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For the first time I fly on my own to Egypt with a connection in Istanbul. Please share your real experience so that I can quickly find my way at the airport: how to quickly get through the docking (I have 2 hours)?
For the first time I fly on my own to Egypt with a connection in Istanbul. Please share your real experience so that I can quickly find my way at the airport: how to quickly get through the docking (I have 2 hours)?
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I will share my real recent experience in Sabiha, although the connection in Istanbul is generally no different from the connection at other airports.
You check in your luggage to the final destination. In Istanbul, upon arrival, look for the international transfers / transit sign, go through another personal inspection and go to drink coffee / shop in duty free while waiting for boarding the second flight.
Two hours is a lot of time for a transfer, but if you suddenly feel that you are starting to be late, feel free to publicly panic, apologize, poke your boarding line in line and climb ahead. It's better than standing modestly and missing your flight.
You check in your luggage to the final destination. In Istanbul, upon arrival, look for the international transfers / transit sign, go through another personal inspection and go to drink coffee / shop in duty free while waiting for boarding the second flight.
Two hours is a lot of time for a transfer, but if you suddenly feel that you are starting to be late, feel free to publicly panic, apologize, poke your boarding line in line and climb ahead. It's better than standing modestly and missing your flight.
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answered 5 years ago
Go to the airport website. There is a video instruction and an interactive tour of the airport. St and on YouTube. Helped me a lot. Look at the layout of the airport sectors in order to understand in which direction to run for landing. The terminal is huge
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answered 5 years ago
Yeah, it remains only to understand at which particular airport in Istanbul the transfer is planned ...
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answered 5 years ago
to reassure you, docking is not as difficult as it may sometimes seem. Along the entire perimeter of the passage of all mandatory points there are employees who often speak Russian and are ready to help you at any stage. My daughter flew herself to study in Munich (this was her first independent flight with a transfer. So she had previously flown with us more than once, but here the transfer, by herself, in general, is a child (only 18 years old) and figured it out. From personal experience , if there is not enough time (2 hours is more than, but suddenly) then when connecting on a single ticket (you didn’t pick up those connections yourself) if one of the flights was delayed, broke down, etc., then they put you on the next one, they will somehow deliver you to destination. Also, more than once I watched how airport employees are looking for people in the crowd who have a short connection in order to take them through all the controls in an accelerated mode. Don't worry. Hold tickets in your hands and if something is not clear, show them to the airport employees and you show the way))
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answered 5 years ago
At the new Istanbul airport, there was a connection less than 2 hours, with the passage of the border and the transition from the international arrivals hall to the local lines. I managed to do everything and even had time to drink coffee and read the news on the Internet.
If you can’t navigate by the signs and the airport display, show your boarding pass to any airport employee and they will prompt or show you.
2 hours is enough time, the more you are through the transit zone.
If you can’t navigate by the signs and the airport display, show your boarding pass to any airport employee and they will prompt or show you.
2 hours is enough time, the more you are through the transit zone.
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answered 5 years ago
Ataturk closed only for passenger flights and all passenger flights moved to a new airport, and Sabiha airport did not close, it works
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answered 5 years ago
dr.fatty Turkish Airlines has flights from all airports in Istanbul, mass passenger flights from the new airport and from Sabiha
the old Ataturk airport is also used
the old Ataturk airport is also used
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answered 5 years ago
lupanarius, I don’t know about the old one, but the new one and Sabiha definitely work. At least two connection options.
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answered 5 years ago
What airport are you arriving at? Do you have a single ticket to Sharm or with a gap?
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Everyone is so smart, 2 hours with a margin, yeah, how! There are all sorts of situations. In October, we flew back from Sharm through Sabiha, so there was an incomprehensible * opa for passport control, we defended for 1.5-2 hours. The queue began very far from the snake, fenced with ribbons, people stood in a broad mass, climbed forward, yelled in different languages, it was a madhouse! First time seen this.
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answered 5 years ago
She flew in November from Sharm to Moscow via Sabiha. Yes, visually a lot of people, yes, the snake seems huge. But in the end, everything took about half an hour along with the inspection.
Why did you stand at passport control? Did you go out to the city?
Why did you stand at passport control? Did you go out to the city?
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ollennka, where they were sent, they stood there. There were employees of the airport, they only let them go directly to domestic flights, all the rest went to the left to the control.
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Still do not understand. Passport control and transfer to domestic flights directly. To the left is international transit WITHOUT passport control, but with inspection of hand luggage.
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ollennka, I repeat, only domestic flights were let through, everyone else was directed to the left. The queue was wild and moved slowly, some people were sitting on the floor. We and many others approached the staff and showed our boarding cards, we were returned back to this queue. There were no other options.
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Yes, I don't know about passport control. You either write that you were sent to passport control, then that they were not allowed to go there. Did you end up with entry stamps or not?
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ollennka, I can’t say, I didn’t look at what was put there. So much to defend, there was only one desire - to sit down and that it would end quickly.
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answered 5 years ago
If this is a single ticket, the airline itself is interested in the passenger having time for the flight, if it is absolutely critical until the next flight is 20 minutes, the representatives of the airline themselves will find the passenger in the transit zone and help to go through the procedure without a queue.
I had connections in Frankfurt for 40 minutes, everything is fine
I had connections in Frankfurt for 40 minutes, everything is fine
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answered 5 years ago
40 minutes to dock is already dangerous. I didn't have time to reload my luggage once.
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answered 5 years ago
ollennka, But what about a recent post:
alexfili, I fly from Novosibirsk and Moscow, why do I need flights from Istanbul and Ukraine, especially at night?
And right after that:
I will share my real recent experience in Sabiha, although the connection in Istanbul is generally no different from the connection at other airports.
She flew in November from Sharm to Moscow via Sabiha. Yes, visually a lot of people, yes, the snake seems huge. But in the end, everything took about half an hour along with the inspection.
Are there many of you in your account? Confused in the testimony)))
alexfili, I fly from Novosibirsk and Moscow, why do I need flights from Istanbul and Ukraine, especially at night?
And right after that:
I will share my real recent experience in Sabiha, although the connection in Istanbul is generally no different from the connection at other airports.
She flew in November from Sharm to Moscow via Sabiha. Yes, visually a lot of people, yes, the snake seems huge. But in the end, everything took about half an hour along with the inspection.
Are there many of you in your account? Confused in the testimony)))
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answered 5 years ago
alexfili, I'm alone in the account, thank you for worrying. Unbelievable, but true - if you take individual phrases out of context, contradictions can be found endlessly.
Specifically, from Sharm it was most convenient to fly through Istanbul. But this does not mean that in principle I am ready to fly on vacation through Istanbul, and even more so through Ukraine, from where there are no flights to Moscow at all.
Specifically, from Sharm it was most convenient to fly through Istanbul. But this does not mean that in principle I am ready to fly on vacation through Istanbul, and even more so through Ukraine, from where there are no flights to Moscow at all.
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answered 5 years ago
It's fun to read the answers "yes there is nonsense" - "yes everything is fast" and so on. for a person flying for the first time. This comes with experience, I remember when I first got to the dock at the Dubai AE, and how I wandered there in search of the gate of my next flight. TC I advise you to read the info and watch the videos on YouTube to understand what to expect.
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answered 5 years ago
Greetings
Friends, things are different. Even at the same airport, everything can be smooth today, and tomorrow - it’s not clear where the huge queue came from, one and a half employees work, and it’s scary to be late.
I flew with a change of airport in Turkey, and with a connection in Sabiha, and with access to the city and passing through passport control. Usually, all these procedures are not fast. Although at the new airport (where I have not yet visited) there are connections for 1 hour, and people have time to do everything.
One thing I can say for sure:
oz.ivan2013, you will definitely not fly these flights alone. I think that at least half a plane will fly with you from Sharm to Moscow with the same connection. So don't worry. Just try to "keep your ears on top" and keep up with fellow travelers. If for technical reasons at the airport half the plane does not have time to get on the flight, then the flight will simply be delayed.
Have a good flight))
Friends, things are different. Even at the same airport, everything can be smooth today, and tomorrow - it’s not clear where the huge queue came from, one and a half employees work, and it’s scary to be late.
I flew with a change of airport in Turkey, and with a connection in Sabiha, and with access to the city and passing through passport control. Usually, all these procedures are not fast. Although at the new airport (where I have not yet visited) there are connections for 1 hour, and people have time to do everything.
One thing I can say for sure:
oz.ivan2013, you will definitely not fly these flights alone. I think that at least half a plane will fly with you from Sharm to Moscow with the same connection. So don't worry. Just try to "keep your ears on top" and keep up with fellow travelers. If for technical reasons at the airport half the plane does not have time to get on the flight, then the flight will simply be delayed.
Have a good flight))
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answered 5 years ago
No, half a plane is unlikely. Egypt is not so popular among Russians. Moreover, now it is getting colder in Sharm, people are more likely to fly somewhere to warmer places.
And on the way back from Sharm, 70 percent of the flight were the Turks themselves. A few Russian couples, a few British couples, and then little things from other countries.
And on the way back from Sharm, 70 percent of the flight were the Turks themselves. A few Russian couples, a few British couples, and then little things from other countries.
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answered 5 years ago
Oh, how I don’t like flying with connections - before, when there were direct flights from the Russian Federation, I flew with connections to save money. And now - no options. In the last couple of years, it seems that the passenger traffic has doubled or tripled among the Turks, and the airports are packed. It's stressful. A cafe in Sabiha on the second floor is almost always - there are no places. This is tiring if you often fly along the route. And if it’s a one-time thing, tune in positively so that all this airport fuss does not piss you off. Two hours is a normal duration, there is little risk of missing your flight. And waiting longer is annoying. In general, you have the best option.
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answered 5 years ago