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£439 Find cheap flights from Cape Town to Istanbul Airport

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Cape Town to Istanbul, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from Cape Town to Istanbul (CPT-IST)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Cape Town to Istanbul that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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16:35 - 04:40CPT-IST
11h 05mdirect
01:40 - 11:50IST-CPT
11h 10mdirect
£439Turkish Airlines
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Mon, 15 Jul - Sun, 18 Aug
16:35 - 04:40CPT-IST
11h 05mdirect
01:40 - 11:50IST-CPT
11h 10mdirect
£479Turkish Airlines
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Mon, 15 Jul - Wed, 14 Aug
14:35 - 04:45CPT-IST
13h 10m1 stop
00:10 - 13:45IST-CPT
14h 35m1 stop
£479Ethiopian Air
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Wed, 22 May - Tue, 4 Jun
14:35 - 04:45CPT-IST
13h 10m1 stop
00:10 - 13:00IST-CPT
13h 50m1 stop
£499Ethiopian Air
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Wed, 22 May - Sat, 1 Jun
13:00 - 11:45CPT-IST
21h 45m1 stop
20:05 - 10:50IST-CPT
15h 45m1 stop
£501Qatar Airways
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Wed, 22 May - Fri, 7 Jun
13:00 - 11:45CPT-IST
21h 45m1 stop
20:05 - 10:50IST-CPT
15h 45m1 stop
£505Qatar Airways
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Fri, 24 May - Fri, 7 Jun
09:20 - 05:00CPT-IST
18h 40m1 stop
01:40 - 11:50IST-CPT
11h 10mdirect
Sat, 8 Jun - Sat, 15 Jun
13:05 - 14:25CPT-IST
24h 20m1 stop
19:25 - 11:35IST-CPT
17h 10m1 stop
£603Emirates
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Mon, 13 May - Wed, 29 May
13:05 - 01:10CPT-IST
35h 05m1 stop
19:25 - 16:50IST-CPT
22h 25m1 stop
£605Emirates
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Mon, 13 May - Wed, 29 May
13:05 - 14:25CPT-IST
24h 20m2 stops
19:25 - 11:35IST-CPT
17h 10m1 stop
Sat, 8 Jun - Sun, 16 Jun

Flights from Cape Town to Istanbul - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Cape Town 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 Cape Town to Istanbul?

The average price of all flights from Cape Town to Istanbul Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Istanbul on a Wednesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Tuesday is the most expensive day to fly from Cape Town to Istanbul. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Tuesday and avoiding Mondays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Cape Town to Istanbul Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Cape Town 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 Cape Town to Istanbul Airport is November, where tickets cost £388 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of tickets is £623 and £539 respectively.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Cape Town 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 Cape Town to Istanbul Airport, you should book around 5 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 64 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Cape Town to Istanbul?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 3 days, Turkish Airlines offered the best one-way deal for that route, at £695. KAYAK users also found Cape Town to Istanbul return flights on Turkish Airlines from £439 and on Ethiopian Air from £479.

Which airlines fly direct between Cape Town and Istanbul Airport?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from Cape Town to Istanbul Airport.
There is just one airline that flies from Cape Town to Istanbul Airport direct and that is Turkish Airlines. The best one-way deal found from Turkish Airlines for the route is £478.

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

Each day, there are 2 direct flights that take off from Cape Town and land in Istanbul Airport, with an average flight time of 11h 05m. The most common departure time is 16:00 and most flights take off in the afternoon. Each week, there are 14 flights and there are the same amount of flights each day 2.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between Cape Town 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 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.

How long does a flight from Cape Town to Istanbul take?

The average direct flight takes 11h 05m, covering a distance of 5,235 miles.

What’s the earliest departure time from Cape Town to Istanbul?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Cape Town at 16:35 and will be landing in Istanbul Airport at 04:40.

What’s the latest departure time from Cape Town to Istanbul?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Cape Town to Istanbul Airport jets off at 16:35 and lands at 04:40.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Cape Town to Istanbul

Low season

February

High season

September

Cheapest flight

£439
Best time to beat the crowds (14% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Cape Town to Istanbul

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Cape Town 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 Cape Town to Istanbul flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Cape Town to Istanbul Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Cape Town to Istanbul Airport was £869 for a one-way ticket and £549 for a return.

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

    Lufthansa, and KLM offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Cape Town to Istanbul flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Cape Town to Istanbul?

    The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Cape Town to Istanbul flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Cape Town to Istanbul?

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

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

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Cape Town to Istanbul, Emirates or Qatar Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Cape Town to Istanbul are Emirates and Qatar Airways. With an average price for the route of £543 and an overall rating of 8.1, Emirates is the most popular choice. Qatar Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £498 and an overall rating of 7.7.

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Istanbul from Cape Town 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 Cape Town 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 Cape Town with another airline.

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

  • Looking for a cheap flight from Istanbul to Cape Town? 25% of our users found flights on this route for £315 or less one-way and £580 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Cape Town to Istanbul?

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

Direct departures

Cape Town Intl to Istanbul

Monday

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

Tuesday

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

Wednesday

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

Thursday

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

Friday

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

Saturday

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

Sunday

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines

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Direct returns

Istanbul to Cape Town Intl

Monday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Tuesday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Wednesday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Thursday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Friday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Saturday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Sunday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

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Top 3 airlines serving from Cape Town to Istanbul

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Cape Town 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 Cape Town 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 4064 reviews
8.2boarding
8.3crew
8.3entertainment
8.1comfort
7.9food
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Emirates is always great experience, however, they should reopen their lounge in Istanbul. The IGA lounge is not worth it

10.0 ExcellentAli, Apr 2024IST - DXB
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Emirates is always great experience, however, they should reopen their lounge in Istanbul. The IGA lounge is not worth it

Flights were both delayed. No luggage on arrival for the whole plane and no contact since submitting a PIR.

The customers before boarding the plane from Dubai was HORRENDOUS. The entire Emirates staff had a stick up their bum. The guy at the check in booth was rude. I don’t understand.

Service needs to improve. Air hostess do not register flyers request and we need to keep on repeating our request to them on multiple occasions

Newly reconfigured 380 I assume. Has a new ife with usb c ports and Bluetooth connections

The individual attention the crew gives to passengers is commendable and I find them positively helpful.

Lovely experience. I feel like travelling in Emirates.. The flights are always superb.Vegan food served was really good..

Food was not eadable. Testless and not apealing. order for indian vegitarian, recived spice less. combination of main course and side iteams are far away from traditonal food, serve less iteams. , but eadoble. Thanks

We had a connecting flight which is got delayed they didn’t transfer me to another flight and up I have to by 3 new tickets and I have to pay extra luggage fees cost me rs 100000

Crew was not good and service was bad. Not happy

For a short flight, Qatar Airways offers very good onboard service.

My seat that I booked over a year ago and some other passenger was sitting in it. They said they could not walk and they would not move. I was with my young kid and the crew did nothing to accommodate that. Just disappointed that the airline accepts that excuse from a passenger.

Too many boarding protocols. Never experienced with other international flights.

Asian Veng meal have Non Veg items which is not ok. Pure veg meals option are too less and they have inclusion of Vedgan and Lactos etc... which is taste less

There was not enough staff during boarding which had created big problems . Another thing once you enter gate area there’s no way to use bathroom and you have to be in that area 2 hours before boarding which is too much.

Flight could have been better. Sandwiches provided in the meal were inedible. Service was pathetic

Each and every requirement was nicely provided by all staff no very be happy

need to improve management and air hostess services. Rest of it’s OK.

I really did like the food and beverage and crew was really good!

Just snacks, could have more options.boarding was good. Everything else was good.

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.

There was a Turkish Airlines employee sitting in front of us, we noticed from her conversations we witnessed with the cabin crew and the fact that she boarded business class. She was sat in 16A. Firstly she was talking loudly the majority of the flight with two other men, one of which was leaning over the seat in front of her. This was disturbing as they were talking loudly and we were not able to sleep. The 12 hour long flight turned into a nightmare, even the noise cancellation didn’t work for their chatter. Secondly she requested extra meals from the crew for her male friends. We believe the meals came from business class. They also took their e-cigarettes out and were caught the cabin crew, but no further action was taken. Sitting in economy and seeing this is extremely disheartening. Next time I will book Emirites, I don’t think their staff would be allowed to behave like this.

seat didn't fold children noise in the air plain. no foot space

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Cheapest flights to Istanbul from Cape Town found in 2024

Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Cape Town to Istanbul found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
26/6Wed
directTurkish Airlines
11h 05mCPT-IST
£695
24/6Mon
3 stops
55h 35mCPT-IST
£835
24/6Mon
2 stops
18h 40mCPT-IST
£835
24/6Mon
directTurkish Airlines
11h 05mCPT-IST
£893
5/5Sun
3 stops
45h 35mCPT-IST
£952
5/5Sun
2 stops
45h 50mCPT-IST
£964
15/6Sat
2 stopsEthiopian Air
36h 00mCPT-IST
£1,039
13/6Thu
2 stopsEthiopian Air
58h 30mCPT-IST
£1,095
24/6Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
21h 45mCPT-IST
£1,204
5/5Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
22h 20mCPT-IST
£1,210

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Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Cape Town to Istanbul that are departing in the next 10 days.
3/5Fri
multi-stopEmirates
29h 50mCPT-IST
7/5Tue
multi-stopEmirates
18h 00mIST-CPT
£614
3/5Fri
directTurkish Airlines
11h 05mCPT-IST
6/5Mon
directTurkish Airlines
11h 10mIST-CPT
£694
3/5Fri
multi-stopQatar Airways
28h 35mCPT-IST
7/5Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
32h 10mIST-CPT
£816
3/5Fri
multi-stopOman Air
28h 55mCPT-IST
6/5Mon
multi-stopOman Air
41h 20mIST-CPT
£911

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Cape Town - Istanbul Flights

Departure:

Cape Town (CPT)South Africa

Destination:

Istanbul (IST)Türkiye

Return flight deals:

Istanbul - Cape Town

Cabin classes:

£2,879
£2,782
£502

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