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How much is the cheapest flight from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul?

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.
11:35 - 02:00AUH-IST
7h 25m1 stop
05:00 - 12:25IST-AUH
7h 25m1 stop
AED 713Multiple Airlines
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mar., 24 oct. - mar., 31 oct.
03:10 - 20:15AUH-IST
9h 05m1 stop
04:00 - 11:25IST-AUH
7h 25m1 stop
AED 731Multiple Airlines
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sáb., 2 dic. - jue., 7 dic.
05:30 - 17:10AUH-IST
4h 40mdirect
10:55 - 15:10IST-AUH
4h 15mdirect
AED 852Etihad Airways
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mar., 24 oct. - mar., 31 oct.
21:35 - 09:25AUH-IST
4h 50mdirect
16:30 - 21:00IST-AUH
4h 30mdirect
AED 896Turkish Airlines
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lun., 23 oct. - mar., 31 oct.
21:50 - 10:55AUH-IST
5h 05mdirect
15:30 - 20:00IST-AUH
4h 30mdirect
AED 911Turkish Airlines
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mar., 28 nov. - jue., 7 dic.
05:30 - 17:10AUH-IST
4h 40mdirect
02:15 - 06:45IST-AUH
4h 30mdirect
AED 929Etihad Airways
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mar., 10 oct. - dom., 15 oct.
01:55 - 22:35AUH-IST
13h 40m1 stop
09:45 - 23:25IST-AUH
13h 40m1 stop
AED 1,172Qatar Airways
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lun., 16 oct. - lun., 23 oct.
21:50 - 15:45AUH-IST
10h 55m1 stop
16:05 - 23:25IST-AUH
7h 20m1 stop
AED 1,179Qatar Airways
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mié., 11 oct. - mié., 18 oct.
18:30 - 09:45AUH-IST
7h 15m1 stop
01:35 - 16:45IST-AUH
15h 10m1 stop
AED 1,502Gulf Air
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mar., 28 nov. - vie., 1 dic.
18:30 - 09:45AUH-IST
7h 15m1 stop
01:35 - 16:45IST-AUH
15h 10m1 stop
AED 1,546Gulf Air
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mar., 28 nov. - lun., 4 dic.

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July

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Flight from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight out of Abu Dhabi

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for AED 1,160 or less one-way and AED 1,111 or less round-trip.
  • The cheapest flight from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport was found, on average, 60 days before departure.
  • Book at least 3 weeks before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be June, July and August. The cheapest month to fly is January.
  • Morning departure is around 54% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

FAQs for booking Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport flights

  • How long does a flight from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport take?

    Direct flights take on average 4h 40m to travel the 4,888 km between Abu Dhabi and Istanbul Airport.

  • How many flights are there between Abu Dhabi and Istanbul Airport?

    In normal times, a total of 202 direct flights connect Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport weekly. On average, there are 28 departures per day.

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport?

    The cheapest return flight ticket from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport found by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours was for AED 852 on Etihad Airways, followed by Turkish Airlines (AED 896). One-way flight deals have also been found from as low as AED 419 on Wizz Air and from AED 452 on Etihad Airways.

  • Which airlines fly most frequently between Abu Dhabi and Istanbul Airport?

    Turkish Airlines (11 flights per day), Etihad Airways (9 flights per day), and SriLankan Airlines (3 flights per day) are the most frequent flyers of this route.

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

    If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Istanbul Airport on a Tuesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Monday is the most expensive day to fly from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Monday and avoiding Tuesdays for the best deals.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport?

    Abu Dhabi and Istanbul Airport are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Abu Dhabi from Abu Dhabi Intl and will be arriving at Istanbul.

  • What’s the earliest departure time from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport?

    The earliest flight leaves Abu Dhabi at 00:40 and lands in Istanbul Airport at 04:35.

  • What’s the latest departure time from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport?

    The last flight leaves Abu Dhabi at 09:30 and lands in Istanbul Airport at 13:10.

  • Which airlines fly direct between Abu Dhabi and Istanbul Airport?

    Etihad Airways, Air Serbia, ANA, Turkish Airlines, and SriLankan Airlines operate direct flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport?

    Only flydubai offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport flight route.

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

    The Airbus A321-100/200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport flight route.

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

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

  • On which days can I fly direct from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport?

    There are direct flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul, Qatar Airways or Turkish Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul are Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines. With an average price for the route of AED 1,396 and an overall rating of 8.3, Qatar Airways is the most popular choice. Turkish Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of AED 1,354 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • Which airlines have a flexible cancellation policy for flights from Abu Dhabi Intl to Istanbul due to COVID-19?

    Etihad Airways, Turkish Airlines and SriLankan Airlines have all waived their change and cancellation fees on flights from Abu Dhabi Intl to Istanbul. Confirm policies on booking site.

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

    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 Airport.

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

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

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

    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 Airport 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 Airport?

    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 Airport from Abu Dhabi up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top 5 airlines serving from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul

Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
8.3
Qatar AirwaysOverall score based on 10971 reviews
83overall
86crew
82comfort
80food
83boarding
83entertainment
Airline reviews

Flight delayed by an hoir or more. Food service is slow. Also, the crew is not following up on orders. Travelled in business class and was a platinum member, but still didn't receive the expected service .

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Flight delayed by an hoir or more. Food service is slow. Also, the crew is not following up on orders. Travelled in business class and was a platinum member, but still didn't receive the expected service .

Cons: "Food from New York to doha was average. Doha to Karachi excellent. Over all it was excellent experience. People on the ground at doha airport was exceptional. Very courteous and ready to go serve. This is what I call real service."
Cons: "Power outage delayed the deboarding De boarding always done not at the terminal but to a bus"
Pros: "There’s a reason Qatar Airline is one of the top 10 airlines! Other airlines feed you pretzels and charge you for a blanket. Qatar feeds you numerous times throughout the flight and everything is as great as travel today can be."
Pros: "Food selection. However, the snacks need to be readily available on long flights."
Cons: "Entertainment is lacking behind other international carriers"
Cons: "Bad service for wheel chair. No wheel chair at Doha Airport! Need to walk."
Pros: "Out flight was not crowded so after take off we could take up all three seats. That was cool for a little nap. Crew was good. Everything was good."
Cons: "Everything was good."
Cons: "Zero customer service, absolute waste of money,. I should have read reviews before using your services"
Cons: "Qatar counter check asked how long I will be staying in Ho Chi Minh, even though my visa expired in 2022! Surprise and they are aware of my ticket with a return in Thi September. Then I was asked for how long I will stay is not of Qatar concern. Too much of concern!"
Pros: "Our flight attendants were all amazing, but especially Joanna!! She was outstanding and went above and beyond to assist us in every way possible!!"

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.

Pros: "i like the food and movie choices."
Cons: "Crew was little bit rude. They didn’t help me to find the spot for my carry on luggage."
Pros: "The service, generosity of the crew, the food and the comfort in the cabin ,actually everything in this flight was 5 stars."
Cons: "The seat are not comfortable for a long flight, I felt I was on a city bus it's very cramped and tight and I'm a medium size person, totally not recommended for heavy people"
Pros: "Efficient and clean with decent size seats but not to the standards of the MIddle eastern airlines. Good if compared to a intra-europe flight."
Cons: "Seats we’re tight and not what’s expected these days for a night flight over three hours Internationally."
Pros: "The food and entertainment was good. The crew was very nice."
Pros: "Airplane crew was amazingly friendly and helpful"
Cons: "The customer service in Istanbul airport (for Turkish Airlines) did not speak or understand English at all. She could not give us any helpful information of our flight"
Cons: "small plane, noisy! did not like business class. BUt overall ok"
Cons: "Missed Flight: The flight from Istanbul to Athens was posted as delayed. We were a party of eight and arrived for boarding very close to deadline (minus posted delays) At the boarding gate we were met by six other passengers. The gate was vacant and closed. The real problem happened at the Turkish Airlines desk where we were treated with arrogance, disdain and absolutely no compassion. AS a matter of fact some of the Turkish Airlines staff smiled as they imposed an outrageous fine to purchase tickets to the next flight and continuation of our previous booking. We intend to protest the charges and contact thru many forms of media inform as many fellow travellers of the incident and subsequent treatment by Turkish Airlines. Social media is a powerful tool and although the cards were held in their favor the night of 9-21-17 our protest will not end here. We are fourteen wounded travellers that have agreed to use as many forms of social media as possible to get our message out."
Pros: "Liked the movies and entertainment selections."
Cons: "They didn't have a vegan menu. I had requested vegan and called over the phone a month before my flight and they said they understood. Then on the flight I was told they only do vegetarian which was not good enough. After food was passed out to guests the flight crew dissapeared and never came to collect food trays till about 2 hours after and guests were starting to make a mess leaving food trays on the ground and isles. I had already selected my seat prior to boarding which I paid hundreds of dollars for. Then after boarding the flight crew asked me and the gentleman sitting next to me to move our seats to accomodate for another man that wanted to sit next to his wife. Then I was stuck in a middle seat and I paid for an isle seat. I thought this was rediculous. No one offered me a discount or anything! And the man that wanted to sit next to his wife wouldn't let the plane leave till he was sitting next to his wife. What was I supposed to do? Hold up the plane even longer? This was so crazy!! Outrageous!"
Cons: "My flight was cancelled twice within 24 hours before takeoff. All I got was an email saying it was cancelled and a number where no one could help me. I spent over $40 international calls just to reschedule my flight, only to have to take a $80 cab to the airport to have a human help me. Worst customer service and worst experience. I was trying to get home after a natural disaster struck my hometown and Turkish Airlines actually made that experience even worse. At no point did anyone even apologize for cancelling two of my flights without another option until a full week later. I had to pay to fly myself home from Boston because they were so unhelpful. Would never recommend Turkish Airlines to anyone I know whn traveling internationally."
Pros: "Staff was efficient and pleasant. The food was excellent and nicely served."
Cons: "The lie flat seats were narrow and not very comfortable."
Pros: "Crew was professional and food was very good. Entertainment was really good."
Pros: "The seat. The BC lounge , the A380 BC. The food the service all ex excellent !"
Cons: "The crew wasn’t friendly at all, not personal at all , I even brought chocolates all the way from California and only got a thank you from one cabin crew. Not friendly or personal at all"
Cons: "The plane (A330) was parked at outer parking position away from the terminal building. They kept us waiting inside the bus for almost 30min with barely working AC at 40+ degC. Once the bus arrived to the plane embarking was done via roofless staircase."
Pros: "Some of the crew members were unfriendly, the economy seats were not very comfortable, there were no snacks on a 14 hour flight only water was freely available"
Cons: "As above"
Pros: "On time flight"
Cons: "There are a number of things that Etihad do that just degrade the quality and experience of the flight and I probably wouldn’t fly with them again as a result. I’ve listed these below: 1) Entertainment system is poorly appointed and travel in two seperate months found that little had been refreshed on the in flight programs. 2) The entertainment system is deactivated until the seat belt sign is turned off, and is deactivated again about 30 minutes prior to landing. 3) You practically have to cut off your arm to get some water. I would always bring my own water on the flight, but Australian regulations prevent more than 100mls being carried on flight. 4) The service is inconsistent, some staff are just downright rude and others are incredibly friendly. The time waiting after pressing the call bell is excessive and in one case my drink never arrived. 5) Unlike other airlines, they don’t give you a “menu” to chose from for the inflight meal. Instead they just come around asking “Chicken, Lamb or vegetarian”, and lack any real understanding of what’s actually in the food. 6) When you order a drink, they open the can pour some into a cup but don’t give you the remainder in the can. 7) The inflight wifi is expensive. 19.95 USD for 180mb puts them at one of the most expensive. Overall, I would have expected a bit more from an airline such as Etihad."
Pros: "Planes were good with good leg room"
Cons: "For Asian Veg Meal, they served Paneer for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The spacing between meals was quite large. Entertainment options for adults and kids were quite limited."
Pros: "I was impressed they gave us a full meal for only a 3.5 hr fought"
Cons: "Crew was a little rude"
Pros: "I wish I could remember the fight attendant’s name - she was probably the best flight attendant I’ve ever had"
Cons: "Plane was very crowded as compared to the A380 I flew over on. also the meal services on the Trip over was much better than this return flight"
Cons: "Carry on baggage space was very limited, or passengers were allowed to take more than they should. Also, the sitting and boarding at the Abu Dhabi airport was very insufficient for a full flight."

Didn't enforce passengers to wear medical grade masks nor that they even properly wear their masks throughout the flight. So it was lots of people of unknown vaccination status all around me without masks on the whole flight.

Cons: "Airport team ask me to pay for 1kg and I have Already pay in Dubai as I was have 30 kg + 8 hand bag and 3 personal still she don’t like to talk and ask me to go and pay it’s will be my last fly with guys"
Cons: "No good planning for cabin baggages, caused ~2 hour delay, sitting inside the craft."
Pros: "We landed without crashing"
Cons: "The check in process, the upgrade process, the boarding process. And, everyone just sat where they wanted, even after I paid for the upgraded seat. The crew could not care less, and I ended up with the largest person on the plane next to me, who seat jumped, so I had to sit sideways the whole fly."
Cons: "Because of health reasons, we wanted to cancel the flight but there was no such option. berkanbaykam@hotmail.con"
Pros: "We arrived very early to make the check in, however the guy was so bad and umpolite. Talking in bad way and aggressive like he had a bad day. Worse part when we realize that he gave to me and my family the worse place in the airplane (last line) even we arrived early and the airplane had availabilt"
Cons: "We arrived very early to make the check in, however the guy was so bad and umpolite. Talking in bad way and aggressive like he had a bad day. Worse part when we realize that he gave to me and my family the worse place in the airplane (last line) even we arrived very early and the airplane had ava"
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "As an international traveler, I'm not aware of international flight times and rules when traveling. Thus, before my flight on the day, I tried to check-in online which was not available. I then checked check in times cut offs and on the website it clearly says in black and white that check in closes 45mins prior to departure. I made it to the Pegasus check in desk 55mins prior to departure, but it was already closed. In a complete frenzy, I ran to the one and only Pegasus agent and she absolutely refused to help me, saying "everyone knows it's one hour before check in". Uhm, no, everyone doesn't;t know, which is why they go and check it out on the website. That caused me not only to miss a flight and lose €120, but I then had to buy another flight for €370!!!!!!!! I now have to fight my way to the top to dispute this case."
Pros: "Easy check-in with great allowances for hand baggage and checked baggage."
Cons: "Flight was delayed slightly but probably not the fault of the airline."
Pros: "The flight was on time."
Cons: "Gate was in a new addition to the SAW AIRPORT. Far from cafes and shops. After deboarding from the plane, it was a bit unclear whether to board a bus or walk into the International Terminal. Perhaps more frequent flyers are familiar with this routine, but signage would assist new passengers."
Pros: "The tickets were relatively inexpensive."
Cons: "However, for comparably-priced flights within the United States, we would have been given a snack and two beverage services on a four hour flight. This was international (turkey to spain) and we weren't given anything. We couldn't even get water without paying for it. Definitely one of the worst flights I've ever taken."

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30/11jue.
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AED 334
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Abu Dhabi - Istanbul Airport Flights

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Abu Dhabi (AUH)United Arab Emirates

Destination:

Istanbul Airport (IST)Turkey

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