Is British Airways the cheapest airline to fly with from London to Istanbul?

With an average price of £349 return, British Airways is not the cheapest airline to fly from London to Istanbul with. Instead, for the lowest price, our data suggests flying with Wizz Air, where a return flight costs £124 on average.

Does British Airways fly direct to Istanbul from London?

No, British Airways does not fly the route directly.

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Sun, 29 Jun - Mon, 7 Jul

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Sun, 30 Nov - Sat, 6 Dec

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Is British Airways the cheapest airline to fly with from London to Istanbul?
With an average price of £349 return, British Airways is not the cheapest airline to fly from London to Istanbul with. Instead, for the lowest price, our data suggests flying with Wizz Air, where a return flight costs £124 on average.
Does British Airways fly direct to Istanbul from London?
No, British Airways does not fly the route directly.

6.6

OkayBased on 7,008 verified guest reviews

6.3Food

6.7Comfort

6.4Entertainment

6.8Boarding

7.6Crew

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"The crew was exceptional, the service was great and the entertainment options were abundant." (in 251 reviews)

Cons -

I purchased business class food was uneatble cald sandwich. (in 155 reviews)
Window was dirty from someone touching it on a previous flight. (in 1265 reviews)
The airline could have kept middle seats open to instill more confidence in flying. (in 550 reviews)

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10.0 Wonderful

Jan, Jun 2025

LIN-LHR

Good food, pleasant flight attendants and comfortable seats.

10.0 Wonderful

Andrew, Jun 2025

LGW-DLM

Very 👍

6.0 Okay

Daniel, Jun 2025

JFK-LHR

The payment system was not working so was unable to connect wifi the entire flight

10.0 Wonderful

Verified traveller, Jun 2025

LHR-ABZ

I didn’t have food and they don’t include entertainment. Not much leg room at all. Staff were great.

10.0 Wonderful

Verified traveller, Jun 2025

LHR-AMS

Love it as always

6.0 Okay

Philip, Jun 2025

LHR-BWI

Better synchronizing the boarding processes. The audio announcements, the personnel and the digital signage were not saying the same thing. All confusion.

6.0 Okay

Philip, Jun 2025

DUB-LHR

The boarding call announcements versus the Staff announcements versus the digital signage board on the out-going and returning flights WERE NOT IN SYNC. I was sent through check and re-checks 3 times. WHY?

10.0 Wonderful

Verified traveller, Jun 2025

LHR-BWI

Absolutely wonderful in every aspect.

4.0 Mediocre

Verified traveller, Jun 2025

ATH-LHR

Absolutely the worst airline. Can’t find anything positive to say. We were in business which is the same as most airlines coach

8.0 Very Good

Suzanne, Jun 2025

LHR-PMO

Young smiley crew

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