i do think increasing safety is a good thing, just a shame that the turkish airports are such a rip off

Have a read of this belowDavid HT Mod wrote:Even the suggestion of this actually working was laughed out of court and not proven!
Criminal proceedings are still ongoing and much of the detail of the alleged terror plot has never been disclosed outwith the court, as there are media restrictions on what can actually be reported.
However, we should bear in mind that these imminent hand luggage restrictions in Turkey were introduced at UK and EU airports a few years ago because of what was perceived as a very serious and credible threat to aviation security. We should perhaps be thankful that Turkey is now catching up with the rest of Europe on these security measures, which appear to have been accepted reasonably well in other countries, even if they do result in some inconvenience or additional expense for airside drinks.
It's a case of weighing up the pros and the cons, and hopefully most travellers will recognise that security is paramount. Passengers should now be subject to the same security restrictions on their homeward flights from Turkey, as they have been on their outward flights from the UK for the last few years.
I appreciate that some holidaymakers may have issues with the prices at Turkish airports and I have no idea how those compare with prices at UK airports. However, these hand luggage restrictions should be regarded as a security issue rather than a revenue issue, and increased security often comes at a price.
David :wave
caretta wrote:We recently returned from a family holiday and were in the airports of Antalya, Istanbul, London Heathrow, and Miami...out of all these airports only the Miami airport had reasonable prices for food and drink..for example burger king was the same price as outside of the airport...this is a world wide situation and as far as any of the airports I have visited most are expensive..this holds true of Zurich and Frankfurt as well..so why would the airports in Turkey be any different..???
Also one thing we noticed while travelling as you went through the many security checks ONLY in Istanbul were we given plastic bags for our feet once we had to take our shoes off...going through security...
and in Heathrow we had to dispose of all liquids like water etc...or put the medications etc into plastic bags...
so I think that for security this is good and I would expect nothing less from the turkish airports when it comes to security just like all of the european and international airports..
bluepeterno1 wrote:I think we are getting way off topic here .I thought we were discussing the security precautions ,not the prices at the airports which has all been discussed before and already has a thread dedicated to it .
even Gatwick you can get a boots meal deal for £3.50
bluepeterno1 wrote:
I think we are getting way off topic here .I thought we were discussing the security precautions ,not the prices at the airports which has all been discussed before and already has a thread dedicated to it .
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