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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Riga to Istanbul, as well as popular online travel agencies
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Riga to Istanbul, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Flights from Riga to Istanbul - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Riga to Istanbul?

The average price of all flights from Riga to Istanbul Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Istanbul on a Wednesday and more expensive on a Thursday. On your return trip to Riga, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Thursdays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Riga to Istanbul Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Riga to Istanbul Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Riga to Istanbul Airport is June, where tickets cost £164 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and August, where the average cost of tickets is £234 and £228 respectively.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Riga to Istanbul Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Riga to Istanbul Airport, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 47 days before departure.

Which airlines fly direct between Riga and Istanbul Airport?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from Riga to Istanbul Airport.
There are 2 airlines that fly direct from Riga to Istanbul Airport. They are Turkish Airlines and airBaltic. The cheapest airline for this route is airBaltic, with the best one-way deal found costing £66. On average, the best prices for this route can be found at airBaltic.

How many flights are there between Riga and Istanbul Airport per day?

Each day, there are between 1 and 3 nonstop flights that take off from Riga and land in Istanbul Airport, with an average flight time of 3h 18m. The most common departure time is 11:00 and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 14 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Sunday, when 21% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Tuesday.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between Riga and Istanbul Airport?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There is only one cabin class option available for the route, which is Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

What’s the earliest departure time from Riga to Istanbul?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Riga at 11:15 and will be landing in Istanbul Airport at 14:40.

What’s the latest departure time from Riga to Istanbul?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Riga to Istanbul Airport jets off at 20:10 and lands at 23:25.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Riga to Istanbul

Low season

February

High season

May
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 4% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 17% lower on average.

When to book flights from Riga to Istanbul

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Riga to Istanbul based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking Riga to Istanbul flights

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Riga to Istanbul?

    Only flydubai offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the Riga to Istanbul flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Riga to Istanbul?

    The Airbus A220-300 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Riga to Istanbul flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Riga to Istanbul?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Riga and Istanbul.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Riga to Istanbul?

    There are direct flights from Riga to Istanbul on a daily basis.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Riga 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 from Riga to Istanbul.

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

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

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

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

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Riga 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 from Riga up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight from Riga to Istanbul

  • Looking for a cheap flight from Istanbul to Riga? 25% of our users found flights on this route for £155 or less one-way and £259 or less round-trip.

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Find which airlines fly direct from Riga Intl to Istanbul, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Riga Intl to Istanbul

Monday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Tuesday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Wednesday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Thursday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Friday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Saturday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Sunday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

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Direct returns

Istanbul to Riga Intl

Monday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Tuesday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Wednesday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Thursday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Friday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Saturday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Sunday

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

Turkish Airlines, airBaltic

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Top 3 airlines serving from Riga to Istanbul

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Riga to Istanbul. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Riga 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.
7.6
airBalticOverall score based on 239 reviews
7.8Boarding
8.2Crew
7.2Entertainment
7.7Comfort
7.4Food
Airline reviews

Smooth flight. Surprisingly good and inexpensive food choices. Clean cabin. The plane is not equipped with the entertainment system.

10.0 ExcellentMichael, Nov 2023RIX - FCO
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Smooth flight. Surprisingly good and inexpensive food choices. Clean cabin. The plane is not equipped with the entertainment system.

Failure of APU meant massive delays at start of journey , baking in an unventilated plane Not good

Delay ca 5 hours on the first flight and 2 hours on the next one

The airline ran late and I almost missed this connecting flight to LGW. The airline didn't act very sympathetic to my situation. I wished that didn't happen as my experience I'm sure would've been much different.

One flight has delayed, but connecting flight ( the same company) has another plan for us. And left TO TLL. Instead Finnair.Who waiting pax from BRUSSELS. GREAT EXAMPLE OF COOPERATION. 👍

Great leg room and very clean plane nothing could be better 😁

Pros: "Not much to say here. It was a short flight, and it went smoothly."
Cons: "I’ll say the same thing about almost every flight I have, and this is mostly for the airlines. People might fly more and pay a bit more if you give us more room. Being crammed into a tiny seat with a bunch of strangers is never pleasant. Same in this flight. Nothing terrible, just the usual. Also, to the other passengers, sit down until it’s your turn to exit. What is wrong with you that you can’t sit five more minutes? Be polite and let the people in front of you go first, let them have room to grab their bags instead of having your elbows in their face."
Pros: "Everything except the delay"
Cons: "No delays, took bag crew forever to load the plane, they were extremely late....waited over 35minutes"
Cons: "The flight was late by half an hour and I had to pay 60€ because my cabin bag was 2kg heavier than allowed."
Pros: "The crew was friendly. Baggage arrive safely. But the repeated commercial interruptions trying to sell things made me wonder if it was commission based - a nap was not possible from the announcements but you could buy things duty free. I am glad it was a short flight. A new plane."
Cons: "There are no queues. A free for all to load and unload the plane. If you are looking for Swiss order, look elsewhere. Nothing is free, not water (1.5 euro) or any other beverages or anything else. We paid double what the flight should cost to not even be offered water. The seats were lightly padded to maximize seats. There was a small amount of leg room but some. No power outlets, wifi or media. The worst aspect is I bought a flight on Baltic Air from Tallinn to Riga and had the price from Riga to Paris on the next tab on kayak. I bought the ticket from Tallin to Riga then flipped to buy Riga to Paris only to learn it was a bait price. The price was actually $200 more. Baltic would not refund the first flight (within minutes) so we were stuck to either walk away from our 2 tickets to Riga or pay the bait and switch rate. We begrudgingly paid 400 (200 each) euro MORE than the initial price shown so we could fly out of Riga back to Paris (to be back in Paris by Jan 7). A non alcoholic beverage, a small snack, and power access would be helpful. Ground crew helping with order would be helpful. I was shoved and run over trying to get onto and off the plane. It is the wild west of flying except the plane is new...oh, and it is 30 euro if you do not check in online ahead. But you will still need to stand in line to check a bag (where they can issue you a boarding pass)."

The seat did not recline and we called the stewardess, he forced it to recline, but when we landed, it did not come forward because the seat was broken. The stewardess came, He tried to do it but couldn't do it, the flight commander came and spoke to us in a bad tone, telling us to get out of here, she waited at the head and acted as if there was a child and we couldn't get up, it was very shameful, I don't even know if it's true, but she said if you don't get up, the plane will not land and will keep turning around. Then a passenger pushed the seat from behind and it worked. Then we wanted to talk to the supervisor again, but she did not come next to us. We fly so much and this is the first time we encountered such a style.

Excellent service and comfort from the moment you check in. Flight crew is hyper focused on making passengers comfortable and at ease. It’s like a flying hotel!

Horrible. Boarding was terrible. For a huge airplane, we needed to be transported to the plane. The boarding area was overcrowded and frantic. .The seats were so uncomfortable. The food was fine.

Only chicken as a meat dish through out the flight

Nothing really was great as such. Seen other no name airlines perform better.

It was a nightmare. I booked business class ticket from Ediburgh to Beirut via Istanbul to attend a funeral. I had a wonderful experience flying to Istanbul from Edinburgh. Then I could not get a boarding pass issued to Beirut. It seems that although they booked me and I had a reservation number, I had no seat allocated and the flight was full. I was asked to go from one desk to another and made to wait for 2 hours. I missed my flight as I did not have a seat assigned and it was full. The only option was to put me on the next flight, 6 hours later, for a fee of over $400. They said that was the best they can do to 'help me' and to 'take it or leave it'. Well, I was not about to be bullied; I stood my ground. I booked and paid premium for the journey, which was confirmed. The eventually accepted to not charge me extra and i waited a total of over 8 hours in the airport with no compensation. On top of my grief with the risk of missing the funeral service, I had to put up with their indifference and condescending attitude. They spoke about me in Turkish thinking I would not understand (I hold a British passport) in front of me. When they eventually handed my passport and boarding pass back to me, I showed them I was born in Istanbul and that I understood everything and said a condescending 'thank you' back to them in Turkish. You should have seen their faces. I said that consumers have rights and it is a shame that Turkish Airlines does not have good customer service to at least acknowledge and apologize for errors committed by the airline. Blaming the me, the client, for such an error and placing unreasonable ultimatums, rudeness and dismissiveness to be rid of me, particularly when I was vulnerable and visibly grieving was really shocking... The airline taints the city of Istanbul and the people of Türkiye. Such a shame.

Was not able to check in online, so had to stand in line for 90 minutes to get a boarding pass, and I had no luggage to check. Why not let people check in in advance on line? Or at a kiosk at the airport?

Boarding did not have a clue what is an EU disability card

Not a good experience from Lagos was very terrible paying for one extra bag is #403,600 in dollars is $331 which is too high and when get to Ny I don’t receive my bag till 2nd day some of my stuff was damaged am not really happy with Turkish Airlines very poor services.

3 of us were in the business class. All good except the Flight out of Mumbai is too early. It is at 6:30 am. Reporting is at 4 am. We had to get up at 3 am. US connection has 4-5 hours of layover. It would be nicer to start the India flight late (give more time to sleep at home) and have less layover duration in IST.

All good. Didn’t get the seats I booked online. Luckily, copassanger cooperated! Mistake- I failed to verify connecting flight seats details at Mumbai. Staff at Mumbai airport to be blamed equally!

Lost my suitcase. And communication was poor. No offers of compensation for over 24 hour delay of bag

Garbage airline at a premium price. Both ways was unable to purchase seats before checking. Called, messaged on Facebook, and emailed. All three times staff said I could, and gave me form responses on how to, despite providing screenshots/explaining beforehand showing I couldn't. At check-in both times they sat me and my wife separately, despite booking together. Both legs the USB port in my entertainment system was broken. Food is atrocious. Seats are old and uncomfortable, and struggle to adjust. Toilets were like portapotties at a concert.

Would have liked to have Wi-Fi on the longer flight (nyc-Warsaw)

My flight was cancelled and I went through hell to get it fixed, with no help from the website I booked it on. My reservation was cancelled AGAIN by the site I booked on without my knowledge a week later. The flight itself that I finally got on was awful. Drunk man belligerent the entire flight, I don't understand how he was allowed on the flight.

Lot still has not refunded me after they cancelled my flight to India!! Kayak had been awful at getting me this refund too. Will NEVER be using kayak or LOT again.

My bag was lost despite an almost 8 hour layover in Warsaw. Nearly 12 hours after my arrival, I have not heard anything about it.

Delay everywhere,5 hours,24 hours,missing all connection flights,terrible trip..

Pros: "Quick Check in"
Cons: "The crew were not nice. They dont even pick up garbage during the 9 hour flight. They give you a gallon of water in a huge bottle without a glass and you are on your own."
Cons: "The worse experience ever. I booked the flight and then they canceled it, i tried changing the dates but the website was giving me an error so i called them, after being on the phone for 2 hr some guy answered who seemed very tired and not thrilled working for LOT. Rood and not helpful, told me to try FB messenger and online changing again. Failed to get a voucher, refund or change the dates online, was still getting an error. on messenger they answered and told me i can get a voucher, i told them i don't want it and after that they stopped replying all together. good thing i got my money back by filing a dispute with my credit cart company."

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