Istanbul to Bologna flight

Flights from Istanbul to Bologna start at €116.96 and take 5h 32m at their fastest.

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Chiesa di San Biagio. It's the best skyline of Castel de' Britti, San Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna, Italy

The Flights from Istanbul to Bologna starts at €116.96 and takes 5h 32m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,530 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 7 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 32mDoor to door
  • 2h 22mMoving
  • €139.38 to €293.96From
  • 06:03 to 18:45First and last departure
  • 12Per day
  • 376.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 7 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€139.38 to €293.96 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €285.70Fri18
  2. about €293.96Sat19
  3. about €244.99Sun20
  4. about €164.16Mon21
  5. about €187.76Tue22
  6. about €192.48Wed23
  7. about €183.04Thu24
  8. about €181.27Fri25
  9. about €180.09Sat26
  10. about €175.37Sun27
  11. about €151.18Mon28
  12. about €139.38Tue29
  13. about €161.80Wed30
  14. about €157.08Thu1

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 7 October 2026

Cheapest€116.96
  1. Croatia Airlines CA696607:302h 1m08:31Istanbul ISTSplit SPU
  2. FlixBus FB396609:216h 44m16:05Split Autobusni kolodvorBologna Autostazione

Changes at Split, with 50 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 11h 32mCO2 283.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€127.58
  1. Turkish Airlines TA220506:032h 22m07:25Istanbul ISTBologna BLQ

Door to door 5h 32mCO2 376.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€119.91
  1. Pegasus Airlines PA829007:301h 46m08:16Istanbul ISTSarajevo SJJ
  2. FlixBus FB183709:539h 11m19:04Sarajevo Autobuska stanicaBologna Autostazione

Changes at Sarajevo, with 97 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 14h 31mCO2 251.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Pegasus Airlines€122.86
Turkish Airlines€124.63
  • Pegasus Airlines
  • Turkish Airlines

The flight gets you into Bologna. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Bologna for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Istanbul to Bologna

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €130.5390 days
  2. €91.5960 days
  3. €109.8845 days
  4. €129.3530 days
  5. €154.1321 days
  6. €157.0814 days
  7. €183.047 days
  8. €244.993 days
  9. €285.701 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €91.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 212 percent. The dearest point is €285.70, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €175.37Sun
  2. €151.18Mon
  3. €139.38Tue
  4. €161.80Wed
  5. €157.08Thu
  6. €181.27Fri
  7. €180.09Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Istanbul

Air
  • IST
  • SAW

Bologna

Air
  • BLQ
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,530 km against 1,486 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ilinden, Split, Sofia, Sarajevo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Istanbul at 06:03 and the last at 18:45, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Istanbul to Bologna

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Istanbul to Bologna take?

The Flight from Istanbul to Bologna takes 5h 32m door to door, of which 2h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 1,530 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Istanbul to Bologna cost?

The Flight from Istanbul to Bologna starts at €116.96 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €135.25. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Istanbul to Bologna?

2 operators run the Flight from Istanbul to Bologna: Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines. Between them they file around 12 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Istanbul to Bologna use?

The Flight from Istanbul to Bologna leaves from Istanbul IST and arrives at Bologna BLQ. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Istanbul to Bologna?

Fares for the Flight from Istanbul to Bologna bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €91.59. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 212 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Istanbul to Bologna produce?

The Flight from Istanbul to Bologna produces about 376.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1530 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Istanbul to Bologna on 17 September 2026: 1530 km of route against 1486 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €116.96, and 5h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

The fare from BLQ into Bologna is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Bologna

Settled in advance, so the ride into Bologna costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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