Turkish Airlines:

Turkish Airlines Covid-19 and additional information:

Please read the most commonly used baggage rules of European airlines for more information.

Changes in terms and conditions of Turkish Airlines passenger transportation due to coronavirus:
at present some countries have restricted non-essential trips: the current restrictions, other information and advisories on entering foreign countries for US citizens;

please note that entering many countries requires filling in the contact form (sometimes it is also necessary to get a QR code), providing the results of the preliminary passed  negative antigen (done not later than 48 hours before departure) or PCR test (no more than 72) for coronavirus and/or self-isolation (quarantine) with the duration from 5 (under condition of passing the repeated tests) and up to 14 days upon arrival in the destination country; you may also encounter complete restriction on entry for foreign nationals or the need to provide proof of vaccination/revaccination;

wearing a protective mask covering both your nose and mouth is mandatory by all passengers at all stages of the flight: when boarding / disembarking and during the flight (one mask for 4 hours of flight).

! Infants (children up to 2 years of age) on an adult’s lap for an additional fee of 69 - 149 TRY (approximately 4 to 6 € for direct flights, depending on the fare selected) on domestic flights. On international flights, the price will depend on the route and date of travel.

Turkish Airlines hand luggage:

For flights operated by Turkish Airlines, 1 piece of carry-on baggage with the sum of three dimensions 118 cm (55х40х23 cm)

+ small personal items (umbrella, handbag, briefcase, books, laptop, camcorder, camera, sealed bag with Duty Free purchases and so on)
For an infant (a child under 2 years), you can take an extra piece of carry-on baggage as well as a portable child seat or carrier free of charge. Liquid baby food can be taken in containers up to 100 ml.

Passengers with disabilities and special requirements, those needing assistance of the airline staff should contact the airline at the time of booking or not later than 48 hrs before departure.
Passengers with restricted mobility are provided with wheelchairs on the way to the aircraft, during the flight, and after the flight. The passenger's wheelchair will be carried free of charge in the aircraft hold.more info  

Turkish Airlines Checked Baggage:

The sum of three dimensions of any hold baggage item must not be larger than 158 cm

Turkish Airlines have two baggage concepts.
The baggage piece concept applies to flights to and from Angola, Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Japan, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Senegal, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, the United States of America, and Venezuela.

You can use Turkish Airlines baggage calculator in order to find out the exact max weight / number of pieces of checked baggage for a specific flight route. ! On international flights with the weight concept the number of bags per passenger is not limited.

The free baggage allowance on domestic flights operated by AnadoluJet is 15 kg for adult passengers and 10 kg for infants.

On international flights for a baby traveling on your lap, you can take one additional piece of checked baggage weighing no more than 10 kg (the US routes 23 kg) and not exceeding 115 cm in the sum of three dimensions, as well as one collapsible stroller. more info  

Turkish Airlines excess baggage charges:

To find out the exact excess baggage fees for a specific destination please use baggage calculator of Turkish Airlines.

For flights operated on the basis of piece concept: standard piece of baggage 23 kg. No single piece of baggage can weight more than 32 kg.
! Please note the difference between Region and Piece Region.

Region 1: Aleppo, Athens, Batumi, Bucharest, Cihisinau, Constanta, Donetsk, Ganja, Nakhichevan, Pristina, Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia, Thessalonika, Tirana, Varna.

Region 2: Alexandria, Almaty, Amman, Aqaba, Ashgabat, Astana, Astrakhan, Beirut, Belgrade, Bishkek, Bologna, Budapest, Cairo, Catania, Damascus, Dnipropetrovsk, Dushanbe, Hurghada, Kabul, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kiev, Ljubljana, Lviv, Malta, Mazar-ı Sharif, Minsk, Naples, Odessa, Osh, Pisa, Podgorica, Rostov-on-Don, Salzburg, Sharm El-Sheikh, Sochi, Stavropol, Tabriz, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb.

Region 3: Algeria, Amsterdam, Baghdad, Baku, Basel, Basra, Batna, Benghazi, Berlin, Bremen, Brussels, Cologne, Constantine, Düsseldorf, Erbil, Friedrichshafen, Geneva, Genoa, Hamburg, Hannover, Leipzig, Luxsembourg, Lyon, Marseille, Milan, Misurata, Moscow, Mosul, Münich, Munster, Najaf, Nice, Nuremburg, Oran, Prague, Riga, Rotterdam, Sebha, Stuttgart, Sulaymaniyah, Tallinn, Tlemcen, Tripoli, Tunis, Turin, Ulan Bator, Vilnius, Zurich.

Region 4: Aalborg, Abu Dhabi, Aden, Al Qassim, Bahrain, Barcelona, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Bordeaux, Copenhagen, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Edinburgh, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Isfahan, Jeddah, Kazan, Kermanshah, Khartoum, Kuwait, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester, Mashhad, Medina, Novosibirsk, Oslo, Paris, Riyadh, Sana’a, Santiago de Compostela, Shiraz, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Taif, Tehran, Toulouse, Ufa, Valencia, Yanbu, Yekaterinburg.

Region 5: Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Beijing, Cape Town, Casablanca, Colombo, Dar es Salaam, Dhaka, Djibouti, Entebbe, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Islamabad, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Karachi, Kathmandu, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Lisbon, Male, Mogadishu, Mombasa, Mumbai, Muscat, Nairobi, New Delhi, Osaka, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo.

Piece Region 1: Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Antananarivo, Atlanta, Bamako, Bogota, Boston, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Chicago, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Douala, Freetown, Hartum, Havana, Houston, Kano, Kinshasa, Lagos, Libreville, Los Angeles, Luanda, Mahe Island, Mauritus, Miami, Montreal, N’Djamena, N’Djamena, New York, Niamey, Nouakchott, Osaka, Ouagadougou, Panama, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington, Yaoundé.

Piece Region 2: Angola, Argentina, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Japan, Madagascar, Mali, Mauıtius, Mauretania, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South America, Sudan, The Seychelles, United States of America, Venezuela + Interline destinations.

Prices in TRY, € or $: TRY for domestic routes, € for flights departing from European airports, $ for all others. ! There are other rules for flights to/from Congo and Niamey. Please, visit  excess baggage charges page of Turkish Airlines for more information.more info  

Turkish Airlines carriage of pets:

Pets (birds) carried in the aircraft cabin. The size of the container must not exceed 93 cm in the sum of three dimensions: 40х30х23 cm, the weight of the container (with pet/pets) must not exceed 8 kg.

Pets (birds) carried in the baggage compartment, the weight of the container (with pet/pets) over 8 kg.

Transportation of animals on domestic flights (Turkey) Carriage of pets on international flights under weight concept: excess baggage fees per kg, but no less than $ 70 / $140 when transported in the cabin / in the luggage compartment of the aircraft.

Carriage of animals on international flight routes with piece concept on transit flights: excess baggage fees multiplied by 2, but no less than $150 / $300 when carried in the cabin / in the luggage compartment of the aircraft.

With Turkish Airlines, service animals accompanying persons with disabilities can travel in the cabin for free, this service requires prior notification and consent of the airline.
! Service animals other than dogs are not accepted on flights to/from the US.more info  

Turkish Airlines carriage of special baggage: sports equipment, firearms and ammunition:

The first set of ski (snow and water), snowboarding and golf equipment weighing up to 23 kg will be transported free of charge on International flights and for an additional fee of 109 TRY (~ €7) on domestic routes.

On domestic flights bycicles, canoeing (length up to 3.5 m), archery, rafting, diving and surfing equipment is carried for the same 109 TRY.

On some flights, one set of cycling, diving, kitesurfing and windsurfing equipment is carried free of charge.

On international routes there are special rates (see table below, per leg) for transporting archery, cycling, ice hockey, mountaineering, golf, parachuting, rafting, skiing, snowboarding, scuba diving, surfing equipment. Carriage of firearms and ammunition for sporting and hunting purposes is allowed (as hold baggage). On domestic flights, a fixed rate of TRY59 is charged for this service, on international flights — an excess baggage fee. For more information please contact Turkish Airlines customer service (well in advance).more info  

Turkish Airlines carriage of musical instruments:

Musical instruments are included in the baggage allowance. You can carry them instead of your cabin (if the length of its case does not exceed 118 cm and weight 8 kg) or checked baggage, but the airline won't accept any liability for their damage.

When carried in the passenger's seat, the weight of the instrument must not exceed 75 kg, and its size can be up to 140х42х25 cm.more info  

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