Cheapest€150.00
- Pegasus Airlines PA911113:172h 55m16:12Zürich ZRHIstanbul IST
Door to door 6h 5mCO2 447.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Zurich to Istanbul flight
Flights from Zurich to Istanbul start at €172.42 and take 5h 53m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Zurich to Istanbul on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Zurich to Istanbul starts at €172.42 and takes 5h 53m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,819 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 5h 53mDoor to door
- 2h 43mMoving
- €172.42 to €327.59From
- 06:12 to 20:36First and last departure
- 24Per day
- 447.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€172.42 to €327.59 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 €327.59Mon14
- about €265.64Tue15
- about €283.34Wed16
- about €292.78Thu17
- about €263.87Fri18
- about €284.52Sat19
- about €255.61Sun20
- about €185.40Mon21
- about €172.42Tue22
- about €183.63Wed23
- about €233.19Thu24
- about €213.13Fri25
- about €232.60Sat26
- about €208.41Sun27
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 28, 2026
Fastest€204.28
- Pegasus Airlines PA156220:242h 43m23:07Zürich ZRHIstanbul SAW
Door to door 5h 53mCO2 447.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Pegasus Airlines | €150.00 |
 Turkish Airlines | €151.18 |
 AJet | €150.59 |
The flight gets you into Istanbul. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Istanbul for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Zurich to Istanbul
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €177.1490 days
- €147.6460 days
- €124.6345 days
- €119.3230 days
- €167.7021 days
- €208.4114 days
- €255.617 days
- €283.343 days
- €327.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €119.32.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 175 percent. The most expensive point is €327.59, 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.
- €208.41Sun
- €185.40Mon
- €172.42Tue
- €183.63Wed
- €233.19Thu
- €213.13Fri
- €232.60Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Zürich
Air
- ZRH
Istanbul
Air
- IST
- SAW
What the journey actually 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 1,819 km against 1,766 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 Ljubljana, Velika Gorica, Niš. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 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 Zurich at 06:12 and the last at 20:36, across 24 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Zurich 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 Zurich to Istanbul take?
The Flight from Zurich to Istanbul takes 5h 53m door to door, of which 2h 43m is spent moving. The route runs 1,819 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 Zurich to Istanbul cost?
The Flight from Zurich to Istanbul starts at €172.42 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €184.81. 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 Zurich to Istanbul?
3 operators run the Flight from Zurich to Istanbul: Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines, AJet. Between them they file around 24 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 Zurich to Istanbul use?
The Flight from Zurich to Istanbul leaves from Zürich ZRH 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 Zurich to Istanbul?
Fares for the Flight from Zurich to Istanbul bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €119.32. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 175 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Zurich to Istanbul produce?
The Flight from Zurich to Istanbul produces about 447.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1819 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 Zurich to Istanbul on September 13, 2026: 1819 km of route against 1766 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €172.42, and 5h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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