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Cheapest return fare
£168
Typical prices: £107-£148
Kuwait Airways
Sat 24/10Tue 27/10
KWI - IST • Direct
Cheapest one-way flight
£97
Typical prices: £60-£113
Kuwait Airways
Sat 29/8
KWI - IST • Direct
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Cheapest • from £168 (return)
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You can fly direct with Kuwait Airways, Turkish Airlines, and Jazeera Airways. Average duration is 3h 53m
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Cheapest • Avg £209 (return)
Shortest trip • 8h 20m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Kuwait City to Istanbul (KWI-IST)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Kuwait City 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Kuwait City to Istanbul

Sat, 24 Oct - Tue, 27 Oct
Kuwait Airways Logo
07:50 - 11:35
KWI
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IST
3h 45mdirect
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14:10 - 17:35
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KWI
3h 25mdirect
£168Kuwait Airways
Tue, 22 Sep - Mon, 12 Oct
Kuwait Airways Logo
07:50 - 11:35
KWI
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IST
3h 45mdirect
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13:00 - 16:40
IST
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KWI
3h 40mdirect
£168Kuwait Airways
Tue, 22 Sep - Wed, 14 Oct
Kuwait Airways Logo
07:50 - 11:35
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3h 45mdirect
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13:00 - 16:40
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KWI
3h 40mdirect
£168Kuwait Airways
Tue, 27 Oct - Mon, 2 Nov
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09:00 - 12:45
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3h 45mdirect
Kuwait Airways Logo
14:10 - 17:35
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KWI
3h 25mdirect
£168Kuwait Airways
Tue, 27 Oct - Wed, 28 Oct
Turkish Airlines Logo
02:00 - 06:10
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4h 10mdirect
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21:15 - 01:00
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3h 45mdirect
£232Turkish Airlines
Mon, 26 Oct - Tue, 27 Oct
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02:00 - 06:10
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4h 10mdirect
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21:15 - 01:00
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KWI
3h 45mdirect
£232Turkish Airlines
Thu, 10 Sep - Thu, 17 Sep
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23:40 - 14:50
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15h 10m
1 stop
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19:20 - 09:40
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14h 20m
1 stop
£238SAUDIA
Thu, 10 Sep - Thu, 17 Sep
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07:50 - 11:35
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3h 45mdirect
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06:15 - 18:00
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11h 45m
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£239Multiple Airlines
Thu, 10 Sep - Thu, 17 Sep
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23:40 - 14:50
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15h 10m
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18:25 - 09:40
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15h 15m
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£242SAUDIA
Tue, 18 Aug - Mon, 7 Sep
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06:35 - 10:25
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3h 50mdirect
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02:00 - 05:40
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£251Turkish Airlines
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KAYAK’s insights & trends for Kuwait City to Istanbul flights

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

How much is a return flight from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport departing in October.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Istanbul Airport from Kuwait City usually cost between £179 and £307 in October.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was £168 on Kuwait Airways (24 Oct–2 Nov).

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Kuwait City 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 Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport is October, where tickets cost £124 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £361 and £251 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 27% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

Expert advice

Expert advice for your flight from Kuwait City to Istanbul

 
AI-powered summary based on content written by travel experts. AI can make mistakes.
KAYAK teamed up with top travel experts to share the best tips for your journey.
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Ramsey Qubein

Ramsey Qubein

Expert on Kuwait Airways

An avid traveller and aviation expert who has visited 173 countries, all 50 states and seven continents, Ramsey Qubein flies nearly 400,000 miles a year. As a North Carolina-based freelance journalist for publications including Conde Nast Traveler, Forbes, USA Today and Bloomberg, among others, he explores the latest trends in aviation, hospitality, cruises and business.

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Gabriel Leigh

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Gabriel is a writer and video creator. As senior content producer for Flightradar24 and Monocle’s transport correspondent, he keeps a close eye on aviation in particular. He has also written travel articles for the likes of The New York Times. Born in New York but raised around the world, he now lives in Sweden. He’s been to 75 countries, flying 2.3 million miles on 113 airlines and through 234 airports in the process.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport

Low season

April

Cheapest flight

£97
Best time to beat the crowds (21% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (21% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Kuwait City to Istanbul

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Kuwait City 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 for booking Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport was £97 for a one-way ticket and £168 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport?

    The Airbus A320neo is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Kuwait City and Istanbul Airport.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport?

    There are direct flights from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Kuwait City to Istanbul, Turkish Airlines or Kuwait Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Kuwait City to Istanbul are Turkish Airlines and Kuwait Airways. With an average price for the route of £141 and an overall rating of 7.4, Turkish Airlines is the most popular choice. Kuwait Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £203 and an overall rating of 7.1.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport?

    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 Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Istanbul Airport from Kuwait City 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 Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport?

    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 Airport with an airline and back to Kuwait City with another airline.

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

    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 Airport from Kuwait City up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight from Istanbul Airport to Kuwait City? 25% of our users found flights on this route for £159 or less one-way and £213 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Kuwait City to Istanbul Airport?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Kuwait City to Istanbul.
Find which airlines fly direct from Kuwait City Airport to Istanbul Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Kuwait City to Istanbul

Monday

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Tuesday

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Wednesday

Jazeera Airways,Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

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Thursday

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Friday

Jazeera Airways,Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Jazeera Airways,Kuwait Airways, +1 more

Saturday

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Sunday

Jazeera Airways,Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Jazeera Airways,Kuwait Airways, +1 more

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Direct returns

Istanbul to Kuwait City

Monday

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Tuesday

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Wednesday

Jazeera Airways,Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Jazeera Airways,Kuwait Airways, +1 more

Thursday

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Friday

Jazeera Airways,Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Jazeera Airways,Kuwait Airways, +1 more

Saturday

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Sunday

Jazeera Airways,Kuwait Airways,Turkish Airlines

Jazeera Airways,Kuwait Airways, +1 more

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Kuwait City to Istanbul

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Kuwait City 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 Kuwait City 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.
7.4
Turkish AirlinesOverall score based on 4456 reviews
7.5Entertainment
7.8Crew
7.5Food
7.3Comfort
7.3Boarding
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Liked the presentation and the seats. Did not care for the crew, they were efficient but not friendly and did not check if we needed anything

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jul 2026
DBV - IST
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Liked the presentation and the seats. Did not care for the crew, they were efficient but not friendly and did not check if we needed anything

They kept some of my electronics and would not return them. I’m out an extra $200. I called, emailed but no one helped. My layover coming back to LA was too short. The flight attendants were kind and very helpful but overall the staff in the airport treated me and my friends like commodities. I’m sorry to say but never flying Turkish again. I was promised a free room during my first layover of 19 hours. I had to sleep on the floor of the rest areas. Good was expensive and not nutritious at all. There need to be better customer service and better communication.

Average at every level . Poor entertainment selection. Boarding was very poor and disorganized. Flight was late by one hour .

Spent over $20k on for business class tickets from DFW. They used a very old Boeing 777 with old Business class cabin which was unclean and stained seats. On a route they normally operate the modern Boeing 787. The cabin heat was set to hot for 11 hours. On the IST LHE route the business class experience got even worse. They operate an even older Airbus A330 where trip was falling apart, seat recline did not operate and the whole experience left us hugely disappointed. Next time we likely will shift to better quality product which stands up to their hype. Turkish need to relook at their fleet plans and not use their worst assets of perceived week markets such as Pakistan.

The flight from Houston to Chicago was delayed, causing us to miss our connecting flight to Madrid, losing our Rental Car booking in Bologna taking alternative travel routes to get to our initial destination in Pizza by the 15th. We got the notification of the delay as we were traveling the 3 1/2 hours from Corpus Christi, Texas to Houston Texas for the initial flight. The delays hauling luggage all over Milan‘s Central train station to catch trains to get to Pizza the same day resulting us arriving in Pizza at 2 AM leaving us no time to rest as there was a 9 o’clock checkout time the next morning. The first 72 hours of the trip with nothing but headache, a knee injury from the excessive walking and a delayed car rental replacement, which ended up costing significantly more.

I never went you have me confused with someone else! I don’t know how this happene

the seat sizes and the distance row to row was not comfortable. when a passenger in front seat put it down (he kept it all the time during the flight since he didn't fit in the space) their seat was squishing my knees and it was very difficult under their weight. It lasted 12 hours and was extremely uncomfortable. The rest of the experience was very good.

Turkish airlines feedback team response is awfully slow, and because of that, I Emmy able to bring my little dog with me, after all those preparations.

The staff is professional and friendly. The food was excellent, with the exception of the octopus salad just prior to landing.

Bad chairs in business class like economy ( not turning into bed )

Are you KIDDING RIGHT NOW?!?! SENDING OUT SURVEYS FOR CANCELED FLIGHTS IN A CONFLICT ZONE?!?! ARE YOU FEELING OK??????

Food is terrible, service is not good. Staff were not personable and rushed food service.

The onboarding was extremely confusing. Had to climb the stairs to plan from tarmac with carryon bags in hand. No apologies for inconvenience. Overall not quite pleasant experience.

Food was not available in the middle of the trip that is 13 hours

Everything was good and no points to complain. Food is always a tricky concept. Sometimes you like it and sometimes you don’t. Food was redundant from Kuwait City to NY-JFK.

Beautiful Flight took off on time and everything was good

Next time im going to use Kuwait air lines, hopefully

Comfortable seats. Be aware there is no alcohol on this airline.

Wheelchair service is not available right away on Kuwait Airways

Food quality should be upgrade. Plastic spoons looks like not good as well as food quality not up to the mark.

Liked the staff attitude. More items in inflight duty free will be better.

Personal touch is always there. I would recommend offering entertainment for free.

There wasn't any announcement for boarding neither on the screen, it was written " Go to gate". I walked out of the lounge by chance then found the employee asked me what is my destination, when I told him he said: you are the last passenger 😳.

There are no seats while waiting for the gate. They sell tea and coffee, all airlines this is free except Jazera airline. Boarding is very bad, we stood outside eating for the main gate to open, children and seniors were setting on the floor ( dirty) for an hour and half

I resent being called a ‘guest’ of Pegasus airlines and then they refuse to give me water, because they want to sell it to me. Also, the baggage allowances are ridiculously stingy. I also resent the way staff are on the look out to catch passengers out. I would never dream of treating my ‘guests’ like Pegasus treats us.

Great flight and great crew. Many thanks to them for their hard work making our trip so relaxing.

The plane was too hot inside. There was no entertainment and we had to sit on the plane for one hour before takeoff. There was no free wifi.

Online check-in was unavailable for my flight. So I waited 40 min in the queue at the check-in counter. Then, unlike any other airline in the world (and I am a very frequent international flyer) Pegasus was adamant that my CPAP was just another carry on and that I had to pay extra for it. Then, after I had paid in advance for a seat, they insisted I could not sit in an exit row because I was over 60 years old (I'm clearly in good shape and buy exit row seats more or less weekly). We pushed back harder and harder and insisted on talking to the station chief, who spoke with the counter staff by phone (not to me) and eventually relented. Experience on boarf was ok-- for a budget airline.

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The airport staff were some of the worst I've ever flown, and I fly at least 50x every year. From the staff at the gate, to the check in staff, to the ticketing sales staff. My experience in Instanbul was so bad Ill.never fly Pegasus again. They were incredibly rude, dismissive and not helpful whatsoever. This is the worst of the worst if you want to fly a budget airline I'd go elsewhere. The airplane seats are really uncomfortable and don't recline at all, you get charged for every single thing so in the end you will pay more flying with them. The crew on the plane were the only kind people we encountered with Pegasus.

The crew were outstandingly kind and cheerful. We carried our cat and they offered help.

Late departure. No announcements. Boarding was a disaster. Some kind of technical issue scanning boarding passes.

It was like moving cattle around. Very abrupt, uncomfortable and not much hospitality

All good but air not give the pasing er any food even glase of water

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