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AED 466 Find Cheap Flights to Istanbul Airport

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Cheap Flight Deals to Istanbul

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights 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 to Istanbul

Recommended return deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly to Istanbul.
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13:10 - 21:50DXB-IST
9h 40m1 stop
22:50 - 11:55IST-DXB
12h 05m1 stop
AED 948Azerbaijan Airlines
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Σαβ, 17 Μαϊ - Κυρ, 25 Μαϊ
14:10 - 21:25DXB-IST
8h 15m1 stop
12:20 - 12:55IST-DXB
23h 35m1 stop
AED 955Azerbaijan Airlines
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Δευ, 3 Μαρ - Σαβ, 8 Μαρ
09:25 - 13:20SHJ-IST
4h 55mdirect
14:10 - 19:30IST-SHJ
4h 20mdirect
AED 1,065Air Arabia
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Δευ, 12 Μαϊ - Δευ, 19 Μαϊ
13:15 - 17:10SHJ-IST
4h 55mdirect
14:10 - 19:30IST-SHJ
4h 20mdirect
AED 1,076Air Arabia
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Κυρ, 13 Απρ - Πεμ, 17 Απρ
20:50 - 00:50DXB-IST
5h 00mdirect
18:35 - 00:05IST-DXB
4h 30mdirect
AED 1,241flydubai
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Τρι, 25 Φεβ - Σαβ, 1 Μαρ
21:15 - 01:10DXB-IST
4h 55mdirect
18:35 - 00:05IST-DXB
4h 30mdirect
AED 1,245flydubai
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Δευ, 12 Μαϊ - Παρ, 16 Μαϊ
09:15 - 13:20AUH-IST
5h 05mdirect
14:40 - 19:50IST-AUH
4h 10mdirect
AED 1,741Etihad Airways
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Τετ, 26 Φεβ - Σαβ, 1 Μαρ
02:15 - 06:35AUH-IST
5h 20mdirect
01:20 - 06:45IST-AUH
4h 25mdirect
AED 1,744Turkish Airlines
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Τρι, 11 Μαρ - Σαβ, 15 Μαρ
02:15 - 06:35AUH-IST
5h 20mdirect
19:45 - 01:15IST-AUH
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AED 1,778Turkish Airlines
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Παρ, 14 Μαρ - Σαβ, 22 Μαρ
09:15 - 13:20AUH-IST
5h 05mdirect
07:35 - 13:05IST-AUH
4h 30mdirect
AED 1,921Etihad Airways
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Flights to Istanbul - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest flight to Istanbul Airport?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Istanbul Airport was found on the route from Dubai, at AED 3,478 return. The most popular connection is from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as AED 970 in the last 3 days.

How much is a flight to Istanbul Airport?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to Istanbul Airport from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.
A flight to Istanbul Airport costs AED 1,909 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost AED 500 and departed from Sharjah. The most popular routes on KAYAK are Sharjah to Istanbul Airport which costs AED 1,293 on average, and Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport, which costs AED 2,291 on average.
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What is the cheapest day to fly to Istanbul?

The average price of all round-trip flights to Istanbul Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Istanbul is Sunday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as AED 2,119. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where round-trip prices are AED 2,378 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Istanbul Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Istanbul Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights to Istanbul Airport is July, where tickets cost AED 1,065 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and December, where the average cost of tickets from the United Arab Emirates is AED 1,612 and AED 1,458 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is July with an average price of AED 1,065.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Istanbul Airport?

The average price for all round-trip flights to Istanbul Airport depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Istanbul Airport is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost AED 1,457 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Istanbul Airport is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is AED 2,189.

What is a good deal for flights to Istanbul Airport?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Istanbul Airport, 25% of our users found tickets to Istanbul Airport for the following prices or less: From Sharjah AED 1,166 return, from Abu Dhabi AED 1,721 return, from Dubai AED 1,937 return.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Istanbul Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Istanbul Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

January

High season

July

Cheapest flight

AED 466
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 18% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 8% lower on average.
Flight from Dubai to Istanbul Airport

When to book flights to Istanbul

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel 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. The information is for flights to Istanbul based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking Istanbul Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight to Istanbul Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Istanbul Airport was found on the route from Dubai, at AED 3,478 return. The most popular connection is from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as AED 970 in the last 3 days.

  • How far is Istanbul Airport from central Istanbul?

    The distance between Istanbul Airport and the city centre of Istanbul is 34 km.

  • How much is a flight to Istanbul?

    On average, a flight to Istanbul costs AED 1,909. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost AED 500 and departed from Sharjah Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights 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 to Istanbul Airport.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights 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 with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight 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 up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • How many direct flights to Istanbul Airport are there each week?

    Each week there are around 94 direct flights from within United Arab Emirates to Istanbul Airport. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Istanbul Airport

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Istanbul Airport? 25% of our users found return tickets to Istanbul Airport for the following prices or less: From Abu Dhabi AED 3,788, from Dubai AED 4,425
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be March, April and May. The cheapest month to fly from the United Arab Emirates is May.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Istanbul Airport flight deals.
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Prefer to fly direct to Istanbul?

Find which airlines fly direct to Istanbul Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

United Arab Emirates to Istanbul

Monday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +110 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +111 more

Tuesday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +110 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +111 more

Wednesday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +110 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +111 more

Thursday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +112 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +113 more

Friday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +110 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +111 more

Saturday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +111 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +112 more

Sunday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +112 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +113 more

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Direct returns

Istanbul to United Arab Emirates

Monday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +110 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +111 more

Tuesday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +110 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +111 more

Wednesday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +110 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +111 more

Thursday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +112 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +113 more

Friday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +110 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +111 more

Saturday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +111 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +112 more

Sunday

ANA, AZIMUTH, Aegean Airlines, +112 more

ANA, AZIMUTH, +113 more

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Top 5 airlines flying to Istanbul

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Istanbul. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with 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.
7.7
Air ArabiaOverall score based on 46 reviews
6.0Entertainment
7.9Boarding
8.2Crew
7.7Comfort
7.0Food
Airline reviews

The flight was slightly delayed because of change of plane but informed beforehand. Flight was very good and comfortable

10.0 ExcellentAli, Jan 2024SHJ - RUH
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The flight was slightly delayed because of change of plane but informed beforehand. Flight was very good and comfortable

Superb like always. On time and quite comfortable. Only thing is that the arrival movement was by bus.

We were boarded by bus. That was a bit of pain.

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.

Long way to improve. Toilets not working. Bad handling when flight was canceled

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

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 😁

Boarding from T3 is a nightmare for the transfer to the aircraft.

BEST air crew in the industry and service delivery takes it to the next level from great to AMAZING!!!

No TVs are working, in my local busses also not work sometimes. Is the both are same,,

The timing for this flight is really odd.. at 4.45AM If it was 1AM or 8AM it would be great. I guess its probably for European connecting flights with Emirates? Anyway, for a budget airline, the business class product in FlyDubai is quite decent. You even get Champagne, although 4AM is an off time to have it. The Throne seat for me while is great for privacy, sleeping isn't great for the foot extension. This flight is great for me due to its direct nature but if Emirates did it, I would choose that.

The quality is worse and worse , this business ticket pricing is overpriced !!!!

The Plane was very small.. domestic route will perfect not international

If I have a choice I would not use this airline. They moved by booking to Smart Wings, an airline they code share with. Changing terminals in buses and dealing with some of the staff associated with it is not the best experience. Having stated that I must share that the crew of Smart Wings airlines was polite.

Consider serving food to all passengers regardless of food reservation status during booking.

This was a smartwings operated flight. Flydubai is no longer value for money. Their prices are as high as emirates whereas delays, services and overall quality is as low as any other low cost carrier.

The only highlight on this flight was the taste of the food, which was surprisingly good. Everything else was below average, and the cabin crew service especially stood out for being slow and inattentive. We were surrounded by toddlers/babies and it made our 4 hour flight feel like 10 hours. Granted, that's not the airline's fault, but it added to the overall subpar experience.

Bad. Cancelled and delayed flight. Payed 25£ for seat but got just normal one. No one refunded the money.

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Istanbul found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
17/5Σαβ
1 stopAzerbaijan Airlines
9h 40mDXB-IST
25/5Κυρ
1 stopAzerbaijan Airlines
12h 05mIST-DXB
AED 948
3/3Δευ
1 stopAzerbaijan Airlines
8h 15mDXB-IST
8/3Σαβ
1 stopAzerbaijan Airlines
23h 35mIST-DXB
AED 955
12/5Δευ
directAir Arabia
4h 55mSHJ-IST
19/5Δευ
directAir Arabia
4h 20mIST-SHJ
AED 1,065
13/4Κυρ
directAir Arabia
4h 55mSHJ-IST
17/4Πεμ
directAir Arabia
4h 20mIST-SHJ
AED 1,076
25/2Τρι
directflydubai
5h 00mDXB-IST
1/3Σαβ
directflydubai
4h 30mIST-DXB
AED 1,241
12/5Δευ
directflydubai
4h 55mDXB-IST
16/5Παρ
directflydubai
4h 30mIST-DXB
AED 1,245
26/2Τετ
directEtihad Airways
5h 05mAUH-IST
1/3Σαβ
directEtihad Airways
4h 10mIST-AUH
AED 1,741
11/3Τρι
directTurkish Airlines
5h 20mAUH-IST
15/3Σαβ
directTurkish Airlines
4h 25mIST-AUH
AED 1,744
14/3Παρ
directTurkish Airlines
5h 20mAUH-IST
22/3Σαβ
directTurkish Airlines
4h 30mIST-AUH
AED 1,778
14/3Παρ
directEtihad Airways
5h 05mAUH-IST
22/3Σαβ
directEtihad Airways
4h 30mIST-AUH
AED 1,921

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Istanbul found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
4/3Τρι
1 stop
9h 10mDXB-IST
AED 466
9/3Κυρ
1 stop
13h 55mDXB-IST
AED 481
6/3Πεμ
directAir Arabia
5h 00mSHJ-IST
AED 544
26/2Τετ
directAir Arabia
5h 00mSHJ-IST
AED 547
5/3Τετ
directflydubai
5h 05mDXB-IST
AED 650
17/2Δευ
directflydubai
5h 00mDXB-IST
AED 657
24/2Δευ
directEtihad Airways
5h 05mAUH-IST
AED 1,245
17/2Δευ
directEtihad Airways
5h 10mAUH-IST
AED 1,267
23/3Κυρ
directTurkish Airlines
5h 15mAUH-IST
AED 1,300
22/3Σαβ
directTurkish Airlines
5h 20mAUH-IST
AED 1,322

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Last minute flights 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 to Istanbul that are departing in the next 10 days.
17/2Δευ
multi-stopAzerbaijan Airlines
21h 45mDXB-IST
21/2Παρ
multi-stopAzerbaijan Airlines
26h 05mIST-DXB
AED 1,036
13/2Πεμ
direct
5h 00mDXB-IST
20/2Πεμ
multi-stop
26h 05mIST-DXB
AED 1,102
16/2Κυρ
multi-stopAzerbaijan Airlines
19h 55mDXB-IST
21/2Παρ
multi-stopAzerbaijan Airlines
26h 05mIST-DXB
AED 1,109
13/2Πεμ
directAir Arabia
5h 00mSHJ-IST
19/2Τετ
directAir Arabia
4h 20mIST-SHJ
AED 1,127
17/2Δευ
directAir Arabia
5h 00mSHJ-IST
21/2Παρ
directAir Arabia
4h 20mIST-SHJ
AED 1,201
17/2Δευ
directflydubai
5h 05mDXB-IST
20/2Πεμ
directflydubai
4h 45mIST-DXB
AED 1,241
13/2Πεμ
directflydubai
5h 05mDXB-IST
19/2Τετ
directflydubai
4h 30mIST-DXB
AED 1,252
15/2Σαβ
directEtihad Airways
5h 10mAUH-IST
19/2Τετ
directEtihad Airways
4h 30mIST-AUH
AED 2,071
14/2Παρ
directEtihad Airways
5h 10mAUH-IST
23/3Κυρ
directEtihad Airways
4h 30mIST-AUH
AED 2,134
16/2Κυρ
directTurkish Airlines
5h 20mAUH-IST