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Cheapest return fare
£150
Typical prices: £99-£161
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Cheapest one-way flight
£82
Typical prices: £62-£126
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Mon 31/8
STN - IST • 2 stops
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Cheap Flights from Stansted to Istanbul (STN-IST)

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

Thu, 24 Sep - Mon, 28 Sep
Turkish Airlines Logo
17:35 - 23:30
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IST
3h 55mdirect
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07:50 - 09:55
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STN
4h 05mdirect
£150Turkish Airlines
Tue, 20 Oct - Thu, 22 Oct
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11:10 - 22:25
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IST
9h 15m
1 stop
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09:30 - 00:10
IST
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STN
16h 40m
2 stops
£150Multiple Airlines
Mon, 14 Sep - Mon, 21 Sep
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18:05 - 08:45
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IST
12h 40m
1 stop
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00:20 - 07:20
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STN
9h 00m
1 stop
£150Multiple Airlines
Sat, 19 Sep - Sat, 26 Sep
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20:00 - 08:45
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IST
10h 45m
1 stop
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09:25 - 22:55
IST
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STN
15h 30m
1 stop
£150Multiple Airlines
Tue, 1 Sep - Tue, 22 Sep
Turkish Airlines Logo
06:55 - 12:50
STN
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IST
3h 55mdirect
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20:15 - 22:10
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STN
3h 55mdirect
£152Turkish Airlines
Fri, 18 Sep - Thu, 24 Sep
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06:55 - 12:50
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3h 55mdirect
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14:40 - 16:40
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STN
4h 00mdirect
£152Turkish Airlines
Fri, 2 Oct - Sun, 4 Oct
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17:35 - 23:30
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3h 55mdirect
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07:50 - 09:55
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4h 05mdirect
£156Turkish Airlines
Mon, 9 Nov - Thu, 12 Nov
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12:50 - 07:40
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15h 50m
1 stop
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08:15 - 11:50
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6h 35m
1 stop
£183Pegasus Airlines
Mon, 23 Nov - Wed, 25 Nov
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12:50 - 07:40
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15h 50m
1 stop
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08:15 - 11:50
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6h 35m
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£184Pegasus Airlines
Mon, 9 Nov - Thu, 12 Nov
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12:50 - 07:40
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15h 50m
1 stop
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08:15 - 11:50
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6h 35m
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£184Pegasus Airlines
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KAYAK’s insights & trends for Stansted to Istanbul flights

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

How much is a return flight from London Stansted Airport 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 London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport departing in September.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Istanbul Airport from London Stansted Airport usually cost between £228 and £319 in September.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was £150 on Multiple Airlines (7 Sept–14 Sept).

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport?

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

For London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport, Monday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from Istanbul Airport back to London Stansted Airport, the best deals are generally found on Monday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from London Stansted Airport 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 London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport is January, where tickets cost £87 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £269 and £251 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop stopover the cheapest option at £215 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from London Stansted Airport 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 London Stansted Airport 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 London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 32% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport

Low season

December

Cheapest flight

£82
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 39% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (25% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Stansted to Istanbul

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Stansted to Istanbul based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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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 London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport was £82 for a one-way ticket and £150 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport?

    When flying out of London Stansted Airport you will be using London Stansted. You will be landing at Istanbul Airport, also known as Istanbul.

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

    The Boeing 777 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between London Stansted Airport and Istanbul Airport.

  • On which days can I fly direct from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport?

    There are direct flights from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport on a daily basis.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from London to Istanbul are Turkish Airlines and Ajet. With an average price for the route of £265 and an overall rating of 7.4, Turkish Airlines is the most popular choice. Ajet is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £176 and an overall rating of 6.8.

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

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

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

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

  • Looking for a cheap flight from Istanbul Airport to London Stansted Airport? 25% of our users found flights on this route for £351 or less one-way and £574 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Airport?

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

Direct departures

London Stansted to Istanbul

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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Direct returns

Istanbul to London Stansted

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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Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Stansted to Istanbul

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from London 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 Stansted 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 4454 reviews
7.3Comfort
7.3Boarding
7.5Food
7.8Crew
7.5Entertainment
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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
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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

Food could of been a bit more premium, but everything was excellent. LOVED the innovative boarding drinks and terrific service!

Staff could have been friendlier and offered drinks more often

They have adopted a crazy "no paper boarding passes at all cost policy". We spent half an our at the checkin stall – my elderly mother and her grandchildren were flying. She had no phone reception for some reason (besides being an inexperienced smartphone user), the kids had dumbphones, And they still won't issue a paper boarding pass. We had to do a lengthy dance with getting the boarding pass SMS on my phone and transferring them to her phone via WiFi. This was horrible, honestly. I can't imagine how they could manage it without me being there. Trees (and airline profits) should be less important than people.

Staff friendly. Business class but issue with flat bed. Incoming Turkish flight delayed. Made connection due to fast buggy but luggage did not make it. Confusion at Delhi airport

Very good overall.... apart from the cost of extra check ed in luggage where they charge £17 per kg, and no option to just buy an extra bag allowance (at least on the route I took)

Very old plane on the Istanbul to Bangkok flight, had an emergency exit isle row, no where to put anything, on a plus point loads of leg room. Food was the best I have had in 39 years of flying.

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.

A good airline, but at checking in, they allocated seats for my wife, and I far away from each other, and to change them, they wanted a payment, such a bad policy, it leaves a bitter taste in the mouth All was good on the plane, good food, but the air hostess was abrupt and a bit rough dealing with the passengers, but one has to find excuses for staff working under pressure

I found it okay. Did not think the food was that great. And the service could have been better. Seat was a little cramped. Delay getting to Istanbul made me rush all the way across the airport to get to the connection. This was a not good experience.

Check in, was fine, boarding was good, we left on time, punctual flight, aircraft condition was also good, Boeing 737-600 , all went well, I did not expect more or any better

Flight changed and cancelled several times over the months in advance that I booked it. However, actual flight went well, no delays, spacious seats. Had some landing issues but otherwise, fine. Also loved that they don’t check weight of luggage!

Seats are disaster, not comfortable at all. With my height 183 cm there were no space for my legs... The airplane was Turkish airlines and no entertainment on board.

Bad. Cancelled and delayed flight. Payed 25£ for seat but got just normal one. No one refunded the money.

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.

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

Flight delayed by 1hr when we already boarded because someone had to get off. Leg room is terrible for 6ft people like me.

Cheap and cheerful. It’s a super cheap, no frills flight. Very professional and as it’s an A320 relatively spacious. Seats do not recline. Happy with the service. You get what you pay for. Can’t complain

Far easier than I expected it to be. Checked in online & had our boarding passes emailed through. Straight through security & boarded on time. No issues.

Shocking. Faults with the plane in both directions which caused delays with no compensation

Both of my flights had issues with their time slot with air traffic control, so they left over an hour late and the flight back to London was delayed by over an hour. Please provide more clarity about baggage requirements on booking sites, your website and within the app. I had to pay for extra bags at the airport when departing London, because they didn’t specify that your carry on bag can only be a backpack and not a trolley, my trolley bag fit the size requirements of the backpack but still I was made to pay

Half an hour delay. Squeezed into a small Departure Lounge with very few seats. Noisy flight with screaming unruly kids. Loud IPads and Phones. Heaven!

Were delayed in the airport for 5 hours with no explanation. Flight kept getting delayed by an hour at a time and wizz air staff were no where to be found

4 hr delay and only told less than 2hrs before. Only given water and nuts on the flight as complimentary service. Left to wait in rain before boarding.

To be honest I did not like anything. Communication to why my flight was cancelled mid air 2 and half hours into my flight. Customer service desk were not helpful with providing information or a solution on what can be done.

I have been treated unacceptably by WizzAir aircraft crew in a previous flight, they threatened me and abused me, and I received an OFFICIAL written apology, but only two (2) months later. This flight had no such unacceptable behaviour, but it's not nice to be left waiting in the walkway (from gate to aircraft) for a long time, just so that the 'boarding' appears to be early, even if actual departure is not.

What I liked new airplane Sitting was extremely uncomfortable! Crew not smiley at all Always chewing gum

The flight was cancelled just 4 hours before the take off...

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