Manchester to Istanbul flight
Flights from Manchester to Istanbul start at £180.58.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Manchester to Istanbul on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Manchester to Istanbul starts at £180.58, run by 3 operators over 2,781 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 7h 8mDoor to door
- 3h 58mMoving
- £209.38 to £426.23From
- 581.2 kgCO2
7h 8m
3h 58m
£209.38 to £426.23
581.2 kg£209.38 to £426.23 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
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What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £385.80Wed7
- about £426.23Thu8
- about £388.83Fri9
- about £331.72Sat10
- about £304.92Sun11
- about £259.93Mon12
- about £259.43Tue13
- about £227.58Wed14
- about £275.10Thu15
- about £258.41Fri16
- about £272.57Sat17
- about £246.29Sun18
- about £209.38Mon19
- about £211.41Tue20
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
Airlines
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Pegasus Airlines | £180.58 |
 Turkish Airlines | £183.61 |
| easyJet | £185.12 |
The flight gets you into Istanbul. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Istanbul for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Manchester to Istanbul
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £143.6790 days
- £205.7460 days
- £165.2145 days
- £188.6630 days
- £168.5121 days
- £211.4114 days
- £259.437 days
- £385.273 days
- £385.801 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £143.67.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 169 percent. The dearest point is £385.80, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- £246.29Sun
- £208.57Mon
- £211.41Tue
- £227.58Wed
- £268.87Thu
- £258.41Fri
- £251.91Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Manchester
Air- MAN
Istanbul
- IST
- SAW
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 88% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 13% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,781 km against 2,700 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 Birmingham, London, Edinburgh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
Questions about Manchester to Istanbul
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 Manchester to Istanbul take?
The Flight from Manchester to Istanbul covers 2,781 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does the Flight from Manchester to Istanbul cost?
The Flight from Manchester to Istanbul starts at £180.58 for one passenger, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare is £195.74. 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 Manchester to Istanbul?
3 operators run the Flight from Manchester to Istanbul: Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines, easyJet. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Manchester to Istanbul use?
The Flight from Manchester to Istanbul leaves from Manchester Airport MAN and arrives at İstanbul Airport IST. 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 Manchester to Istanbul?
Fares for the Flight from Manchester to Istanbul bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £143.67. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 169 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Manchester to Istanbul produce?
The Flight from Manchester to Istanbul produces about 581.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2781 km, which works out at roughly 209 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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
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Istanbul is large, and the road in from IST can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Istanbul
Settled in advance, so the ride into Istanbul costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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