Turkish Airlines Faces Bedbug Complaints Across Multiple Flights

Airline passengers who found bedbugs infesting their seats were allegedly rebuffed by flight crew

Some of the flights with reports of bedbugs were 13 hours long.

According to Finnair, staff report possible lude suspicions from time to time.

Turkish Airlines Isn't Doing Anything About Its Bedbug Problem: Report

Bedbugs, Cimex lectularius, are tiny vampiric asshole insects that come out at night to feed on blood. According to reports from travelers, these bugs are infesting Turkish Airlines planes, and the company doesn’t seem all that bothered by the bugs. Despite photographic evidence that the bugs were on their planes and…Read more...

Passengers reportedly encountered bedbugs on 3 Turkish Airlines flights

A Turkish Airlines Airbus A330.Joan Valls/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesTravelers encountered bedbugs on three Turkish Airlines flights, The New York Times reported.One passenger said they saw bedbugs fall from the ceiling onto another person's lap.A science teacher said found 13 bite marks on her body after her flight.Turkish Airlines passengers told The New York Times they had encountered bedbugs on three flights in recent months.Two incidents resulted…

At least three flights may be affected by the problem, on one of which insects fell from the ceiling of the plane onto passengers' laps.

Fliers Complain of Bedbugs on Flights to, From Istanbul

It's arguably worse than snakes on a plane: bedbugs. The New York Times speaks with a few passengers who flew Turkish Airlines in 2024 and allege they encountered bedbugs on their flights—and that their concerns were dismissed by the airline. One Arizona woman says she photographed a bedbug on...