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Turkish Airlines has scheduled and put on sale flights between Istanbul and Ohrid for the 2025 summer season. The carrier had previously applied for state subsidies to launch the service. Flights will commence on March 27 and operate four times per week, on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, with a mix of narrow-body aircraft including the Airbus A321, Boeing 737-800 and B737-900. Further flight details can be viewed here.
Great to see them using larger narrow bodies on this route.
ReplyDeleteNot good times for connecting to their long haul, specifically North America
ReplyDeleteNorth america has afternoon flights from Istanbul , it is around 6 hours waiting time with this flights that will be launched.
DeleteThe main target are P2P and Australia transfers.
DeleteYes because our diaspora in Australia is mainly from Ohrid,Bitola,Resen , Struga ...
DeleteYes have flights in afternoon
DeleteBut when u arive from
Jfk to istanbull wait time is 5 hours
They should left 8.30am
And than leave from ohrid to istanbul 10.30 than we can catch jfk flights thursday and friday
This way they losing clients
Remember people from australia ariving in instanbul 4-5 am too
Why they leave 10-12 am from istanbul
To ohrid
Pls guys write directly to turkish as much as u can to make the flights from istanbul to ohrid to leave 8.30
Than from ohrid back to istanbul that day 10.15 so people can catch usa flights even
Boston and chicago flights
Not only jfk
Our diaspora including albanians is mainly euroe 300k people
DeleteThan australia
Than usa 75.000 people
Not only australia
Great! Will this be year round route from OHD ?
ReplyDeleteI think the tender said so, but it's scheduled only for summer atm
DeleteBtw, just check the transfer options and TK has some ridiculously low prices for business class to North America in April, from both OHD and SKP to JFK, below $2k round trip
ReplyDeleteNothing usual with TK, they also have pretty good / low prices in business class for other destinations from other airports: e.g. Budapest to South America or Sofia to Australia
DeleteAs a whole they are the best bang for your buck airport. Great service and great connectivity for lower prices than European legacy carriers, which at the same time have worse service. Of course gulf airlines are much better, but they are way more expensive.
Delete4x flights a week? That’s fantastic - especially if they’re using the A321. I thought they are going for 1-2 weekly flights as a start.
ReplyDeleteIt would be good to know the inbound transfer times from EMEA to Ohrid. The potential here to attract new tourists is massive, and this could be a game-changer for the local tourism industry.
Macedonia in 2023 visits 250k Turkish people and same numbers with Macedonians , and yes this numbers are growing every year , Turkish people are our number 1 tourists.
DeleteThe demand from OHD is big thats why will be 4 weekly and big planes.
DeleteBig planes like the A321 is much bigger then the A320..
DeleteWelcome!!
ReplyDeleteOU spava
ReplyDeleteso much for that guy that they claimed they cannot announce it in 2024 lol
ReplyDeleteSuper! TK in IHD <3
OHD but yeah
DeleteHoş geldin!
ReplyDeletestil waiting on SKP-ESB
ESB is hardly working for anyone in exyu
DeleteFailed in Ljubljana and was recently cancelled in Belgrade over winter as well
Actually it's not cancelled in BEG since AJet operates year round flights. In summer it is both Ajet and Air Serbia.
Deletesince when is Ljubljana representative for ExYU-Turkey traffic??
DeleteLJU should not be representative for any traffic not just Turkey.
Deletecool. Ohrid Lake Region is a beautiful area
ReplyDeleteGood news , and cant wait to see the new look of the OHD airport very soon :)))
ReplyDeleteThis is great news for us! The only thing that is missing is public transport to and from the airport. Both locals and tourists complain about the expensive taxi prices to get the airport.
ReplyDeleteits fixed price 12€ to Ohrid town
Deletehttps://ohd.airports.com.mk/en-EN/passenger-guide/to-from-the-airport/page/taxi
You can't even book them from Australia. All booked???????
DeleteIs not book main ticket book will be from march 27
DeleteThe tickets u see online now is not real
Only business class allowed
They should have ohrid to istanbul flights to arive 12pm not 2pm
To much waiting
And istanbul to ohrid should leave 8.40-845
I arrive in Istanbul from jfk 5.30 and people from australia to turkey they arive 4.30 and from dubai 4am
They shoul take off from ohrid 8.15-8.30
Arive in 8.45 local time
Than leave ohrid 10 arive to istsnbul 12.25 local time and catch the flight to jfk 2.15
Guys lets email them 50-100 of us
To tell them make theyre schedule istanbul to ohrid 8.30
And ohrid to istanbul 10.05-10.15am
Its nessesity for people connect from australia and usa
If they dont change they will have no people
If they do this schedule they will have full pack passengers on plan
Thursda friday schedule needd to be this way or they will lose clients
*less rakija next time
DeleteI really hope they find a way to shorten the transfer times.
ReplyDeleteThey need to they need to fly istanbul to ohrid 8 to 8.30 am
DeleteAnd returning 9.45 so u arrive istanbul 12 almost and than u have 2 hour or 3 hours time to connect with jfk boston chicago and miami or dallas
Noone will want to wait 5-6 hours
Plus flights from
Sydney and melbourne arive 4-5am
They need to do something for thur and friday
Pls guys email turkish airlines as much as we can
If they see lot of emails they listen lot of times and they woll change the time
Ohrid - Melbourne for summer 670 euro ticket with 23 hour waiting in Istanbul
ReplyDeleteConsidering that THY offer free accommodation that’s perfect visiting Istanbul in one day
Hey buddy, complaining about the schedule and how they should change it. Some of us have toddlers and infants that need to be carried or pushed around. Have you not seen the NEW airport in Istanbul..... it's huge.... and summer flights for some odd reason they make you have a connecting flight on a different level, 4 stories down. And let's not get started about how many times they screen international flights coming back to USA or Australia. So with all that being said, let them pilot this program as is. Believe me, just for them going to OHRID from Istanbul is a big win for alot of people including myself.
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