights from Dublin but I did not think to check it the other way around.



Oh well.



DD

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 21:08

DD

I think they only do it on the phone and through agents

I tried I had to come home early in October they wanted £250 one way per person Ercan to Brum or I get £120 tax refundfor the 2 of us

Go with Pegasus £137 pp and £75 hire car

I'd have paid £130 pp adition for the convenience

The BHX to ERC was £219 pp return so you can see that the £250 pp one way was stupid just keeping their side of the bargain with KHTY