LBA - IST

£139 Find Cheap Flights from Leeds to Istanbul Airport

This is the cheapest return flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Leeds to Istanbul departing on 22/3. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Leeds 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 Leeds to Istanbul, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Everything you should know

Cheapest return fare
£139
Overall average: £252
Multiple Airlines
Sun 22/3Mon 30/3
LBA - IST • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
£277
British Airways
Wed 24/6
LBA - IST • 2 stops
Top airlines
Wizz Air
Cheapest • from £171 (return)
KLM
Best reviews • 7.7 score
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When to travel
January
Cheapest • 43% price drop
August
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Cheap Flights from Leeds to Istanbul (LBA-IST)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Leeds 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 Leeds to Istanbul

Sun, 22 Mar - Mon, 30 Mar
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07:35 - 17:35
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13:50 - 23:05
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11h 15m
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£139Multiple Airlines
Sun, 22 Mar - Mon, 30 Mar
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£147Multiple Airlines
Sun, 22 Mar - Mon, 30 Mar
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£152Multiple Airlines
Thu, 26 Feb - Thu, 5 Mar
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07:25 - 20:05
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22:00 - 15:20
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£162Multiple Airlines
Thu, 26 Feb - Thu, 5 Mar
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07:55 - 17:35
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22:00 - 15:20
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£168Multiple Airlines
Thu, 19 Feb - Wed, 25 Feb
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08:10 - 09:30
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10:10 - 07:35
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£171Wizz Air
Wed, 18 Feb - Tue, 24 Feb
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07:45 - 09:30
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23:00 - 17:10
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£185Multiple Airlines
Sun, 15 Mar - Sun, 22 Mar
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£187Multiple Airlines
Mon, 27 Apr - Sun, 3 May
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£191Multiple Airlines
Wed, 18 Feb - Tue, 24 Feb
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£193Multiple Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Leeds to Istanbul flights

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

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Leeds 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 Leeds to Istanbul Airport is January, where tickets cost £171 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £498 and £360 respectively.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Leeds to Istanbul Airport

Low seasonJune
Cheapest flight£139
Best time to beat the crowds (10% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (64% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Leeds to Istanbul

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FAQs for booking Leeds to Istanbul Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Leeds to Istanbul Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Leeds to Istanbul Airport was £277 for a one-way ticket and £139 for a return.

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

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Leeds to Istanbul Airport?

    Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Leeds and Istanbul Airport, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Leeds to Istanbul, KLM or Turkish Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Leeds to Istanbul are KLM and Turkish Airlines. With an average price for the route of £329 and an overall rating of 7.7, KLM is the most popular choice. Turkish Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £380 and an overall rating of 7.3.

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

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

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

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

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Leeds to Istanbul Airport?

    In the past 3 days, the cheapest return tickets from Leeds to Istanbul Airport were found on Wizz Air (£171) and KLM (£241).

Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Leeds to Istanbul

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Leeds 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 Leeds 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.
7.7
KLMOverall score based on 1443 reviews
7.6Comfort
8.4Crew
7.1Entertainment
7.8Boarding
7.3Food
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I’m grateful for the KLM Air France shuttle bus service to Ottawa. However due to construction and other issues related to the chaotic Uber pickup system at YUL, it’s a challenge to find the Kelios bus service to Ottawa. The signs are not clear or even available. No staff to guide passengers. It’s a stressful experience.

4.0 OkayShereen, Dec 2025
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I’m grateful for the KLM Air France shuttle bus service to Ottawa. However due to construction and other issues related to the chaotic Uber pickup system at YUL, it’s a challenge to find the Kelios bus service to Ottawa. The signs are not clear or even available. No staff to guide passengers. It’s a stressful experience.

Terrible last row seats many seats available but no offer to move to better seat

Delay on my previous leg, had to run to catch my flight. But that happens. Overall ok.

Flight was ok but lack of communication cost me to literally beg to be put on another flight as connecting flight had departed

They forgot to serve food and the crew was very unfriendly. Never experienced such a bad KLM flight. Usually fly from Toronto. New York was different.

Couldn’t get boarding pass in SLC even with help from a redcoat, so had to find a desk in AMS to get boarding pass. Technical problems so not sure why. Very inconvenient. The KLM app is not as user friendly as most apps. Also had to wait almost an hour on the tarmac for a fuel truck, which caused us to miss a connecting bus in LUX.

First of all we couldn’t check in online, then we learn at the airport we were on stand by for KLM’s mistake of overbooking. The seats were not comfy at all. Our luggage got lost.

Short flight so it was okay. Nice crew, all very pleasant and professional. We were near the back in row 27 so just as we got our drinks, we started our descent so had to drink very quickly!

KLM remains a quality flag carrier airline which maintains its standards whilst all their competitors are lowering theirs.

The baggage drop-off in Stuttgart is bad: after online check-in you cannot use the automated baggage drop off as indicated on the website. You can use the terminals but have to cue to 1 of three open and slowly working counters to drop the bags. took about 45 minutes wait time.

Turkish Airlines was great. My new layover was over 18 hours due to inclement weather back home in Washington DC and the airlines provided me with a hotel room and dinner voucher during my layover

Bad sitting every flight not good experience with food either

My, Syed Zawar Hussein Shirazi frequently flyer membership number was not included on my boarding pass from O’Hare to Istanbul despite my reminder to the attendant at check in. Further she forgot to give me my boarding pass form Istanbul to Lahore and she needs to improve her customer service, please 🙏

Everything about that day was great I was happy with how things went as a first time traveling with the airline thank you for all that you’ve doing by taking us there to our various destinations thanks.

The seats were extremely small. Boarding was not communicated correctly. It wasn’t a pleasant trip.

I am always amazed with the great service they offer on their regional and international flights

Nothing luxury about Turkish airline compared to many other airlines

Entertainment was good. Flight was delayed, nearly missed my connecting flight. The gate was changed on several occasions. My luggage did not arrive on time and had to leave without it.

Service was slow and checked bag was off last evening when flying business

Everything was good except that they didn’t give us seat for our connecting flight in Istanbul from Cairo. This created a panic situation. Hopefully they give all customers connecting flights seats right from the start.

Boarding and disembarking were smooth. Not offering free water was cheap ... I've never encountered that before on a flight.

Boarding could be better. To get through your gate but to be stood in a corridor for 20 minutes is not great.

The plane was postponed for over 2.5 hours, which meant that all four of us missed the check in time for our ongoing trip to Melbourne. We had to buy new tickets for 4 people as we had to forfeit the ones we had. The cost was really unfair. i understand that it was snowing during the first leg of the plane for that morning. Surely the cost could have been shared by the airline and not all by us. I could have bought insurance - but you can see how much I travel. I will need to chose more trustworthy airlines.

The true is that travel from London to Faro on 11/12/2025 by BA was cancelled, so I did not go to Faro, so i did not board easy flight. The mediocre qualification to you was because even when i bought an insurance, i could not change date neither obtain reimbursement. It could be ideal if you do something in order for me not to lose the purchase Thank you

Queuing for quite a while despite using the "speedy boarding".

Would not advise EasyJet for a 5 hour flight…small plane and hence a lot of turbulence. No inflight entertainment so struggle to pass time in cramped seats. We also fell victim to extra charge for our cabin bags, although bag dimensions were ok, but the handle was rigid and slightly fell outside their testing cage!!….never again will we fly with this airline and be party to their scams for making money!

The food and so are to expensive and old . Crew whas not very friendly . Apparently some other passenger can just Push through the waiting people to board while almost punching me and a father with a child down the stairs. Its always something with easy jet . The seats of row 26 where lose . And for a guy of my size there is absolutely no leg room at all .

Nice to fly out of Orly smaller easier to navigate airport. Being able to receive boarding pass well in advance of trip was comforting to know all travel was in order.

Liked. The check-in was pretty quick as they had 5 desks working.

Generally a good experience except for boarding in Naples on the flight back to London. We were all standing around for at least 20 minutes maybe longer as there was no seating.

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.

You adjourned my flight by 1h 30 mns and only updated me 1h30 mns before the new scheduled flight. I submitted an email to Kayak asking for a refund. It was the most stressful experience I've had.

Not because when i try to do check in there is only in turkish language i can not select other language

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Don't fly Pegasus, terrible service at the airport and boarding was really bad. Both flights I took with them were significantly late. This flight had us all changing the gate at the last moment and it was chaos.withour explanation or apology. The planes have seats that don't recline and seats are really hard. The crew on board was good both flights, but that is the only positive thing I can say about this airline. It's not worth it and I won't be flying them again.

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.

Pegasus Airlines which is the most efficient and cost worth low cost airline all over the Europe

Flight from London was delayed and we had to hurry up to catch the connecting flight to Riyadh

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

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