Pegasus Peril

What a way to start off my Turkish experience!  Arriving at the Roma airport only to find that not only is the flight not on the board, there are no staff anywhere to be seen, and no check-in desk. Turns out there isn't even a plane. The only saving grace is that there is an entire plane worth of people standing around asking where Pegasus Air is, something nobody can answer because no one has ever heard of it. This is only the second time they have ever flown to Istanbul and the firstwas 12 hours before. So I guess planes are subject to availability?? I guess I should have read the fine print...chalk that one up for experience.
Luckily they finally sorted it out and I was given something that resbled a boarding pass, it'll have to do. I was about 85% sure we were going to be led into a field and FedExed to Istanbul in a cargo jet (subject to availability of course). Get to the gate, still not convinced, the plane should be leaving in 5minutes and there's nobody at the counter, and no plane.  An hour later they are ready to board 'the plane' so we get checked through...into a bus, still not convinced. Finally we arrive in the back corner of the airport, and to my surprise there was a brand new shiny Pegasus Air plane, actually a he'll if a lot nicer than all the other budget airlines...crisis overted.