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Flights from Istanbul to Lyon - Travel Insights & Trends

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

The average price of all flights from Istanbul Airport to Lyon clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Istanbul to Lyon, you should consider leaving on a Saturday and avoid Mondays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Istanbul, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Mondays.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Istanbul Airport to Lyon, 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 Istanbul Airport to Lyon is June, where tickets cost $98 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, where the average cost of tickets is $435 and $357 respectively.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Istanbul Airport to Lyon, 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 Istanbul Airport to Lyon, you should book around 3 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 days before departure.

Which airlines fly non-stop between Istanbul Airport and Lyon?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from Istanbul Airport to Lyon.
There are 2 airlines that fly nonstop from Istanbul Airport to Lyon. They are Transavia France and Turkish Airlines. The cheapest airline for this route is Transavia France, with the best one-way deal found costing $137. On average, the best prices for this route can be found at Transavia France.

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

Each day, there are between 2 and 3 nonstop flights that take off from Istanbul Airport and land in Lyon, with an average flight time of 3h 25m. The most common departure time is 6:00 am and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 16 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Sunday, when 19% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Tuesday.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between Istanbul Airport and Lyon?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There is only one cabin class option available for the route, which is Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

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

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Istanbul Airport at 6:55 am and will be landing in Lyon at 9:20 am.

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

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Istanbul Airport to Lyon jets off at 7:05 pm and lands at 9:30 pm.

Good to know

Low season

August

High season

June
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 108% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 54% lower on average.

When to book flights from Istanbul to Lyon

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Istanbul to Lyon 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 Istanbul to Lyon flights

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

    A passport is required to fly from Istanbul to Lyon.

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

    The Airbus A321-100/200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Istanbul to Lyon flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Istanbul to Lyon?

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

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

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

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Istanbul to Lyon?

    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 Istanbul to Lyon.

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

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

    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 Lyon with an airline and back to Istanbul with another airline. Booking your flights between Istanbul and LYS 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 Istanbul to Lyon?

    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 Lyon from Istanbul 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 IST to Lyon

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $393 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly non-stop from Istanbul to Lyon?

Find which airlines fly direct from Istanbul to Lyon-Saint Exupéry, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Nonstop departures

Istanbul to Lyon-Saint Exupéry

Monday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +1 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +2 more

Tuesday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +1 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +2 more

Wednesday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +1 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +2 more

Thursday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +2 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +3 more

Friday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +1 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +2 more

Saturday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +1 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +2 more

Sunday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +2 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +3 more

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Nonstop returns

Lyon-Saint Exupéry to Istanbul

Monday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +1 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +2 more

Tuesday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +1 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +2 more

Wednesday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +1 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +2 more

Thursday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +2 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +3 more

Friday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +1 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +2 more

Saturday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +1 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +2 more

Sunday

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, +2 more

IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, +3 more

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Top 3 airlines serving from Istanbul to Lyon

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Istanbul to Lyon. 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 Istanbul to Lyon? 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 3709 reviews
7.4Boarding
7.5Entertainment
7.4Comfort
7.4Food
7.8Crew
Airline reviews

Movie selection was ok, but could be better. Would like to see greater selection of newer movies.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2024IST - IAD
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Movie selection was ok, but could be better. Would like to see greater selection of newer movies.

Loved the check-in experience. Very friendly staff and not crowded. I did wind up with a middle-middle seat, which was quite uncomfortable. Always appreciate the very professional staff on TAL.

Don’t use them on the IST-isb route, horrible service

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.

There was a Turkish Airlines employee sat in 16A in the row in front of us. We understood that she was a Turkish Airlines employee from her interaction with the cabin crew and the fact that she boarded business but was sitting in economy with us. What annoyed us was the extremely loud conversation she had for the majority of the 12 hour flight with two men, one of which was leaning over the chair in front of her. This was annoying as they were so loud that my wife and I could still hear them despite wearing our noise cancelling earphones. No intervention was taken by the cabin crew. Secondly, she ordered some extra meals from the crew, which we believe to have come from business class, for her male friends. Seeing this in economy is very disheartening. Lastly, one of her male friends pulled out an e-cigarette and was only mildly reprimanded by the cabin crew. Overall, we consider this behaviour completely inappropriate of a Turkish Airlines employee. Next time we will book with Emirites, I don’t think that their employees would be allowed to behave in this manner.

the worst experience we had. they put connection label to our luggages with mistake and we had to wait for 5 hours to pick them up

In general terms the service was excellent. I would ask that they add more content in Spanish to the catalog of movies, series and music.

Paying for reserved seats and never received the seats I paid for !! Just fake and a surprise out of their " box "

Turkish airline always good Only Turkish representatives at the gave need to be more helpfull to any staff who traveling on Turkish airline . One situation happened Ist to jfk on Feb 29 TK3 had seats I asked them to transfer me to tk3 because Feb 29 tk1 was oversold and they advise me that I might not make it for tk1 I asked them to transfer me to tk3 and they say no they can’t do it I been telling them you know that I don’t have a chance for tk 1 why would you let plane go with some empty seats on tk3 if you can transfer me to tk3 and have less staff on tk1 and still told me no I waited for tk1 9 hours and only last minute I got seat on tk1 It was not easy situation but I am glad I made it home Thank you Turkish Airline One more suggestion for Turkish Airline you need to make a FIRST CLASS cabin it would be so cool 🆒 Good luck all the best See you more

First class payment but wife’s seat broken, would recline but not lay flat. On previous flight, delays and ground crew malfunctions connecting jetway made us miss flight to Houston. I asked twice for a cart to assist us getting across the massive Istanbul Airport, but was denied. We are both over 70.

Bonjour, J'ai été très très fortement déçue et en colère par mon dernier vol avec Transavia. Voici ce qui s'est passé : J'avais acheté un billet avec 50 kg en soute (dont uniquement 36kg utilisés). Au moment du dépôt des valises en soute, l'hôtesse m'a demandé si je voulais également mettre mon bagage cabine en soute. J'ai dit que je préfère le garder avec moi. Arrivée à la porte d'embarquement, un responsable vérifie les dimensions du bagage cabine des passagers. Un tiers était non conforme à la réglementation (dimensions non conformes), dont moi. J'avais déjà voyagé plusieurs fois avec transavia sans jamais avoir de problème avec cette même valise en cabine, mais c'est la première fois que je suis confrontée à ce problème. La conséquence est de payer 60 €. Le nombre de passagers non conformes étant trop grand et les réclamations devant grandissantes, le responsable a détourné sciemment l'attention pour que des disaines de personnes traversent, pour n'en garder que 4-5, qui n'auront pas trop de voix et sont obligés de payer. Je ne remets pas en cause la réglementation. Mes reproches sont les suivants : 1- Pourquoi au moment de mettre le bagage en soute l'hôtesse n'a t-elle pas prévenu sur ce sujet ? Il aurait suffit d'une seule phrase. Tout ceci pour nous laisser arriver jusqu'à l'embarquement avec l'expérience que les bagages sont en général non conformes car vos dimensions sont ridiculement plus petites que la norme internationale, et nous mettre sous pression avant la fin de l'embarquement sans pouvoir parler à un responsable et n'avoir plus le choix que de payer. 2- l'attitude du responsable et sa methode corrompue de faire taire les réclamations en permettant à certains de passer 3- le fait que j'avais encore droit à 14kg en plus des 10kg de la valise cabine et j'ai du payer 60€ pour que finalement ma valise aille en soute. Tout ceci est une manière de soutirer de l'argement indignement, sous forme de réglementation. Je vous conseille d'assumer d'augmenter vos prix au lieu de les répercuter par des escroqueries pareils, au moins nous serions prévenus. Ceci est une honte et vous semblez en être fiers. Merci et bravo.

Les espacement entre les sièges sont moins confortables pour les personnes de grande taille

Being on time rather than almost 3 hours late would be a start, and also, since it was known from a long time ago that the flight would be late, letting us know ahead so we don’t stay in a small hall at the airport would have been nice

Transit through Cairo was abysmal and I will never repeat this journey !!!

Être avertie SMS/mail du retard/changements d'horaire avant les 5min du décollage initial..

There was a delay of more than an hour due to technical issues on a previous flight, can happen so I don't foult the airline for that. The crew was excellent and very friendly and boarding was pretty efficient. The seats were comfortable enough. However, if you are over 1,80m, don't expect any room for your legs, the room between the rows is extremely tight!

As there are a lot of persons for the boarding and as you open the two doors of the plane, could be ingenious to ask the persons who have the first numbers (for the seats) to enter via the front door and those you are more at the end of the plane to enter by the other door. This would avoid to have passengers who entes by the front door and have to go to the back with luggages. Crazy and waste of time.

There was delay of 2 hours and all related announcements at the gate were done in French. It is not acceptable on international flight! The sandwich that I paid €6 for, was dry, hard and impossible to eat it. This is really a shame for French airline serving such sandwich.

Cancelled while we were waiting at the airport and the flight ready for boarding because of only one Stewart missing! Unacceptable! We were proposed another flight: 5 days later! Unacceptable! We had to pay other tickets of course very expensive the same day!

Your nasty smart , The seat too tight You have to pay for everything 5h20 min Flight with no food no water nothing .I didnt take my Medicine Because I don't have no water The worst trip that I have in my life.1st time flying with Transavia its going to be the last time . I am so disappointed

Pegasus is not a very comfortable airline. They’re not in any way hospitable

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

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

I used the airline 5-6 times for the last year and every flight have had perfect timing and I like it. Despite catastrophic absence of space for my legs 😁

The crew was utterly non helping and non courteous.I asked for a water. The air hostess could have said it's paid . She informed me that I will come later after serving but never turned up. The seats were never comfortable.My first and last flight with Pegasus.I am not taking again

The plane left Istanbul 1 hour late and the AC was not really working great it was so hot inside and no air. This was my worst flight in a long time since I had a flight with Ryanair.

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

I had 4 flights for less than a week and there were no delays and issues. Thanks to the crews and for perfectly organised service.

There is no usb for charging the phone you should provide the water

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