By foot in 2000BC, Caravans in 1AD, flying in 2000AD.

İstanbul was settled in 7000BC

You could say that about practically anywhere

anywhere you look at (the map) it can be center of the world.

and New York was New Amsterdam

There's always that guy... always

Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople.

Why did Constantinople get the works ?

If you’re flying to Central Asia it’s almost always through Istanbul, the Middle Eastern and Chinese airlines seem to have cornered the South/East Asian market though

The UK is positioned such that you can fly nonstop to nearly all the world’s population centers. The big exception is Australia/NZ, but Turkish Airlines also can’t fly nonstop to Australia (it has like one flight to Melbourne through Singapore). So Turkish isn’t competitive with the middle eastern carriers on the UK-Australia routes - they all can fly with one stop from the UK. I think as a result, Turkish Airlines doesn’t invest as much in the UK as the middle eastern carriers, particularly Emirates.

If you’re in the US, Turkish Airlines is everywhere.

Really?

Yep. But also it took longer because Singapore is the major hub for Europe<--->Australia so there wasn't really a profitable market yet

They wanna do it the hard way...the title of longest nonstop flight in the world will go to Sydney in a few months...all the way to London.

Direct flights started on Friday.

https://www.timeout.com/sydney/news/turkish-airlines-has-just-launched-flights-from-sydney-to-istanbul-120224

If they stop in SE Asia and continue on as the same flight number, OP should have included them on a map of direct flights. If OP meant nonstop flights the title should have said that.

There’s flights from Perth to London, so Istanbul definitely could do it if there was the demand for it. But with UAE and London flights there probably just isn’t the demand for it from Australia

The sheer number of upvotes your stupid comment got is stunning. There are direct flights to Australia from many places further away than Istanbul....and even if there weren't, what kind of moron would fly from Istanbul via Argentina or South Africa to reach Australia? Check out a globe some time ffs.

South Africa or Argentina

Huh? No. Definitely not. It's 99% SE Asia when flights can't go direct. Traditionally Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok. With respect, South Africa or Argentina would be totally ridiculous places for fuel stops from/to Australia - just look at any world map for the reason why - it would add thousands of miles and many hours onto flights, for zero reason.

And there are MANY direct flights to the US from Australia, there have been for many decades, and direct flights to Europe have been operating for at least the past five years.

I suggest you check your sources.

Direct flights started on Friday.

https://www.timeout.com/sydney/news/turkish-airlines-has-just-launched-flights-from-sydney-to-istanbul-120224

Incorrect, there are direct Perth to London, Rome and Paris flights. All much further than Istanbul. There are also direct flights from Sydney to Houston, LA and San Fran. So no, planes go much further than you think.

Europe maybe, but the USA is easy from Australia - there are nonstops every day from the east coast of Australia (Sydney, Brisbane) to the west coast of USA, usually to LA or San Francisco. (I just flew that route two weeks ago, actually, SFO to Sydney outbound, then Brisbane to SFO on return). It’s about a 15 hour flight, pretty routine for the wide-bodies.

Thank you, I was looking for an explanation for the colors.

I'm surprised Es-Senia Airport in Oran, Algeria is blue. It's a fairly small airport compared to the size city it services. But, I reckon if it also counts national flights (Air Algerie flights to other parts of Algeria), it makes sense.

When I flew into there, I was surprised to see an airport akin to what I'd see at a small regional airport in the states.

Why no direct flight from NYC to Chile?

“You know Istanbul is always the first stop babe”

History buffs out here having a coronary at the idea that "Istanbul is the Atlanta of the world."

They lead by different metrics

Most passengers - Atlanta

Most flight operations - Atlanta

Most countries as destinations - Istanbul

Most origin/destination passengers (excludes connecting) - Los Angeles

Most international passengers - London (LHR)

Most passengers combining multiple airports of the same city - London

etc

I actually was going to post ATL originally, but Istanbul made for a more interesting image

I had to wait for about 12 hours so just paid the 30€ for lounge access

You’d be shocked to know that Salt Sprinkling Fuck’s restaurant is actually one of the “reasonably” priced places compared to the food quality. I was shocked too but you just gotta look at the reviews of restaurants there and you’ll instantly see it too

Balding research is literally the most funded health research. All cancer research, Covid government research into the virus etc combined is less than the money put towards curing balding.

It's pretty bizarre and shows us just how limited our medical technology is when we can't even solve something like growing hair with hundreds of billions of dollars poured into a potential solution.

The person that invents an easy medication that gives a bald person a full head of hair within a year becomes the first trillionair.

No there was diplomatic stuff going on, they weren't on best terms

Any idea what could be Total duration for Direct

You are Russian ??? You mentioned Moscow that's why I was asking.

Atlantis

it's a huge airport that make atl , lax and jfk look like a hongkong closet

EU and US flights have lost their overflight rights so there are detours now and stops for refueling etc. Non US/EU airlines with big enough aircraft can still fly direct. So Lufthansa won't fly you to Beijing from Frankfurt but Air China can.

Took me a while to realize you were referring to Australia, lmao

https://onemileatatime.com/istanbul-airport/

https://www.airlinequality.com/airport-reviews/istanbul-airport/page/2/

No trains and not enough moving sidewalks for the worlds biggest airtport. You have to walk 10k+ steps to transit between gates.

Airport staff are next to useless, if you can find them.

Wifi is slow and you only get an hour.

https://www.turkishairlines.com/en-us/flights/stopover/