Failed coup d'etat in Turkey! What to expect?

[cathay belgium]

Hi,

Breaking news ! The Turkish Regime is under attack ..

What will the consequences be of holidays, Turkish Airways? Ataturk Airport ?
Exit Erdogan ?

Military taking power back ?

CXB

[Passenger]

It's business as usual at Istanbul's airports.

AF-1390 CDG-IST is about to land.

West Atlantic 767-200 (Freighter) from Istanbul SAW to LGG took off 20 minutes ago.

[cathay belgium]

Airport surrounded by tanks !
not so usual I may hope ....
CXB

[Passenger]

BA-680 LHR-IST seems to divert

https://www.flightradar24.com/BAW680/a598013

[Passenger]

TK-1940 Brussels-Istanbul (A321-200 TC-JTK) now on final approach to IST. Actually, all TK flights continue to IST or SAW.

https://www.flightradar24.com/THY3ED/a599b8f

[Homo Aeroportus]

BAW from LHR turning back while on approach (FL250).
KLM from AMS turning back vertical BUD.
DHL from FRA turning back shortly after take off.

Better safe than sorry and no SAS on board so why carrying on?

H.A.

[Passenger]

KLM from AMS turning back vertical BUD.

https://www.flightradar24.com/KLM1617/a59b65a

[sn26567]

According to EuroNews, IST is closed, or at least all incoming and outgoing flights are cancelled...

This being said, I am not too afraid for the future of THY or Pegasus: they seem to run free of political interference. Once law and order will be re-established, they will prosper further.

[Passenger]

According to EuroNews, IST is closed, or at least all incoming and outgoing flights are cancelled...

IST Ataturk seems to be fully closed now indeed.

Istanbul SAW Sabiha Gokcen is open for business.

[Homo Aeroportus]

Not really a quite evening down there.

DLH has RTB'd
KLM is landing at VIE
BAW landed at SOF
AFL and GAF are turning away.
Some inbound THY drawing circles as LTBA seems now closed.

Screenshot 2016-07-15 23.42.45.png (1.14 MiB) Viewed 4340 times

What to expect? Business as usual as from tomorrow morning I guess.

H.A.

[FLYAIR10]

MOW-IST :AFL 2134 diverting to the Crimea!Simpferopol airport...
Some TK planes landing at Bursa airport
ONur air Tranzon-IST landing in Tekirdag Corlu airport

[Homo Aeroportus]

KLM from AMS turning back vertical BUD.

https://www.flightradar24.com/KLM1617/a59b65a

Oopsie !
I meant BEG, not BUD of course.

H.A.

[FLYAIR10]

TPE-IST EVA AIR: turning back above India
SGP-IST: SQ : also turning back above India

[PttU]

TPE-IST EVA AIR: turning back above India
SGP-IST: SQ : also turning back above India

EVA79 TPE-IST: https://fr24.com/EVA79/a596864
SQ392 SIN-IST: https://fr24.com/SIA392/a59a5e6

And quite some TK flights waiting before departure

[sn26567]

And quite some TK flights waiting before departure

Methinks they will not depart any time soon...

[crew1990]

Just landed from AYT, I guess i was lucky!

[PttU]

And quite some TK flights waiting before departure

Methinks they will not depart any time soon...

At least TK791 has taken off from TLV: https://fr24.com/THY4YF/a5a2a6d

GF45 BAH-IST diverted to ATH? https://fr24.com/GFA45/a599dc1
TBN6371 IKA-IST diverted rather last-minuted: https://fr24.com/TBN6371/a59dc25
KLM1617 departed VIE again, seems to be heading back to AMS: https://fr24.com/KLM1617/a5a3560

[hakan]

THY has announced as of 6am local time today 16/7/16 the flights from and to IST will go back to normal.

[Passenger]

THY has announced as of 6am local time today 16/7/16 the flights from and to IST will go back to normal.

And the Belgian touroperators reconfirmed their charter flights to the Türkish riviera.

[Passenger]

Travel Flash - Belgium's Foreign Department:

FR:
http://diplomatie.belgium.be/fr/Service ... on/turquie
NL:
http://diplomatie.belgium.be/nl/Dienste ... en/turkije

Reizigers die zich voornemen naar Istanbul en Ankara te reizen moeten er zich van bewust zijn dat de situatie op de internationale luchthavens in deze steden momenteel nog niet genormaliseerd is en dat zij grote hinder kunnen ondervinden.
Reizigers wordt opgeroepen hun luchtvaartmaatschappij of reisagentschap te contacteren om actuele informatie te bekomen.
Wie in Turkije is, wordt aangeraden binnen te blijven en verplaatsingen te vermijden totdat de situatie is uitgeklaard. In elk geval moeten drukke plaatsen, manifestaties alsook de nabijheid van politie- en militaire eenheden worden vermeden.
Belgen die zich momenteel in Istanbul en Ankara bevinden en die het goed stellen, worden gevraagd hun naasten, familie en vrienden te contacteren teneinde hen gerust te stellen. De communicatiemiddelen functioneren normaal.
Reizigers worden opgeroepen de actualiteit te volgen via de media.

Les personnes ayant l’intention de voyager vers Istanbul et Ankara doivent bien réaliser que la situation dans les aéroports internationaux de ces villes n’est pas encore revenue à la normale et qu’elles peuvent rencontrer de sérieux obstacles.
Les voyageurs sont priés de prendre contact avec leur compagnie aérienne ou leur agence de voyage pour obtenir des informations actualisées.
Toute personne se trouvant en Turquie est invitée à rester à l’intérieur et à éviter les déplacements jusqu’à ce que la situation se clarifie. En tout état de cause, il convient d’éviter les endroits animés, les manifestations ainsi que la proximité des unités de police et de l’armée.
Les Belges qui sont actuellement présents à Istanbul et à Ankara et qui sont sains et saufs sont invités à contacter leurs proches, familles et amis afin de les rassurer. Les moyens de communication fonctionnent normalement.
Il est conseillé aux voyageurs de suivre l’actualité via les médias.

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The Netherlands has issued a negative travel advise for Istanbul and Ankara last night. Dutch carriers are therefore not allowed to fly to IST and ESB. But me thinks the Dutch travel advise is very temporary and will probably be lifted very soon (if not already lifted by now).