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Home » Trip Reports » Vintage Review: Turkish Airlines 737-700 Business Class Munich To Istanbul + Aircraft Museum In Munich
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Vintage Review: Turkish Airlines 737-700 Business Class Munich To Istanbul + Aircraft Museum In Munich

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 9, 2020November 14, 2023 1 Comment

This week we are taking a walk down memory lane with a vintage first class trip report. I’m sharing photos and brief commentary from a trip I took in the final days of 2010 and first days of 2011 that included many first class flights from five Star Alliance carriers. As we enter a new decade, the goal of this trip report is to examine how airlines have changed over the last one. Although this trip report has never been published, I will not be publishing a detailed, word-heavy review as I do for current trip reports. Instead, commentary will be limited and the focus will be on photos. For the final post, I will summarize, as generally as I can, how premium products have changed over the last decade.

  • Prior Segments
    • United Airlines 757-200 First Class Los Angeles to Chicago
    • Lufthansa A340-300 First Class Chicago To Munich

Flight #3: Turkish Airlines 737-700 Business Class Munich To Istanbul

  • We had an all-day layover in Munich and checked out the airpark on the airpot premises, that included a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, former Douglas DC-3 from SWISS, and Junkers Ju 52.
  • The “old” first class lounge remains essentially identical today to what it looked like in 2010.
    • Full review here (plus a review of the new first class lounge here)
  • The Turkish 737-700 did not have “real” business class seats – just a coach seats with a blocked middle.
  • Most of the Turkish fleet today has “real” business class seats in a 2-2 configuration on its narrow body aircraft.
  • Dinner included a fish appetizer, cheese and olives, a small salad, and apple strudel cake on the first platter.
  • The main course was white fish covered in eggplant, tomato, and pepper, served with rice.
  • The other choice was beef kabobs
  • No menus were distributed: Turkish now distributes menu on even the shortest flights in business class and often economy class
  • Service onboard was courteous, but not friendly – I felt the language barrier contributed to this.
  • We landed late in Istanbul, despite having taken off on time.

a sign on a fence

a sign on a fence

a snowy field with flags and trees

airplanes on a snowy runway

 

an airplane parked on a snowy ground

a plane parked on a snowy runway

a plane with a ramp

the tail of a plane

an airplane on a snowy field

a sign on a fence

an airplane on a snowy ground

an airplane on the snow

a sign next to a door

a couch in a room

a room with leather chairs and a table

a wooden shelf with lights and ornaments

a room with a wall and a television screen

a hallway with doors and chairs

a room with chairs and a table

a tray of food and a glass of water

a plate of food with a lemon and meat

a bowl of food in a row

a plate of rice and vegetables

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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1 Comment

  1. derek Reply
    January 9, 2020 at 3:34 pm

    In the north part of Munich (airport is northeast of Munich), there’s the Deutsches Museum annex with many planes, at least 50.

    Flugwerft Schleissheim is an aviation museum located in the German town of Oberschleißheim. https://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/flugwerft/information/
    If you don’t have a car, you have to walk about a mile to 1.5 miles from the train station.

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