Airline reviews - Turkish Airlines A330-300 from Kuala Lumpur to Istanbul

Hello guys,

In this post I will show you how an economy class on a 11 hours flight looks with Turkish Airlines. Furthermore, Turkish used to fly this route with much older A340 aircraft's and has usually put newer aircrafts on the Singapore route while Kuala Lumpur was a bit "neglected" I would say. Nonetheless now both routes have more modern and equipt planes with standard service. When booking a ticket through Istanbul you will see that the airport itself is struggling to cope with the ever growing Turkish Airlines network which is expanding fast and is already really big.

Route: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Istanbul, Turkey.
Equipment: A330-300
Time: 11 hours
Baggage: 1 up to 25kg

Seats were a set pair in an economy cabin with a 2-4-2 configuration. This A330-300 aircraft had a total of 289 seats, including 28 lie-flat seats in business class with a pitch of 61 inches and 261 economy seats with a pitch of 31-33 inches.

At 17-18 inches wide, I found the economy seats to be pretty standard — the business-class seats were 21″ wide, by the way — there was a footrest and the bottom slid forward a little when the seat was reclined. Could be bothersome for taller passengers.

Economy passengers received an amenity kit, consisting of socks, slippers, earplugs, an eye mask, a small pot of lip balm, a toothbrush and toothpaste. This was nice touch from the airline and became standard with the eastern carriers.

The food was pretty good for an economy meal, though dinner service didn’t begin until about 2 hours into the flight, which seemed to be forever. Usually the food comes an hour or hour and a half after the departure so this seemed a bit longer than expected.
The meal itself consisted of a salad that included fresh peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers, while tasty, healthy veggies came with the hot entrée. A woman in a chef’s toque came out to serve the food, too, making it feel like a chef had prepared it fresh from a restaurant kitchen hidden somewhere in first class — which obviously wasn’t the case. Still, combined with the extra flavor and the menus, this made dining in economy seem very high-end.

There was no mid-flight snack but if you wanted you could always ask the cabin crew for some sandwich or a snack. There is always something offered in the galley; juice, cookies, snacks, etc. just have a walk if you do not want to bother others.
Breakfast, started 90 minutes before we landed, was just average, with eggs (a little soggy), cheese, jam, bread and yogurt. The food was nothing special, though it also got the chef’s hat presentation.

My overall rating is 8/10 with highly competitive price and new planes/interior.

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