Cheapest€201.92
- AJet AJ572716:183h 39m19:57London STNIstanbul IST
Door to door 6h 49mCO2 633.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
London to Istanbul flight
Flights from London to Istanbul start at €240.27 and take 6h 49m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price London to Istanbul on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from London to Istanbul starts at €240.27 and takes 6h 49m door to door, run by 5 operators over 2,573 km, with around 40 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 6h 49mDoor to door
- 3h 39mMoving
- €240.27 to €440.28From
- 06:02 to 20:52First and last departure
- 40Per day
- 633.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€240.27 to €440.28 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 €440.28Mon14
- about €365.94Tue15
- about €394.85Wed16
- about €402.52Thu17
- about €375.38Fri18
- about €385.41Sat19
- about €356.50Sun20
- about €251.48Mon21
- about €240.27Tue22
- about €256.20Wed23
- about €322.28Thu24
- about €298.09Fri25
- about €308.71Sat26
- about €289.83Sun27
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 September 29, 2026
Fastest€241.45
- British Airways BA199618:003h 39m21:39London LGWIstanbul IST
Door to door 6h 49mCO2 633.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 British Airways | €209.00 |
 Pegasus Airlines | €210.77 |
 Turkish Airlines | €208.41 |
 AJet | €201.92 |
| Wizz Air UK | €206.05 |
The flight gets you into Istanbul. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book London to Istanbul
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €247.3590 days
- €202.5160 days
- €175.9645 days
- €161.8030 days
- €221.9821 days
- €289.8314 days
- €356.507 days
- €394.853 days
- €440.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €161.80.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 172 percent. The most expensive point is €440.28, 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.
- €289.83Sun
- €251.48Mon
- €240.27Tue
- €256.20Wed
- €322.28Thu
- €298.09Fri
- €308.71Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
London
Air
- LGW
- STN
- LHR
- LTN
- LCY
- SEN
Istanbul
Air
- IST
- SAW
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,573 km against 2,498 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 London at 06:02 and the last at 20:52, across 40 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about London 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 London to Istanbul take?
The Flight from London to Istanbul takes 6h 49m door to door, of which 3h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 2,573 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 London to Istanbul cost?
The Flight from London to Istanbul starts at €240.27 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €257.38. 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 London to Istanbul?
5 operators run the Flight from London to Istanbul: British Airways, Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines, AJet, Wizz Air UK. Between them they file around 40 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 London to Istanbul use?
The Flight from London to Istanbul leaves from London LGW 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 London to Istanbul?
Fares for the Flight from London to Istanbul bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €161.80. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 172 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from London to Istanbul produce?
The Flight from London to Istanbul produces about 633.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2573 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
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 London to Istanbul on September 13, 2026: 2573 km of route against 2498 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €240.27, and 6h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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