DOH - IST

$164 Find Cheap Flights from Doha to Istanbul Airport

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Cheapest round-trip
$291
Typical prices: $284-$381
Royal Jordanian
Mon 2/2Sat 2/14
DOH - IST • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$441
Typical prices: $283-$403
Turkish Airlines
Tue 1/27Wed 1/28
DOH - IST • Non-stop
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Qatar Airways includes free checked bags in economy.
Turkish Airlines provides free Wi-Fi in business class.
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Cheap Flights from Doha to Istanbul (DOH-IST)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Doha 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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Recent round-trip flight deals from Doha to Istanbul

Mon, Feb 2 - Sat, Feb 14
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6:00 am - 1:05 pm
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2:05 pm - 3:45 am
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13h 40m1 stop
$291Royal Jordanian
Sun, Jan 18 - Sat, Jan 24
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$292Royal Jordanian
Fri, Feb 27 - Sun, Mar 8
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2:05 pm - 11:05 pm
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$293Royal Jordanian
Sun, Jan 18 - Fri, Jan 23
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3:45 pm - 7:25 pm
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$301Royal Jordanian
Mon, Feb 2 - Sun, Feb 15
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$305Royal Jordanian
Thu, Jan 22 - Sun, Jan 25
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$319Royal Jordanian
Sun, Apr 12 - Tue, Apr 14
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5:25 am - 3:20 pm
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5:45 am - 10:25 am
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$323Gulf Air
Tue, Feb 3 - Thu, Feb 5
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$326Gulf Air
Sat, Apr 4 - Tue, Apr 14
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$327Gulf Air
Mon, Mar 16 - Sun, Mar 22
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Doha to Istanbul flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Doha to Istanbul Airport?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Doha to Istanbul Airport departing in January.

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

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Istanbul Airport on a Saturday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Thursday is the most expensive day to fly from Doha to Istanbul Airport. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Thursday and avoiding Saturdays for the best deals.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Doha 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 Doha to Istanbul Airport is September, where tickets cost $219 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $405 and $397 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Doha to Istanbul Airport?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $277, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Doha 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 Doha 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 Doha to Istanbul Airport, you should book around 10 weeks before departure, which saves you about 14% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Doha to Istanbul

 
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Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways' Qsuites offer privacy with closing doors, ideal for business travelers seeking comfort.


Qatar Airways provides free checked bags in economy, adding value for budget-conscious travelers.

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines offers free Wi-Fi up to 1GB in business class, enhancing connectivity during flights.


Turkish Airlines' onboard chefs ensure high-quality meals in business class, enhancing the dining experience.

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Low seasonNovember
Cheapest flight$164
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 16% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 7% lower on average.
Flight from Doha to Istanbul Airport

When to book flights from Doha to Istanbul

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

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Doha to Istanbul Airport was $164 for a one-way ticket and $291 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Istanbul Airport from Doha.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Doha to Istanbul Airport?

    Only Iberia offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the Doha to Istanbul Airport flight route.

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

    The Airbus A320-100/200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Doha to Istanbul Airport flight route.

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

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

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

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Doha to Istanbul, Qatar Airways or Turkish Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Doha to Istanbul are Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines. With an average price for the route of $441 and an overall rating of 7.4, Qatar Airways is the most popular choice. Turkish Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $360 and an overall rating of 7.3.

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

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

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

    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 Airport with an airline and back to Doha with another airline. Booking your flights between Doha 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 Doha 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 Doha 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 Doha to Istanbul Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $410 or less one-way and $722 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Doha to Istanbul Airport?

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

Direct departures

Doha Hamad Intl to Istanbul

Monday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Tuesday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Wednesday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Thursday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Friday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Saturday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Sunday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

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Direct returns

Istanbul to Doha Hamad Intl

Monday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Tuesday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Wednesday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Thursday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Friday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Saturday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Sunday

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Doha to Istanbul

 
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7.4
Qatar AirwaysOverall score based on 3701 reviews
7.9Crew
7.4Entertainment
7.4Comfort
7.3Food
7.5Boarding
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It was very good. It was a long flight and being a tight with little leg room.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Dec 2025
DOH - PHL
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It was very good. It was a long flight and being a tight with little leg room.

I always fly with Qatar air and you are the best. Keep up the good wor, after travelling with Qatar Air More than 80 times, you never offer to upgrade me.but it happened to my friend companion some time. Any how i still enjoying travelling with Qatar air and wait one day to upgrade me too. Best Regards

Looks like a local flight. Food was horrible. No entertainment system.

I am a big person and have back pain and swelling in my legs, so this was a challenging flight due to confined space. I didn't find the crew very friendly either. I will think twice before flying long distances with Qatar again, due to the lack of legroom.

Crew and food was good, ok leg room if you don’t have a big box under the seat. And the seats are so narrow (I’m only 70kg), will consider an alternate airline next time

Paid $10 for wifi for full flight duration and the wifi wasn’t available after initial 2 hours

Boarding from DOH to SYD the Business Class were pointed in a separate gate but no one there to receive us. Otherwise it was ok.

The flight was delayed and one member of the crew was a bit rude. But apart from that all good.

My flight was delayed. I was rebooked twice and even the second flight that was additional connection in London was delayed too, so I ended up spending more than 24 hours flying between four different countries and to be honest I’m not sure whether I ever want to use this airline again. My luggage is still delete. It’s been more than 48 hours now so to be honest, I’m not even sure how to describe the level of frustration I have.

The flight overall was good. The attendants did a good job except that 1 female had too much fragrance on. The other things that made the flight unpleasant were out of the airlines control.

Nice crew , clean cabin , food was delayed due to problem with the quantity .

There was not any issues with the Etihad Airways. Staff was excellent and I love the variety of movies and games that they provided.

It was fantastic. The flight from Chicago to Abu Dahbi was fantastic. The crew, food and service were amazing. Everything was handled by the crew member assigned to us , Nicholas, was usually done before we asked for it. Highly recommend Etihad!

Was so disappointing. Business class with no TV, uncomfortable seats. Had much higher expectations.

I paid 44 $ for seat upgrade (22D) and my seat was stack in high position for all the 6 hours of flight. I don't recommend the upgrade. I am looking to get my upgrade payment back

Crew was amazing as usual. Very comfortable for a 13hour flight. Check in at ATL was terrible. Ticket counter charged me $200 for a small bag. Apparently Kayak sold me a zero luggage ticket. No carry on no checked. So the check in desk charged me a bullshit $200 dollar fee for a small gym bag weighing less than 20lbs. In true 3rd party ticket buying. This will turn into a finger pointing process between Kayak and Etihad. Now I'm going to have to ship my bag back in the mail a day ahead of my return flight.

More leg space than other flights, but *maybe* narrower seats

My baggage was not boarded and is still missing. I was only carring one piece of luggage and that is misplaced now I am stuck at mumbai without luggage. I had an onward journey from here

Did not provided with option for class upgrade. Staff at gate was not able and willing to accommodate with class upgrade, eather with plenty empty spots in business and first class.

Boarding was excellent except they did last call 30 minutes earlier .

Bad chairs in business class like economy ( not turning into bed )

The entertainment selection itself was ok but the screen couldn't be turned off which was annoying because I wanted to read and not be distubed by flashing lights in front of me. I could see other people having the same problem with their screens. The crew seemed to be too busy to be bothered by our questions/requests. I found the seat quite uncomfortable, especially for a long flight. As a short person, I've accepted the inconvenience of always having seats higher than comfortable, but my neck hurt after a while because the headrest was too high and couldn't be adjusted further. The seat pockets in this plane seemed to be faulty. I could see people near me having the same problem of everything falling on the floor because it kept detaching from the back of the seat. It was pretty useless to keep anything in it, even the menu and sick bag wouldn't stay in. The food was meh. The omellete was just a hunk of egg - my next flight leg also offered omellete but was so much better than this one.

Space between seats is challenging but otherwise excellent service in every way.

Customer service was poor everywhere. In particular in business class lounge. Stewardess were however excellent. No ability to order more than one dietary restriction in food that created awkward situations when I was offered bulgur due to being diabetic as I was also gluten free

PLEASE GIVRE US PERMISSION TO BOOK SEAT NUMBER EVEN WITH FEES

Turkish Airline canceled our tickets in the very last minute, with our luggage and everything else, all prepared and good to go. It’s clear that they sold the tickets for better money to someone else. Bad, Bad, Bad business!!!

I am elderly and needed wheelchair assist. The ground crew assisting me with that part of my journey was rude, disrespectful and very hungry for money; the begging was distasteful and disrespect for females and the elderly was atrocious. Maybe they need to get a raise...I was out of small bills by time I reached home. As an american I am not use to the impoliteness. The ground crew make your wonderful airline appears poor in performance...a lot to be desired.

Awful seating. Bad food. Staff only have one bottle of water and no cans.

The flight attendants were generally rude. I requested a blanket for my toddler and didn’t receive the blanket until about about 3 hours later into the flight after multiple asks for different crew!

Loved the food. No wheelchair was provided in Sofia even though wheelchair assistance was confirmed by Turkish Airlines

Staff is rude and condescending. Airline is badly managed. They take away their flimsy earphones and blankets one hour before the lading. I’ve never experienced this with any other airline. It’s a very portly managed and run airline that should be avoided.

The Senior Flight attendant was just amazing on our Flight GF 284 on 30/11/25. She was so attentive, helpful and caring not just to us but to all in our cabin.

Loading was on time and quick Not very many people

Amazing business class in a single aisle plane. Fully flat seats, pyjamas, amenity kits, all in all a really complete product. Service was good - not amazing - but they did a good job. Got a few hours sleep. Will fly with them again if I can.

They flight was without ait conetion weather was very hot

Did not have to leave plane. However found the wait tiring with nearly a full plane boarding at Male and being unable to get out of seat due to cleaners security and a full plane boarding with hand luggage. Staff were excellent despite a long and tiring flight due to stopover.

Everything about our return trip from Colombo to Manchester was excellent. Staff were brilliant all flights. Return flights on time and all staff were brilliant. The outbound journey however was marred by cancellation of Man to Bahrain flight. No information or staff assistance. Customer Service none existent. Told to make own arrangements by none interested or understanding telephone staff who said to make own hotel arrangements and be reimbursed. CS refused to reimburse hotel or lost lounge booking or taxi fees.

The boarding was late. The check-in board said boarding closed but the boarding hadn't even started. I have spine issue but not eligible for wheelchair since I can walk. But we were taken to a plane with stairs to climb. I requested support with the handcarry and was told that I shouldn't have booked this flight without wheelchair. Instead this information should be public if this plane has sky bridge or stairs. The infotainment system did not work either. And the plane was very loud with very less legroom in economy.

Very poor experience, passengers and were not social and started a troubled with other passengers and a fight erupted

Worst flight ever.service was extremely poor and food taste was horrible.Served me mashed potatoes and chicken calling it Briyani.

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.

Late departure. No announcements. Boarding was a disaster. Some kind of technical issue scanning boarding passes.

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