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Find cheap flights from Guangzhou to Istanbul from $353

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Guangzhou to Istanbul departing on 5/19. 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 Guangzhou 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 Guangzhou to Istanbul, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from Guangzhou to Istanbul (CAN-IST)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Guangzhou 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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7:05 am - 6:30 amCAN-IST
28h 25m1 stop
3:35 pm - 9:45 pmIST-CAN
25h 10m1 stop
$678Sichuan Airlines
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Sun, May 26 - Wed, May 29
7:05 am - 6:30 amCAN-IST
28h 25m1 stop
3:35 pm - 3:50 pmIST-CAN
19h 15m1 stop
$679Sichuan Airlines
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Sun, May 26 - Wed, May 29
1:35 am - 6:35 pmCAN-IST
22h 00m1 stop
1:45 pm - 1:40 pmIST-CAN
18h 55m1 stop
$731Qatar Airways
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Sat, May 25 - Wed, May 29
1:35 am - 11:45 amCAN-IST
15h 10m1 stop
1:45 pm - 3:30 pmIST-CAN
20h 45m1 stop
$732Qatar Airways
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Sat, May 25 - Wed, May 29
12:15 am - 9:35 pmCAN-IST
26h 20m1 stop
2:10 am - 10:05 pmIST-CAN
14h 55m1 stop
$1,073Emirates
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Sat, May 25 - Tue, May 28
2:35 pm - 4:50 amCAN-IST
19h 15m1 stop
1:35 am - 6:25 amIST-CAN
23h 50m1 stop
$2,592Malaysia Airlines
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Sun, May 26 - Tue, May 28
12:30 am - 1:00 pmCAN-IST
41h 30m2 stops
12:10 am - 2:55 pmIST-CAN
33h 45m1 stop
$2,761Ethiopian Air
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Sat, May 25 - Tue, May 28
12:30 am - 1:00 pmCAN-IST
41h 30m2 stops
12:10 am - 2:55 pmIST-CAN
33h 45m1 stop
$2,762Ethiopian Air
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Sat, May 25 - Tue, May 28
11:00 pm - 5:20 amCAN-IST
11h 20mnonstop
1:30 am - 4:50 pmIST-CAN
10h 20mnonstop
$2,957Turkish Airlines
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Sun, May 26 - Tue, May 28

Flights from Guangzhou to Istanbul - Travel Insights & Trends

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

The average price of all flights from Guangzhou to Istanbul Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
For Guangzhou to Istanbul, Friday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Sunday is the most expensive. Flying from Istanbul back to Guangzhou, the best deals are generally found on Friday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Guangzhou 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 Guangzhou to Istanbul Airport is December, where tickets cost $701 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and April, where the average cost of tickets is $986 and $939 respectively.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Guangzhou 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 Guangzhou to Istanbul Airport, you should book around 3 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 61 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Guangzhou 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, Qatar Airways offered the best one-way deal for that route, at $373. KAYAK users also found Guangzhou to Istanbul round-trip flights on Sichuan Airlines from $678 and on Qatar Airways from $731.

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

There is a maximum of 1 nonstop flight a day that takes off from Guangzhou and lands in Istanbul Airport, with an average flight time of 11h 20m. The most common departure time is 11:00 pm and most flights take off at night. Each week, there are 7 flights.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between Guangzhou 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 Guangzhou to Istanbul take?

The average nonstop flight takes 11h 20m, covering a distance of 4,895 miles.

What’s the earliest departure time from Guangzhou to Istanbul?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Guangzhou at 11:00 pm and will be landing in Istanbul Airport at 5:20 am.

What’s the latest departure time from Guangzhou to Istanbul?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Guangzhou to Istanbul Airport jets off at 11:00 pm and lands at 5:20 am.

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Low season

December

High season

September

Cheapest flight

$353
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 15% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Guangzhou to Istanbul

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Guangzhou to Istanbul based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips 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 Guangzhou to Istanbul flights

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Guangzhou to Istanbul Airport was $353 for a one-way ticket and $678 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Guangzhou and Istanbul?

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in Guangzhou and on arrival in Istanbul.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Guangzhou to Istanbul?

    On your way to Istanbul, you’ll fly out from Guangzhou Baiyun. You’ll be landing at Istanbul.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Guangzhou to Istanbul?

    The Boeing 777-300ER is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Guangzhou to Istanbul flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Guangzhou to Istanbul?

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

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

    There are nonstop flights from Guangzhou to Istanbul on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Guangzhou to Istanbul, Qatar Airways or Egypt Air?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Guangzhou to Istanbul are Qatar Airways and Egypt Air. With an average price for the route of $884 and an overall rating of 7.7, Qatar Airways is the most popular choice. Egypt Air is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $771 and an overall rating of 7.3.

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Istanbul from Guangzhou is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Guangzhou to Istanbul?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Istanbul with an airline and back to Guangzhou with another airline. Booking your flights between Guangzhou and IST can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

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

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $744 or less one-way and $1,377 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly non-stop from Guangzhou to Istanbul?

Find which airlines fly direct from Baiyun to Istanbul, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Nonstop departures

Guangzhou Baiyun to Istanbul

Monday

Turkish Airlines, China Southern

Turkish Airlines, China Southern

Tuesday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Wednesday

Turkish Airlines, China Southern

Turkish Airlines, China Southern

Thursday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Friday

Turkish Airlines, China Southern

Turkish Airlines, China Southern

Saturday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Sunday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

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Nonstop returns

Istanbul to Guangzhou Baiyun

Monday

Turkish Airlines, China Southern

Turkish Airlines, China Southern

Tuesday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Wednesday

Turkish Airlines, China Southern

Turkish Airlines, China Southern

Thursday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Friday

Turkish Airlines, China Southern

Turkish Airlines, China Southern

Saturday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Sunday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

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Top 3 airlines serving from Guangzhou to Istanbul

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Guangzhou 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 Guangzhou 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
Qatar AirwaysOverall score based on 4450 reviews
7.5Food
7.7Entertainment
7.8Boarding
7.7Comfort
8.2Crew
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They made us deliberate waste time by holding our passports and boarding passes making us miss the flight

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Apr 2024DOH - MAA
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They made us deliberate waste time by holding our passports and boarding passes making us miss the flight

From Montreal to Doha , we habe two complaints : 1) They want to charge for Seat Selection, claiming that the Class of ticket bought on Kayak did not cover seat selection. It such a penny pinching rule, I told them, since we paid almost $20,000 our 3 tickets , that rule should never exist. Also I reserved my tickets so many months ahead, I expected they will naturally put the family together or move somebody else to keep our family seating together. I filed a complaint, and NOBODY ANSWERED. 2) In Montreal, Qatar has an arrangement with the National Bank Lounge. It was so overcrowded and the Lounge is so bad in terms of service and food, amenities etc... The WORST lounge . Why Qatar not have another arrangement their Business Class clients in Montreal. The Air France KLM Lounger is better, the Air Canada Lounge is better. Qatar should send somebody to take a look ! Joseph Chung

The flight was good but my neighbor had the vent open full power for the whole flight and because the air was blowing from the side instead of from the top and I got very cold and ended up with a sore throat.

They shld provide food. Between food they are giving 10 hours gap which is toooo much

All over with Qatar airlines my experience was really bad due to delays and then putting me on different airlines and after 8 hours of wait I had to listen to their is no plane to fly for another 24 hours. Wore experience ever.

No separate queue for business class/platinum passengers. I had to stay in the long queue to board. I requested breakfast before landing, but the crew didn't offer, except a coffee with milk. No tea with milk was available. Had asked for cookies, but didn't receive them. The crew in the business class was not good in terms of service..

From home to the airport, you must mention the terminal ready.

Very very bad.. more than 48 hr I didn’t received my baggage yet

Not so good. Issues with seat assignments, unruly lines during check-in, half a sandwich on an international flight. I was originally supposed to be on Qatar airways, but it was switched to Indigo after I bought my tickets. They wouldn't even let me get seat assignments from the US to Mumbai. I was automatically assigned seats, and a middle one at that. Terrible.

INDIGO connection is extremely bad.. will never book QATAR flight with Indigo connection.. I spend more money on Qatar flight to get better service but Indigo connection is worst than local flights

The flight was cancelled with very little info at the airport. Absolutely mess with no option to reschedule flights without paying fortune for business class.

On time, smooth flight… very old and run down aircraft

I had 1:50 hrs to change planes in Cairo and my suitcase was delayed from Cairo to Casablanca. I was one of several passengers that faced this issue coming from various locations into Cairo and onwards to Casablanca, with a transit time of two hours or less. (I was told 16 suitcases were delayed). The transit time of 1:50 hrs is obviously not enough for EgyptAir to transfer baggage, why sell tickets with such short transfer time if they can't handle it? Moreover, they would not reimburse me for expenses I incurred because of delayed luggage. I will not be taking EgyptAir again.

Comfortable flight, departed and landed on time, crew were polite and courteous. The food was really good considering it was an aeroplane meal. I would travel on Egypt Air, again

Chaotic boarding began 5 minutes before departure without any announcements explaining the delay. Once on board, an outdated 737 greeted me, without of WiFi. The crew hastily placed trays in front of passengers without any interaction or smiles, only to swiftly retrieve them and vanish for the remainder of the flight. The food provided was inedible, but there were decent juice options like guava and strawberry. The only reason I chose this flight was because of its schedule; otherwise, I would have opted for a different airline.

The crew in Business class for me departure and return were very pushy and rude. They would place the food in front of you and majority of the time remove your meal and toss it without asking if you were done. At one point on the return flight one of them crew members completely missed my sister and when I told another crew member who told that person in their language, she got an attitude and didn't offer her some of the other options they had like yogurt. They need to also take into account that not everyone can eat nuts and that shouldn't be on everyone's plate. Also the plane is dirty! I had to thoroughly wipe down every inch of my area and it was just nasty. The reclining seat struggled to fully extend. For the amount of money I paid for business class I expected better.

Flight was supposed to take off Saturday at noon. Bumped for unknown reasons until 2 am, then 9 am, then noon, then we don’t know. Not weather related. Dismal and non existent customer service. No 24/7 relations. Couldn’t get my bag back to attempt to get on another flight until 5pm Saturday. Will never take this airline again!

Greater clarity in organizing line-ups for the various boarding groups would have made it easier for all. Due to the many children, the announcements could not be heard clearly enough, so a simplicity in organization would have helped.

Too difficult to indicate and receive vegetarian food. And staff was rude about it. Other passengers felt sorry for me.

Like the staff. Food was ok. Entertainment was old and many monitors did not work.

Good range of movies but lacking decent tv shows. Wifi was really expensive on this flight, considering flights under 7 hours have a $9.99 USD charge for streaming, to jump up to $24.99 for a 7 hour 40 flight seemed a little bit of a rip off. Staff are inattentive, and really need to improve on the customer experience. The new airport is fantastic, as is the new lounge, a huge upgrade from the old airport and lounge!

It has been a couple of years since I flew with Etihad last, after having a unpleasant experience with them coming out of the pandemic. I can say that the experience has uplifted, but I can’t really rate the service. At Barcelona airport the service was great, with their dedicated Etihad staff very helpful. The onboard experience wasn’t great, not very personalised and it really makes sense why Etihad doesn’t feature in the top 10 2023 Skytrax awards. The crew just seemed to be inattentive and almost absent from the cabin. I felt that I had to keep getting their attention. Even after I’d finished my meal, an hour went by before I had to call them to clear the tray/plate etc.

Crew were very polite and quicker in service. Excellent cooling, comfortable seats and tasty food served

The staff was kind and polite, but it was very very hot and no ways to have some fresh air.it would be also be nice to have more time to sleep, since it was a night flight

Etihad broke my suitcase Also over charged me for luggage

1.Aircraft Comfort: The aircraft type was quite small with non-reclining, cramped seats that significantly lacked comfort. 2.In-flight Entertainment: There was no provision of in-flight entertainment screens or Wi-Fi for the majority of the flight. 3.Boarding Process at New Abu Dhabi Airport: Despite the move to a new airport, which promised enhanced experiences, the use of buses instead of jet bridges did not meet expectations, causing inconvenience. 4.Gate Change Communication: A last-minute gate change was poorly communicated, resulting in a long and difficult walk.

Very unfriendly team. It was very difficult to get a cup of coffee. Legroom was extremely small. Old, dilapidated plane.

Ripped off and broken seats in Business class. Seats stink and need to request the staff for additional bedsheets. Crew if very friendly though

Crew was good, boarding mediocre, food choices were limited, seating was not comfortable

Sits are very uncomfortable Don’t feel like to travel in Etihad. It was 1st time we traveled in Etihad now we decided we don’t want to travel in Etihad.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Guangzhou to Istanbul found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/19Sun
2 stops
29h 10mCAN-IST
$353
5/19Sun
3 stops
33h 30mCAN-IST
$366
6/4Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
22h 00mCAN-IST
$373
5/16Thu
1 stop
24h 30mCAN-IST
$379
5/19Sun
1 stopChina Eastern
30h 00mCAN-IST
$396
5/18Sat
3 stops
39h 15mCAN-IST
$409
6/5Wed
3 stops
24h 40mCAN-IST
$431
7/24Wed
1 stopSingapore Airlines
35h 25mCAN-IST
$433
7/25Thu
1 stopEgypt Air
18h 40mCAN-IST
$473
5/15Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
22h 00mCAN-IST
$488

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Departure:

Guangzhou (CAN)China

Destination:

Istanbul (IST)Türkiye

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Istanbul - Guangzhou

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