£163 Find Cheap Flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport – Compare and Save

When flying from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Fridays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Abu Dhabi, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Wednesdays.

The cheapest month for flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport is September, where tickets cost £217 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £390 and £294 respectively.

Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops stopover the cheapest option at £287 on average.

To get a below average price on the flight from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 18% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

In the past 5 days, the cheapest return tickets from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport were found on Royal Jordanian (£223) and Qatar Airways (£265).

There are 3 airlines that fly direct from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport. They are: Etihad Airways, Pegasus Airlines and Turkish Airlines. The cheapest price of all airlines flying this route was found with Turkish Airlines at £108 for a return flight. On average, the best prices for this route can be found at Pegasus Airlines.

Weekly flights between Abu Dhabi and Istanbul historically see delays in approximately 15% of cases, with the average delay over the past year being 107 minutes.

Typically, flights leaving in the evening tend to face fewer delays, whereas flights at night have historically encountered delays more often.

Statistically, Sunday is the day of the week with the fewest delays on this flight route, while Saturday has typically experienced more delays than other days.

Based on our data, Etihad Airways have experienced the fewest delays on this route in the past 12 months, with only about 9% of their flights encountering any delays.

Muscat (MCT) is the top choice – 75% of KAYAK users who clicked on one-stop flights from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport picked an itinerary connecting there.

Flights via Amman (AMM) offer the most affordable fares, with an average price of £368 for a return.

Consider flying via Amman (AMM) for the shortest journey. The average one-way travel time for flights connecting there is 7h 30m.

If you prefer a quick connection, Muscat (MCT) often has the shortest stopovers from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul Airport, with an average time of 3h 08m.

There are 2 cabin class options for the route. These are Business and Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

Each day, there are 2 direct flights that take off from Abu Dhabi and land in Istanbul Airport, with an average flight time of 4h 55m. The most common departure time is 01:00 and most flights take off at night. Each week, there are 14 flights and there are the same number of flights each day (2).