PEGASUS

Budget airlines has seemingly become an essential piece of our travel life these days, offering not just no-thrill flights but accessibility to 2nd and 3rd line destinations their macho competitors can ill afford to operate. I like this underdog notion as the big boys do need wake-up calls. While we do not go out of our way to book budget flights getting on them is refreshing.

We just flew Pegasus from Antalya direct to Izmir which took just under an hour. If we flew the flag carrier Turkiye it would be via Istanbul, which is totally inefficient. Ground service was hassle free, the aircraft was clean, the flight was on time, the crew smiling but best of all, they left us alone. Look at their in flight fast-junk-food menu, I almost could not resist.

Pegasus is owned and managed by the influential Sabanji family, the CEO was a young family member, and a supportive Tufts graduate. Fly it if you have the chance!