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Cheapest return fare
RM 1,875
Typical prices: RM 1,952-RM 2,251
Qatar Airways
Fri 2/10Fri 16/10
KUL - IST • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
RM 1,919
Typical prices: RM 1,426-RM 1,859
AirAsia X
Wed 7/10Fri 30/10
KUL - SAW • Direct
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Recent return flight deals to Istanbul

Fri, 2 Oct - Fri, 16 Oct
Qatar Airways Logo
19:20 - 18:35KUL  Kuala Lumpur Intl-IST Istanbul
28h 15m1 stop Doha Hamad Intl
Qatar Airways Logo
11:40 - 14:15IST  Istanbul-KUL Kuala Lumpur Intl
21h 35m1 stop Doha Hamad Intl
RM 1,875Qatar Airways
Tue, 6 Oct - Tue, 13 Oct
Qatar Airways Logo
19:20 - 11:55KUL  Kuala Lumpur Intl-IST Istanbul
21h 35m1 stop Doha Hamad Intl
Qatar Airways Logo
13:45 - 15:10IST  Istanbul-KUL Kuala Lumpur Intl
20h 25m1 stop Doha Hamad Intl
RM 1,879Qatar Airways
Thu, 1 Oct - Thu, 8 Oct
Gulf Air Logo
20:00 - 14:35KUL  Kuala Lumpur Intl-IST Istanbul
23h 35m1 stop Manama Bahrain Intl
Gulf Air Logo
15:50 - 11:50IST  Istanbul-KUL Kuala Lumpur Intl
15h 00m1 stop Manama Bahrain Intl
RM 1,879Gulf Air
Thu, 1 Oct - Thu, 8 Oct
Gulf Air Logo
20:00 - 14:35KUL  Kuala Lumpur Intl-IST Istanbul
23h 35m1 stop Manama Bahrain Intl
Gulf Air Logo
15:50 - 11:50IST  Istanbul-KUL Kuala Lumpur Intl
15h 00m1 stop Manama Bahrain Intl
RM 1,883Gulf Air
Wed, 7 Oct - Fri, 30 Oct
AirAsia X Logo
10:00 - 16:05KUL  Kuala Lumpur Intl-SAW Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen
11h 05mdirect
AirAsia X Logo
17:20 - 08:40SAW  Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen-KUL Kuala Lumpur Intl
10h 20mdirect
RM 1,919AirAsia X
Fri, 19 Feb - Fri, 26 Feb
AirAsia X Logo
09:35 - 16:05KUL  Kuala Lumpur Intl-SAW Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen
11h 30mdirect
AirAsia X Logo
17:20 - 08:40SAW  Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen-KUL Kuala Lumpur Intl
10h 20mdirect
RM 1,931AirAsia X
Wed, 9 Sep - Fri, 11 Sep
Air Arabia Logo
10:00 - 13:20KUL  Kuala Lumpur Intl-IST Istanbul
32h 20m1 stop Sharjah
Air Arabia Logo
18:05 - 09:10IST  Istanbul-KUL Kuala Lumpur Intl
34h 05m1 stop Sharjah
RM 1,952Air Arabia
Sun, 14 Feb - Sat, 27 Feb
SAUDIA Logo
17:35 - 13:45KUL  Kuala Lumpur Intl-IST Istanbul
25h 10m1 stop Jeddah King Abdulaziz Intl
SAUDIA Logo
22:25 - 00:35IST  Istanbul-KUL Kuala Lumpur Intl
21h 10m1 stop Jeddah King Abdulaziz Intl
RM 1,956SAUDIA
Sat, 24 Oct - Fri, 30 Oct
Air Arabia Logo
10:00 - 13:20KUL  Kuala Lumpur Intl-IST Istanbul
32h 20m1 stop Sharjah
Air Arabia Logo
18:40 - 09:05IST  Istanbul-KUL Kuala Lumpur Intl
33h 25m1 stop Sharjah
RM 1,964Air Arabia
Thu, 28 Jan - Sat, 6 Feb
SAUDIA Logo
02:15 - 21:10KUL  Kuala Lumpur Intl-IST Istanbul
23h 55m1 stop Jeddah King Abdulaziz Intl
SAUDIA Logo
22:25 - 00:35IST  Istanbul-KUL Kuala Lumpur Intl
21h 10m1 stop Jeddah King Abdulaziz Intl
RM 2,065SAUDIA
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Istanbul

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to Istanbul to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Istanbul?

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Istanbul is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as RM 2,336. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are RM 2,886 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Istanbul?

The cheapest month for flights to Istanbul is April, where tickets cost RM 1,996 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and December, where the average cost of tickets from Malaysia is RM 2,392 and RM 2,360 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is February with an average price of RM 966.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Istanbul?

The cheapest time of day to fly to Istanbul is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost RM 2,469 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Istanbul is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is RM 3,311.

What is a good deal for flights to Istanbul?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Istanbul, 25% of our users found tickets to Istanbul for the following prices or less: From Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport RM 2,487 return.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Istanbul?

To get a below average price, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 27% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Istanbul?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Istanbul is Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW), with an average flight price of RM 901.

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Flight from Kuala Lumpur Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport

When to book flights to Istanbul

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Istanbul based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs - booking Istanbul flights

  • Which Istanbul airport is closest to central Istanbul?

    Istanbul is served by 2 major airports. Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport (32 km) is the closest to the centre of Istanbul and Istanbul Airport is 34 km from the centre.

  • How much is a flight to Istanbul?

    On average, a flight to Istanbul costs RM 2,192. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost RM 945 and departed from Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Istanbul?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Istanbul.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Istanbul?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Istanbul is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Istanbul?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Istanbul with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Istanbul?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Istanbul up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Istanbul

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Istanbul

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Istanbul? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3656 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.2Entertainment
7.9Food
8.2Boarding
8.4Crew
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Business boarding is too messy, if can be systematic will be better

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Aug 2026
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Business boarding is too messy, if can be systematic will be better

On time, organized boarding, good food and entertainment-plane was clean, comfortable, well-maintained and updated.

Child’s meal was great along with other nice touches for kids.

Both flights to and back from Lyon with buses taking extra time and delaying flight at DXB. Food serving needed work.

Food was excellent. Leg room in economy, not so good; I’m 6’-1”.

Overall was a good experience and this particular flight the crew were great too at least in business class. It’s not always the case with flydubai. Few things would make me think twice in the future on this route. 1. The arrival into T3 might sound good but it is a real pain as it takes almost 30 mins to get to terminal on the bus as the aircraft still park at T2. The bag takes even longer . If they just let us off at T2, I’d be home within 30 mins of walking off the plane. Instead it takes 1.5 hours. 2. Due to the timing, the very tiny lounge in Penang is so crowded because half the lounge is closed for Qatar crew. Hardly anywhere to sit. 3. Flydubai app and site has a long way to go and using it is very unpleasant.

On this flight, about the last 2 hours the captain kept the cabin too hot. It appeared like the ac was off.

Meals were delicious, however I got hungry between dinner and breakfast.

The food on this flight was just terrible. I have a wheat allergy so when booking I ask for gluten free options. The food given was inedible. The bread rolls were rock hard. Once board I was given one and the only thing I could do was eat the chicken slice and piece of tomato on it. Also given was 4 small cubes of fruit, 2 watermelon and 2 pineapple and a bottle of water. My husband had a regular meal and found his very average. Then the evening meal was also disappointing! Some dried out fish with spinach and 3 sticks of dry white sweet potato. No sauce …. 😳 again, the same fruit and water. The passengers had to wait a long time for the dinner food to be served. My husband just wanted to eat and go to sleep so he was a bit annoyed about that. We got off the plane and I was feeling quite hangry. Not enough food or a good eating experience. Emirates used to be a flight we looked forward to… now we are considering looking at other companies for the future.

Quality and tasty Food and service, bigger seat comfort and leg room, etc.

Top, only problem about Weather but not depended Qatar Airways. Anyway staff offered kimbo Refreshments

Flight departed punctually on time. Unfortunately it seems because the destination airport is a secondary airport the airline sees it fit to operate a plane with lower comfort and offerings. There was no inflight entertainment, wifi or let alone a screen to at least track flight status for remaining flight time.

Plane was good Crew was good Food was just ok Could have had more entertainment options But overall good

Seating is terrible, having seats so crammed is unacceptable for a 15-hour journey. I cannot stress enough how uncomfortable it is to sit in such an aircraft. Leg space is roomier in a domestic aircraft. I have not experienced this kind of crammy seating in domestic flights either in the US or other international airlines overseas.

The crew was great and the food and liquor offerings were good. Seats were a bit cramped. Flight arrived early at destination. That's a plus.

No separate queue for business class/platinum passengers. I had to stay in the long queue to board. I requested breakfast before landing, but the crew didn't offer, except a coffee with milk. No tea with milk was available. Had asked for cookies, but didn't receive them. The crew in the business class was not good in terms of service..

The business class experience was awesome - I will be using QATAR airways again and it'll be business class again - appreciate the privileges afforded to the business class clients - thank you.

some sections of airport are too cramped. The screening of luggage was twice and a huge hassle. They kept saying my boarding the for my next flight was in 10 minutes but were dragging the screening too long. having a 2 hour connecting time with this much delays in screenings is not good. They could see I was traveling with special needs kid yet I was" randomly chosen" to be personally screened again.

I liked the food and services provided. I think the seating should be updated cause it’s to congested for economic class.

I didn’t expect American Airlines. I excepted QTAR AIR LINES. From KAYAK we are booking so in the kayak site it showed qathar air lines but operating American Airlines. I don’t like .

I am a US citizen coming from Uganda to IST to LAX I was to be rerouted to Houston for Ebola health screen at no extra charge per TA app. At IST Turkish counter 4, they refused to reroute me to Houston unless I paid $1000. Finally, they said they would route me to Houston at no charge but not to LAX. SO I PUT OUT AN EXTRA $300 for Delta to LAX. IF THE US HAS A MANDATORY HEALTH SCREEN, THE AIRLINE NEEDS TO COMPENSATE THE PASSENGER NO EXTRA CHARGE TO FINAL DESTINATION

I always travel on Turkish Airlines but seriously I am I am considering to change because this is not the first time that the flight attendant are rude and they dont help. I asked for cold water with ice 5 times and I got water with no ice and this is not the first time to ask for something and you dont get it. Also I noticed this behavior only towards people who are not turkish.

Will be better if the flight will be on time

There were not enough extra leg room options to purchase. Also the seat Infront of mine was broken and the gentleman literally laid back into my lap for the whole trip. This was the most uncomfortable trip I have ever been on

A lot of things can be done to improve in flight experience

My flight was diverted to a different airport, not my intended destination. My initial flight was scheduled to Chicago Airport, but they changed it to Washington with just under 8 hours before my departure. As a result, I had to pay an additional $700 to book a new flight to my final destination. I tried contacting Kayak, but they were unable to assist me, even after purchasing travel insurance.

late arrival on a TK flight meant I missed my next TA flight. Had to wait a day to get a flight and they would not reschedule me all the way back to Denver. I had to buy a last-minute ticket from Washington Dulles to Denver on top of paying over $6000 for a business class ticket. I don't think I would ever fly Turkish Air again.

It was great. Left the gate left and my television didn’t work but it was great otherwise.

Didn't like the Boeing 787-9 Business Class. I had requested seats A & B for me and my husband, they changed to A & D, separated by the aisle. For the 12 hours duration of the flight we couldn't even see each other! Same for the return flight, a passenger was kind and switched seats, we ended up sitting in the middle 2 seats, still an issue to communicate with a barrier in the middle..

Most of my flights were late; limited notification by Airline representatives, poor entertainment system. Dirty cabins.

Very disappointed to not have lounge access The shorter flight seats were uncomfortable

The WiFi was not compatible on both my phones (Vivo Y30 5g and Samsung Galaxy A32) with up-to-date android software.

Boarding was excellent except they did last call 30 minutes earlier .

Surprised at the lower quality of seats on the Boeing 777 in Business Class. Seats are tight and the whole Business class section is jam packed with seats. It doesn’t feel like Business Class at all. Also the way the tray tables are placed with a huge bulky solid metal hinge at knee level makes it so uncomfortable and always anxious that one will accidentally bang their knee on it. Quality of amenities has also declined. Over priced tickets with diminished quality of the entire experience.

The food could be better. Toilets were smelly all along

Good range of movies but lacking decent tv shows. Wifi was really expensive on this flight, considering flights under 7 hours have a $9.99 USD charge for streaming, to jump up to $24.99 for a 7 hour 40 flight seemed a little bit of a rip off. Staff are inattentive, and really need to improve on the customer experience. The new airport is fantastic, as is the new lounge, a huge upgrade from the old airport and lounge!

It has been a couple of years since I flew with Etihad last, after having a unpleasant experience with them coming out of the pandemic. I can say that the experience has uplifted, but I can’t really rate the service. At Barcelona airport the service was great, with their dedicated Etihad staff very helpful. The onboard experience wasn’t great, not very personalised and it really makes sense why Etihad doesn’t feature in the top 10 2023 Skytrax awards. The crew just seemed to be inattentive and almost absent from the cabin. I felt that I had to keep getting their attention. Even after I’d finished my meal, an hour went by before I had to call them to clear the tray/plate etc.

Crew was good, boarding mediocre, food choices were limited, seating was not comfortable

It feels like the seat did not have any cushion just plywood. The seats are so compact that I could not even move at all and I am slim. Just imagine someone else. Singapore Air and Emirates are far far better than this. Do not even travel for free. For a 12 hour flight sitting on a plywood is horrible experience and on top of that the person at checking counter at NY was worst and rude. Plus they charge arms and leg for everything. I think they would also start charging for belts and oxygen also soon. First and last time flying with Ethiad.

It feels like the seat did not have any cushion and just ply wood. The seats are so compact that no one would sit comfortably. I am a slim person and it was super hard for me to move in the seat just imagine what someone else would feel. This airline would be my last option. Singapore Air and Emirates are far far far better than this. Do not travel even for free.

All fine - you get what you pay for ! and it is a bargain

AirAsia kept us waiting for hours due to a technical issue with the plane, then eventually cancelled the flight. Unfortunately there is no-one to call or speak with at AirAsia, no customer service department at all, so I flew with another airline instead. Now I am going through the fun process of trying to get a refund from AirAsia. I strongly recommend that no-one flies with them, it's just not worth it.

The best part was Tony Fernandes actually reinstated the Buttercake menu. It has gone missing after Covid & i made a complaint in one of my Tweets back in October 2022. Both flight D170 & D171 landed very smoothly- kudos to both pilots!

The worst experience in any flight I have ever had, delayed for more than 10 hours, lost my other flight so I lost one day during my trip. Didn’t gave me facilities with my luggage either. Never again

I was next to a quite large person. Soni essentially had 2/3 of my seat for myself and couldn't sit properly. Even though there were some other seat available, the staff refuse that I occupy another seat.

Pros: The staff was very friendly. Cons: Long delay. The food is terrible.

I’m a frequent Traveler on all types of airlines, including budget. This was the worst flight experience I’ve ever had. Something was wrong with AirAsia’s systems and we were the whole flight was rescheduled to the following day, the third flight it happened to. Apart from an email which gave the new date the web and app said the original flight date which meant that there were hundreds of people queueing at the airport to try and find out what was going on. People waited six hours to talk to customer service who gave advice that didn’t match the web or app. Nightmare. just advertising for spending the extra hundred dollars I’ve ever seen.

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