AED 305 Find cheap flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul

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Cheap flight deals from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul (AUH-IST)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.

Recent return flight deals from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul.
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05:00 - 08:45AUH-SAW
4h 45mdirect
22:25 - 03:55SAW-AUH
4h 30mdirect
AED 624Pegasus Airlines
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Tue, 6 May - Mon, 12 May
16:20 - 06:40AUH-SAW
15h 20m1 stop
21:35 - 05:15SAW-AUH
6h 40m1 stop
AED 874
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Sat, 18 Jan - Mon, 3 Feb
18:45 - 23:00AUH-SAW
5h 15mdirect
00:10 - 05:30SAW-AUH
4h 20mdirect
AED 1,168Air Arabia Abu Dhabi
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Sat, 18 Jan - Sat, 8 Feb
18:45 - 23:00AUH-SAW
5h 15mdirect
00:10 - 05:30SAW-AUH
4h 20mdirect
AED 1,234Air Arabia Abu Dhabi
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Tue, 14 Jan - Sat, 18 Jan
19:20 - 15:30AUH-IST
21h 10m1 stop
06:05 - 18:35IST-AUH
11h 30m1 stop
AED 1,429Gulf Air
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Thu, 19 Dec - Thu, 26 Dec
23:30 - 15:30AUH-IST
17h 00m1 stop
06:05 - 22:45IST-AUH
15h 40m1 stop
AED 1,440Gulf Air
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Mon, 23 Dec - Tue, 31 Dec
09:15 - 13:20AUH-IST
5h 05mdirect
14:25 - 19:50IST-AUH
4h 25mdirect
AED 1,576Etihad Airways
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Thu, 16 Jan - Sun, 19 Jan
09:15 - 13:20AUH-IST
5h 05mdirect
14:25 - 19:50IST-AUH
4h 25mdirect
AED 1,594Etihad Airways
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Thu, 16 Jan - Wed, 5 Feb
05:45 - 12:10AUH-SAW
7h 25m1 stop
20:05 - 04:25SAW-AUH
7h 20m1 stop
AED 1,671Qatar Airways
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Tue, 6 May - Mon, 12 May
05:25 - 12:25AUH-SAW
8h 00m1 stop
13:40 - 21:55SAW-AUH
7h 15m1 stop
AED 1,678Qatar Airways
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Tue, 28 Jan - Mon, 3 Feb

Flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Abu Dhabi to Istanbul flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul.
Our data shows that the cheapest route for a return flight from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul cost AED 862 and was between Abu Dhabi (AUH) and Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW). On average, the best prices are found if you fly this route. The average price for a return flight for this route is AED 862.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul, you should consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Saturdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Abu Dhabi, you’ll find the best rates on Mondays and the most expensive ones on Fridays.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops stopover the cheapest option at AED 1,067 on average.

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Cheapest flight

AED 305
Flight from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport

When to book flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul

  • What is the cheapest flight from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul was AED 83 for a one-way ticket and AED 170 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul?

    oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Abu Dhabi and Istanbul, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Istanbul from Abu Dhabi is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Istanbul with an airline and back to Abu Dhabi with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Istanbul from Abu Dhabi up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Prefer to fly direct from Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl to Istanbul?

Find which airlines fly direct from Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl Airport to Istanbul, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl to Istanbul

Monday

ANA, Etihad Airways, Pegasus Airlines, +2 more

ANA, Etihad Airways, +3 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Etihad Airways, +2 more

ANA, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +3 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air Serbia, Etihad Airways, +3 more

ANA, Air Serbia, +4 more

Thursday

ANA, Etihad Airways, SriLankan Airlines, +1 more

ANA, Etihad Airways, +2 more

Friday

ANA, Air Serbia, Etihad Airways, +3 more

ANA, Air Serbia, +4 more

Saturday

ANA, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Etihad Airways, +2 more

ANA, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +3 more

Sunday

ANA, Air Serbia, Etihad Airways, +3 more

ANA, Air Serbia, +4 more

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Direct returns

Istanbul to Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl

Monday

ANA, Air Serbia, Etihad Airways, +2 more

ANA, Air Serbia, +3 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air Serbia, Etihad Airways, +3 more

ANA, Air Serbia, +4 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Air Serbia, +3 more

ANA, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +4 more

Thursday

ANA, Air Serbia, Etihad Airways, +3 more

ANA, Air Serbia, +4 more

Friday

ANA, Air Serbia, Etihad Airways, +2 more

ANA, Air Serbia, +3 more

Saturday

ANA, Air Serbia, Etihad Airways, +3 more

ANA, Air Serbia, +4 more

Sunday

ANA, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Air Serbia, +4 more

ANA, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +5 more

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Top 5 airlines serving from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.8
Air Arabia Abu DhabiOverall score based on 13 reviews
8.3Food
7.6Comfort
7.8Entertainment
8.0Boarding
8.1Crew
Airline reviews

Crew service and check in are very good Price still high .

8.0 ExcellentAmr, Aug 2023AUH - CAI
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Crew service and check in are very good Price still high .

Seats distance between each other are short but other things are ok .

Liked the treatment at the counter. Using the tunnel to get into the aircraft will be more convenient especially for wheel chairs.

Worst air experience in whole life . Boarding and checking was hassle as they did 3 times. Crew team was clueless about passengers need. Despite of passengers raising hand , they were resetting the program

The food is not good and also if you ask crew to bring something they say ok I will bring but you will never get it. Please they should listen good to passengers

Our male flight attendant was top notch - wish I could remember his name. Boarding is never fun when I have to ride the shuttle to the middle of the tarmac and pull my carry on bags up the stairs to my seat. My knees are banged up and my shoulders give me pain, so the flight started off poorly. The seat leg rests don’t recline completely so that makes is difficult if not dangerous to get in and out of the middle seats. The entertainment system touch screens prevented one from seeing the options. They are old and the software needs to be updated. I was on six planes in the last two weeks and able to see the flight progress without any stress. Couldn’t watch anything else. I do like Qatar Airways, just not a fan of a few things.

Very unimpressed that I was dumped from the seat I had booked and paid for after check in. Apparently a family wanted to sit together, however as they all were adults I think they should have pre booked their seats like I did. I will be approaching Qatar for a refund. That and the dreadful state of the flooding toilets made me wonder how they managed to be voted the best airline. Not worth the money.

riding in first class, you don't expect every time you order your dinner or breakfast that the first thing the stewardess says is Let me see if we have any left. Also, the food selection was not great: 3 of 4 entrees had mushrooms and I dont eat mushrooms, the 4th item was 'let me see if we have any left' and this was within 30 mins of entering the flight! Same experience level, it didn't feel first class this round.

Qatar Airways in-flight first/business class service is superior to any US airline; excellent meals are served on short haul flights such as between DXB and DOH.

Was downgraded from business to economy due to a faulty seat in business class. However when I boarded the plane there were no less than 5 free business class seats. Will never fly Qatar Airways again

Flight was fine overall. What you would expect from economy seats. I did appreciate the amenities (eyemask, earplugs, small toothbrush and toothpaste, thin socks).

Good staff, good intent, decent entertainment. More seat space would always be of benefit

From Montreal to Doha , we habe two complaints : 1) They want to charge for Seat Selection, claiming that the Class of ticket bought on Kayak did not cover seat selection. It such a penny pinching rule, I told them, since we paid almost $20,000 our 3 tickets , that rule should never exist. Also I reserved my tickets so many months ahead, I expected they will naturally put the family together or move somebody else to keep our family seating together. I filed a complaint, and NOBODY ANSWERED. 2) In Montreal, Qatar has an arrangement with the National Bank Lounge. It was so overcrowded and the Lounge is so bad in terms of service and food, amenities etc... The WORST lounge . Why Qatar not have another arrangement their Business Class clients in Montreal. The Air France KLM Lounger is better, the Air Canada Lounge is better. Qatar should send somebody to take a look ! Joseph Chung

The flight take time was changed 23 times. The system kept sending messages it will be earlier at 4am and eventually the flight was at 9am I didn’t sleep all night because of that

This flight was a dreamliner so I think the space was ok for the legs, but the option for food was again limited and the crew was same.

Boarding was efficient, had to check in cabin luggage. Seats were narrow, food was more in quantity, received cabin luggage on the luggage belt which was fine.

Needs better seat for business class. My seat was falling apart. Also no WiFi on that flight

In never flown this flight, because my flight coning from Barcelona was delayed.

Only 1 time food and drinks together was offered, for total 5 hours duration drinks and snacks was never offered. For some people food choice was not available, only veg was available. No entertainment option was there. Crew members were mostly back of the flight asking each other for KitKat and chips to share between them.

Etihad flight sector is a local . .give the same quality upto destination

Seat selection screen while online check-in could include free seats to choose from and show the options before we proceed. Currently, it is auto-allocated and there are no options for free seat selections.

Lovely crew - comfortable journey despite it being an older plane.

Online was good boarding also but a child was crying all the way with no intervention from crew member.

7 stars hospitality and an excellent service by the Turkish Airline entire team. Somehow, our membership numbers for mileage points were not indicated on our boarding passes issued at O’Hare Airport by the Turkish Airlines check in desk. During transit in Istanbul, I brought to attention of customer service Turkish Airlines. Please have our mileage points posted to our membership account from O’Hare Chicago to Lahore for both my wife Kaukab Shirazi Thank you

Terrible boarding experience, with an incomprehensible assignment of priorities. “Fast track” was the slowest. Poor system planning.

My flight has been changed twice so far. Disappointed with Turkish!

Internet connection was very weak, did not connect at all. Seat comfort was poor, buttons didn't work properly. Overall not impressed in business class.

The flight was delayed both legs of the journey. The seats were cramped.

The plane is cramped and there is no space to move. The seats should not recline because when a person in front drops their seat you are trapped and you can't even see the entertainment screen because it is right in front of your face. I like that checked luggage is included. The food tasted good but they ran out of breakfast choices. The crew is nice.

I really didn’t like much. A lot of things can be better beginning with crew to seats and food is awful as well.

Terrible boarding process, no proper line maintained even for business class, crews are not very attentive, business class food quality / variety / quantity have gone down, everything has become cheap.

Great! Because it's on time...with great and kindness stewards 😇

Business class: Like: food selection presentation Staff on the airline Love: lounge in Istanbul Needs major improvement: attitude of reception at Istanbul lounge: 4 of them sitting there: inattentive and then rude. They do not fit with rest of Turkish hospitality!

Pegasus Airlines which is the most efficient and cost worth low cost airline all over the Europe

Flight from London was delayed and we had to hurry up to catch the connecting flight to Riyadh

The crew were outstandingly kind and cheerful. We carried our cat and they offered help.

Late departure. No announcements. Boarding was a disaster. Some kind of technical issue scanning boarding passes.

Pegasus is a very efficient airline. Passengers, however are sometimes unruly. Getting up right after take off. Getting up right when we land and before getting to the gate. Switching seats to the front so she can get a better seat. It is unfair for those that actually paid for seats. Flight attendants seem to not enforce it. One or two bad actors ruins it. Overall, the airline is great.

Pegasus is not a very comfortable airline. They’re not in any way hospitable

It was like moving cattle around. Very abrupt, uncomfortable and not much hospitality

All good but air not give the pasing er any food even glase of water

Flight delayed by 1hr when we already boarded because someone had to get off. Leg room is terrible for 6ft people like me.

I used the airline 5-6 times for the last year and every flight have had perfect timing and I like it. Despite catastrophic absence of space for my legs 😁

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/4Fri
directPegasus Airlines
4h 45mAUH-SAW
AED 305
23/1Thu
1 stop
15h 20mAUH-SAW
AED 386
10/12Tue
directAir Arabia Abu Dhabi
5h 15mAUH-SAW
AED 518
7/1Tue
directAir Arabia Abu Dhabi
5h 15mAUH-SAW
AED 533
19/2Wed
directTurkish Airlines
5h 20mAUH-IST
AED 922
9/2Sun
directTurkish Airlines
5h 20mAUH-IST
AED 926
3/2Mon
directEtihad Airways
5h 10mAUH-IST
AED 948
10/12Tue
directEtihad Airways
4h 50mAUH-IST
AED 959
20/2Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
7h 45mAUH-SAW
AED 1,113
11/4Fri
1 stopQatar Airways
7h 25mAUH-SAW
AED 1,238

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Last minute flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul that are departing in the next 10 days.
7/12Sat
directPegasus Airlines
4h 55mAUH-SAW
10/12Tue
directPegasus Airlines
4h 30mSAW-AUH
AED 944
7/12Sat
directPegasus Airlines
4h 55mAUH-SAW
15/12Sun
directPegasus Airlines
4h 30mSAW-AUH
AED 995
7/12Sat
directPegasus Airlines
4h 55mAUH-SAW
12/12Thu
directPegasus Airlines
4h 30mSAW-AUH
AED 999
6/12Fri
directAir Arabia Abu Dhabi
5h 15mAUH-SAW
7/12Sat
directAir Arabia Abu Dhabi
4h 20mSAW-AUH
AED 1,142
7/12Sat
directEtihad Airways
4h 50mAUH-IST
15/12Sun
directEtihad Airways
4h 30mIST-AUH
AED 1,565
7/12Sat
directEtihad Airways
4h 50mAUH-IST
13/12Fri
directEtihad Airways
4h 25mIST-AUH
AED 1,590
10/12Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
7h 45mAUH-SAW
12/12Thu
multi-stopQatar Airways
6h 15mSAW-AUH
AED 2,031
6/12Fri
directTurkish Airlines
5h 15mAUH-IST
7/12Sat
directTurkish Airlines
4h 25mIST-AUH
AED 2,090
10/12Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
13h 15mAUH-SAW
11/12Wed
multi-stopQatar Airways
13h 40mSAW-AUH
AED 2,112
6/12Fri
directTurkish Airlines
5h 20mAUH-IST
10/12Tue
directTurkish Airlines
4h 30mIST-AUH
AED 2,148

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