Genoa to Istanbul flight

Flights from Genoa to Istanbul start at €184.81 and take 5h 46m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Genoa to Istanbul starts at €184.81 and takes 5h 46m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,723 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 46mDoor to door
  • 2h 36mMoving
  • €184.81From
  • 423.9 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Fastest€196.61
  1. Turkish Airlines TA162706:292h 36m09:05Genoa GOAIstanbul SAW

Door to door 5h 46mCO2 423.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Turkish Airlines€178.325h 46m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Turkish Airlines

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Istanbul is not something we sell.

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Rooms within reach of Istanbul Halkali

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Booking window

When to book Genoa to Istanbul

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

  1. €164.6390 days
  2. €109.6360 days
  3. €88.1845 days
  4. €99.1830 days
  5. €165.7321 days
  6. €176.7314 days
  7. €176.187 days
  8. €203.133 days
  9. €265.831 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €88.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 201 percent. The most expensive point is €265.83, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €183.88Sun
  2. €151.43Mon
  3. €178.93Tue
  4. €175.08Wed
  5. €181.68Thu
  6. €169.03Fri
  7. €176.18Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Genoa

Air
  • GOA

Istanbul

Air
  • IST
  • SAW
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,723 km against 1,673 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 Sarajevo, Bologna, Mestre, Tirana. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Genoa at 06:29 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Genoa to Istanbul

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Genoa to Istanbul take?

The Flight from Genoa to Istanbul takes 5h 46m door to door, of which 2h 36m is spent moving. The route runs 1,723 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 Genoa to Istanbul cost?

The Flight from Genoa to Istanbul starts at €184.81 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €182.16. 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 Genoa to Istanbul?

1 operators run the Flight from Genoa to Istanbul: Turkish Airlines. Between them they file around 2 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 Genoa to Istanbul use?

The Flight from Genoa to Istanbul leaves from Genoa GOA and arrives at Istanbul SAW. 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 Genoa to Istanbul?

Fares for the Flight from Genoa to Istanbul bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €88.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 201 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Flight from Genoa to Istanbul produces about 423.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1723 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Genoa to Istanbul on September 12, 2026: 1723 km of route against 1673 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €184.81, and 5h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

IST is not in Istanbul, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

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A car waiting when you land in Istanbul

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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