Turkey - AtlasJet - Review

[Chuteman]

How about a 100% Positive review? Yes,

As an international traveler, I often had to use Istanbul as a transfer point.
Looking for schedules that matched & a "reasonable" fare - I followed a combination of YBW forum member suggestion & web search.
AtlasJet became my carrier of choice between Istanbul Atatürk airport & Bodrum. There may have been cases (depending on time of year) that I could have pieced together alternatives with other carriers & different connecting cities but this became my default carrier.

Key Items:
Website - easy to navigate, English option (far top right corner) used for all my searches, pricing & reservations
Schedules - worked for me they even pushed back the last flight of the day so I no longer had to jog from Int'l arrivals to Domestic terminal
Counter Staff - Friendly, Quick, Flexible
Planes - relatively new Airbus 319, 320, 321, clean
Flight Attendants - smartly dressed young ladies copying Air France, Virgin, Singapore uniforms - pleasant - bi-lingual
On-Time Performance - In General, OK......even when a little late leaving - they usually make up time on this short flight
Baggage Allowance - staff never strictly enforced the weight limit when it was close
Pricing - Depends on season, Competitive but if You can reserve ahead of time - very attractive - quoted in TL
Boarding - can be hectic as it seems many customers ignore lines or any attempt at order but somehow it works - jetway used sometimes at Istanbul but not in Bodrum (I have not used new terminal yet)
Free Airport Transport - In Bodrum (think other towns too) AtlasJet has their own brightly branded Buses that offer FREE transport from Bus Terminal to Airport and also from Airport to Bodrum. Yes, it requires getting to Bus Terminal early to make bus but one less worry / expense to worry about.
If an early Flight from Bodrum, the local BusVans might not be running, so 2x I had to take a local taxi from YatLift to Bus Terminal - but it worked fine.

So that ultimate question, would I use this business again? ABSOLUTELY, a Happy AtlasJet Customer......
Wonder if they service the Caribbean?

P.S. See, I can be positive & give credit when due

 

[akyaka]

They also fly to/from Dalaman and through to Stanstead .You can check in straight through and do not have to transfer your hold bags at Istanbul in either direction.

 

[Chris_Robb]

How about a 100% Positive review? Yes,

As an international traveler, I often had to use Istanbul as a transfer point.
Looking for schedules that matched & a "reasonable" fare - I followed a combination of YBW forum member suggestion & web search.
AtlasJet became my carrier of choice between Istanbul Atatürk airport & Bodrum. There may have been cases (depending on time of year) that I could have pieced together alternatives with other carriers & different connecting cities but this became my default carrier.

Key Items:
Website - easy to navigate, English option (far top right corner) used for all my searches, pricing & reservations
Schedules - worked for me they even pushed back the last flight of the day so I no longer had to jog from Int'l arrivals to Domestic terminal
Counter Staff - Friendly, Quick, Flexible
Planes - relatively new Airbus 319, 320, 321, clean
Flight Attendants - smartly dressed young ladies copying Air France, Virgin, Singapore uniforms - pleasant - bi-lingual
On-Time Performance - In General, OK......even when a little late leaving - they usually make up time on this short flight
Baggage Allowance - staff never strictly enforced the weight limit when it was close
Pricing - Depends on season, Competitive but if You can reserve ahead of time - very attractive - quoted in TL
Boarding - can be hectic as it seems many customers ignore lines or any attempt at order but somehow it works - jetway used sometimes at Istanbul but not in Bodrum (I have not used new terminal yet)
Free Airport Transport - In Bodrum (think other towns too) AtlasJet has their own brightly branded Buses that offer FREE transport from Bus Terminal to Airport and also from Airport to Bodrum. Yes, it requires getting to Bus Terminal early to make bus but one less worry / expense to worry about.
If an early Flight from Bodrum, the local BusVans might not be running, so 2x I had to take a local taxi from YatLift to Bus Terminal - but it worked fine.

So that ultimate question, would I use this business again? ABSOLUTELY, a Happy AtlasJet Customer......
Wonder if they service the Caribbean?

P.S. See, I can be positive & give credit when due

Hi, just tried their site. Uses Google translate I think, but gerenally still understandable.

However, the best value flight comes up under the heading FIRSAT with an X in the click box. Are these cheaper flights ever available?

 

[akyaka]

Hi, just tried their site. Uses Google translate I think, but gerenally still understandable.

If you press the "ENGLISH" in the top right hand corner and ignore Googles tranlate message I think you will find that it opens in very good English.

One downside is of course that if your onward travel from/to Istanbul is not with them and your flight is late, as happens in winter, you are stuffed.

 

[Chris_Robb]

If you press the "ENGLISH" in the top right hand corner and ignore Googles tranlate message I think you will find that it opens in very good English.

One downside is of course that if your onward travel from/to Istanbul is not with them and your flight is late, as happens in winter, you are stuffed.

AH - seen it now - it is in such small print!

We might try from Stansted through to Dalaman.

 

[Chuteman]

However, the best value flight comes up under the heading FIRSAT with an X in the click box. Are these cheaper flights ever available?

Special / Cheaper Flights - it is a bit of lotto game and similar to other airlines
= advance booking & less traveled days/times will get the deals.
I had maybe a 25% hit ratio - never got both legs of RT. I usually try to avoid higher volume days/times but often unavoidable.

Connection Times - I always worried on in-bound because if I missed last flight from Istanbul to Bodrum - it would be 12 + hrs overnight until next flight
Going up to Istanbul, I never had a problem on the early am flight - made my connections but honestly most had a couple hour cushion.