Turkish Airlines Business Class — Zagreb (ZAG), Croatia to Istanbul (IST), Turkey

Tom Gambill
SkiCat’s Earth Adventures
5 min readJul 18, 2023

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Zagreb main terminal
The main terminal building at Zagreb

After lunch, some work, and a bit of rest at the Primeclass Lounge in Zagreb, it was time to head out to the concourse for my flight to Istanbul. Just like the flight out a couple of weeks before, this was a reasonably short 2-hour hop over to Turkey for the night. The next morning I was looking forward to a mainline business class flight back to the US on Turkish Airlines.

International departure terminal Zagreb

Zagreb airport only has about a dozen gates (I’m not sure about the numbering system, I think they reference multiple remote parking spots outside for each door), most of which are dedicated to the international terminal with flights to various countries including Italy and of course, and Turkey where I was headed. After locating the gate we were leaving from, I made a few slow laps around just to walk a bit, after sitting all afternoon. Then, it was time to board.

Turkish Airlines 737 short-haul business class seating

Business Class on this particular international Turkish Airlines flight was nearly empty, with only a handful of…

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Tom Gambill
SkiCat’s Earth Adventures

Software Engineer, Retro Hacker, World Traveler. And also: sailboats, fish tanks, nature, family, startups…