# Turkish Airlines Istanbul, Turkey (IST) to Berlin, Germany (TXL) Business Class Review

Riley Quinn · April 2, 2013

> This is a short 3 hour hop from Istanbul to Berlin.

*This article is part of my trip report 'Westward bound'. The trip report index will appear below once all posts have been published.*

This is a short 3 hour hop from Istanbul to Berlin. I flew Frankfurt to Istanbul last year in Business Class and was not impressed at all. It was an Economy Class product with a food item added and a couple of inches more legroom.

This A321 hoever had a nice new configuration. The Business Class seats were in a 2 x 2 confirguation and much bigger than Economy Seats. It very much looked like an American Airlines domestic First Class. It had plenty of legroom. But it was brand new!

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It also featured an Entertainment system with a number of movies and TV shows. Pretty cool for a short flight.

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Turkish Airlines also features a chef that serves the food and it very delicious - probably one of the best airline breakfasts ever.

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My only complaint would be the limited recline of the seats.

The flight attendants were very friendly but again English wasn't their strong suit. I find that really odd - on almost all my Turkish airline flights the flight spoke attendants poor English. For an airline that advertises with 'Globally yours' a some English lessons for their new recruits should be no issue?

Canonical: https://www.mightytravels.com/2013/04/turkish-airlines-istanbul-turkey-ist-to-berlin-germany-txl-business-class-review/
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