Istanbul - Cheap International Flights to Istanbul
Flying to Istanbul, Turkey’s most populous city, is easy and cheap. There are a number of budget airlines that fly to Istanbul: Germanwings from Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Stuttgart; easyJet from London Luton and Basel; Corendon from Amsterdam and Eindhoven; Condor from a number of airports in Germany, France, Belgium and Austria.
Istanbul Ataturk Airport (airport code: IST), the major international airport in Istanbul, Turkey, is projected to be among the top 40 airports in the world in terms of total passenger traffic and top-35 in terms of international passenger traffic. The airport is located 28km west of Istanbul. There are various options for getting into Istanbul from the airport: you can take a taxi, the express bus service run by the local airport service called “Havas” which departs half-hourly, the IETT bus or by Metro to Aksaray and a tram on to Kabataş, which also passes through Sultanahmet, Eminönu and Tophane. The trip to Sultanahmet from the airport takes about 45 min.
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (airport code: SAW), located 35 km southeast of central Istanbul, is on the Asian side of the bi-continental city. Charter flights as well as European low cost carriers operate from here most of the time. A Havas bus connects this airport with Taksim in the city center of Istanbul and takes about an hour. It runs day and night. A cheaper option is to take bus E10 which brings you to Kadıkoy in 70 minutes. From there take a ferry to Eminonu or Karakoy.
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