Cheapest€145.28
- IrAero Airlines IA180508:272h 46m11:13Moscow VKOIstanbul IST
Door to door 5h 56mCO2 445.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Moscow to Istanbul flight
Flights from Moscow to Istanbul start at €171.83 and take 5h 51m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Moscow to Istanbul on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Moscow to Istanbul starts at €171.83 and takes 5h 51m door to door, run by 12 operators over 1,809 km, with around 96 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 5h 51mDoor to door
- 2h 41mMoving
- €171.83 to €311.07From
- 06:10 to 20:53First and last departure
- 96Per day
- 445.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€171.83 to €311.07 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
- about €311.07Mon14
- about €259.15Tue15
- about €278.03Wed16
- about €285.70Thu17
- about €265.64Fri18
- about €273.31Sat19
- about €253.84Sun20
- about €174.78Mon21
- about €171.83Tue22
- about €183.04Wed23
- about €229.65Thu24
- about €211.95Fri25
- about €217.85Sat26
- about €203.10Sun27
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Fastest€198.38
- Azimut A204206:492h 41m09:30Moscow VKOIstanbul IST
Door to door 5h 51mCO2 445.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Southwind | €148.82 |
 Azimut | €148.23 |
 Pobeda | €151.18 |
 IrAero Airlines | €145.28 |
 Pegasus Airlines | €148.82 |
 S7 Airlines | €151.77 |
 Aeroflot Russian Airlines | €149.41 |
 Turkish Airlines | €158.26 |
 Ural Airlines | €157.67 |
 AJet | €158.85 |
| Red Wings | €153.54 |
| Yamal Airlines | €153.54 |
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When to book Moscow to Istanbul
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €174.7890 days
- €145.2860 days
- €124.0445 days
- €117.5530 days
- €157.6721 days
- €203.1014 days
- €253.847 days
- €278.033 days
- €311.071 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €117.55.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 165 percent. The dearest point is €311.07, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €203.10Sun
- €174.78Mon
- €171.83Tue
- €183.04Wed
- €229.65Thu
- €211.95Fri
- €217.85Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Moscow
Air
- SVO
- DME
- VKO
- ZIA
Istanbul
Air
- IST
- SAW
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,809 km against 1,756 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Moscow at 06:10 and the last at 20:53, across 96 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Moscow 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 Moscow to Istanbul take?
The Flight from Moscow to Istanbul takes 5h 51m door to door, of which 2h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 1,809 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 Moscow to Istanbul cost?
The Flight from Moscow to Istanbul starts at €171.83 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €185.70. 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 Moscow to Istanbul?
12 operators run the Flight from Moscow to Istanbul: Southwind, Azimut, Pobeda, IrAero Airlines, Pegasus Airlines. Between them they file around 96 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 Moscow to Istanbul use?
The Flight from Moscow to Istanbul leaves from Moscow VKO and arrives at Istanbul 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 Moscow to Istanbul?
Fares for the Flight from Moscow to Istanbul bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €117.55. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 165 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Moscow to Istanbul produce?
The Flight from Moscow to Istanbul produces about 445.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1809 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Moscow to Istanbul on 13 September 2026: 1809 km of route against 1756 km in a straight line, 96 services a day, 12 operators a cheapest fare of €171.83, and 5h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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