\nI was somehow limited by our fares that our outbound flight could only be to this remote airport on the Asian side of Istanbul, with virtually little public transport. So, I deemed the only way to make this work was to immediately fly to our next stop. Similar to most tourists to Turkey, our next stop could be either Goreme or Izmir, depending on whether we took the cycle of cities (Goreme, Antalya, Fethiye, etc) clockwise or anti-clockwise. Since my father had been and was hypercritical about connection times, he picked Izmir with 140-minute transit over Goreme with 120-minute transit. So our next flight was Pegasus Airlines 4122 to Izmir.
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Oh, one thing I had to mention, my father had been more than hypercritical at the sound of \u201covernight bus\u201d, and another benefit of staring our tour at Izmir in an anti-clockwise manner was that, AnadoluJet, a subsidiary of Turkey Airlines, once operated daily flight between Antalya and Goreme, and their schedule favored flying from Antalya to Goreme, which could save him one night of sleep, as he described it. Well, the sad thing is that, after we have booked everything, AnadoluJet cancelled our flight from Antalya to Goreme, which was like hell to my father\u2019s ears. <\/p>\n
Oh, one more thing I had to mention, my father\u2019s so hypercritical about our 140-minute transit time, that he insisted we purchased \u201cPegasus FLEX\u201d, which made our ticket changeable at 9TL per person.<\/span><\/p>\n Now back to our connection. Since we were seated to the front of the plane, and we rushed all the way from the jet bridge to the immigration, we waited for very little at the immigration lines. (I think by and large there aren\u2019t many international flights at Gokcen airport, so waiting times on the whole are small.) Then we did waited for some time for our bags. Again, since A321\u2019s a modestly sized plane, there won\u2019t too many bags to wait for.<\/p>\n <\/br>Men\u2019s Bathroom at Gokcen Airport<\/br>Pretty well-cleaned.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n Then the guys at the customs were as absent-minded as their Chinese counterparts. After that we withdrew some cash from the ATMs, got upstairs and rechecked our bags at Pegasus\u2019s counters.<\/p>\n <\/br>Pegasus Airlines Check-in Counter at Gokcen Airport<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Gokcen Airport Interior<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Gokcen Airport Interior<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Gokcen Airport Interior<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n I shall say that except for the lack of public transport, I\u2019m quite fond of Gokcen Airport, about its architecture style and design. <\/p>\n Then we cleared the securities and proceed to our gate which is at the farthest corner of the passenger terminal, and we had more than an hour to spare before our scheduled takeoff. Oh, one thing I had to say is that, it seemed Turkish airports just don\u2019t bother to install water machines, as I never found any of them in the three airports I have visited during the trip.<\/p>\n <\/br>Turkish Airlines B738 Pushing Back<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Helvetic Airways Fokker 100 (HB-JVH) At the Gate<\/br>It seemed to be some chartered flight, as there were no public record of this plane flying to Istanbul, and this plane\u2019s remotely parked in Gokcen Airport.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>BoraJet ERJ-190 (TC-YAJ) And Turkish Airlines B738 (TC-JGJ) Parked<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Back of Gokcen Airport<\/p><\/div> <\/br>AnadoluJet B738 (TC-JFC) Taxiing with Distant A320 Takeoff<\/p><\/div> <\/br>AnadoluJet B738 (TC-JFC) Taxiing<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Pegasus Airlines B738 (TC-AAN) At the Gate<\/br>Just arrived from Ankara.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Boarding Flight (TC-IZI) to Izmir<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Safety Instructions Onboard Pegasus Airlines B738<\/br>It seemed they could save the cost of having safety cards by printing it directly at the back of the seats.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Pegasus Airlines B738 Wingtip<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Menu Onboard Pegasus Flight<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Menu Onboard Pegasus Flight<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Pegasus Airlines B738 (TC-AAN) At the Gate<\/br>Just arrived from Ankara.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Pegasus Airlines B738 (TC-AAV) and Turkish Airlines B738 (TC-JGB) At the Gate<\/br>The Pegasus plane\u2019s off to Kastamonu, while the Turkish plane\u2019s off to Izmir.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Gokcen Airport Terminal<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Turkish Airlines B738 (TC-JGO) Parked<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Deserted Boeing 707 (9L-LDU) Parked at Gokcen Airport<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Witnessing Landing at Gokcen Airport<\/br>Another Pegasus Plane.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Witnessing Landing at Gokcen Airport<\/br>AnadoluJet B738.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Sky and Sea beyond East Istanbul<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Turkish Towns by the Black Sea<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Turkish Shorelines of Black Sea<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Lake B\u00fcy\u00fckcekmece and Sea of Marmara<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Fire Burning West of Istanbul<\/p><\/div> <\/br>D100 Route between Lake B\u00fcy\u00fckcekmece and Sea of Marmara<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Shorelines of the Sea of Marmara<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Flying over Sea of Marmara<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Shorelines of Kapidag Peninsula<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Kapidag Peninsula<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Town of Gonen, Turkey<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Town of Edremit, Turkey<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Balikesir Koca Seyit Airport<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Gulf (Adramyttion Gulf) by the Aegean Sea<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Greek Island of Lesbos<\/br>The island whose name \u201clesbian\u201d is derived from.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>(Part of) Town of Yenisakran and Its Surrounding Islands<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Town of Aliaga, Turkey<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Cigli Air Base<\/br>It served as Izmir’s airport until the opening of the Adnan Menderes Airport, situated south of the metropolitan area.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Mountains South of Izmir<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Tahtali lake<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Shorelines of Tahtali lake<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Farmlands Below and the Shadow of Our Airplane<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Farmlands Below and the Shadow of Our Airplane<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Farmlands Below and the Shadow of Our Airplane<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Farmlands Below and the Shadow of Our Airplane<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Farmlands Below and the Shadow of Our Airplane<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Farmlands Below and the Shadow of Our Airplane<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Shadow of Our Airplane<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Shadow of Our Airplane<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Izmir Airport Terminal<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Turkish Airlines B738 At the Gate<\/p><\/div> <\/br>AnadoluJet B738 (TC-SBV) At the Gate<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Tail of AnadoluJet B738 (TC-SBV)<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Tail of AnadoluJet B738 (TC-SBV)<\/br>We were parked next to it.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Baggage Handlers at Izmir Airport<\/br>Since we sat towards the back of the plane, we were in no rush of getting off the plane, as watched the baggage handlers loading and unloading checked bags.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Pegasus Airlines B738 Interior<\/br>One need to look no further than the seats to find that this is a pretty aged plane.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Leaving My Flight (TCIZI) from Istanbul Gokcen<\/p><\/div> <\/br>Izmir Airport Interior<\/br>Very much modernly designed.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Izmir Airport Interior<\/br>Very much modernly designed.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Izmir Airport Interior<\/br>Very much modernly designed.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Izmir Airport Interior<\/br>Very much modernly designed.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/br>Izmir Airport Baggage Claim<\/p><\/div> This post follows the previous one about flight QR241 from Doha to Istanbul Gokcen. 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\nAs for immigration, it was basically typing visa numbers into the computer, scanning and stamping the passport, and welcome to Turkey, no questions asked no wonder ISIS operatives are flocking into this nation<\/del>.<\/p>\n![\"Men\u2019s](\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/WYPqjxT.jpg\")
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\nSo conclusion, two-hour international-to-domestic transfer on separate tickets is totally fine at Gokcen, given the previous flight doesn\u2019t delay.<\/p>\n<\/a>
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\nSince Gokcen Airport only had one runway, we waited at the end of taxiway for two more landings.
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\nWell, the visibility from the air still sucks, as I still strived to process the photos, some drastically.<\/span>
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\nThe actual flying time of this flight was 47 minutes (1646-1733), and during such brief time (minus takeoff and landing) the beautiful ladies of Pegasus Airlines still managed to perform cabin services, a.k.a. food and drink sale. I\u2019ve already posted the menu (I had to say, the things were priced similarly as airport McDonald\u2019s.) before.
\nWhat interested me was that, I saw passengers paying with their credit cards on the flight, which meant either the crew had got POS-machines with unrealistically strong antenna that could connect to satellites even through the electromagnetic shield of airplane fuselage; or their POS was connected to in-flight WiFi (or something similar), which was relayed onto satellites, in which case why didn\u2019t they offer in-flight WiFi?
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\nOh, I shall say it\u2019s so great that the check-in system of Pegasus gave me a window seat on the right-hand side, so I\u2019d got to enjoy both Turkey\u2019s magnificent shorelines during the flight, and the shadow of our plane on golden fields just before landing.
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\nBy the way, if Izmir Airport looked a lot better, it had got railway connections, the lines were presumably as short (since it hadn\u2019t got much traffic), maybe I should be more fond of this airport than Istanbul Gokcen.
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\nHaving claimed our checked bags, we headed outside for the train station, and took the train to Selcuk. This will be on the next post.
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