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$329 Find Cheap Flights from Montreal to Istanbul Airport

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Cheap Flights from Montreal to Istanbul (YUL-IST)

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

Mon, Sep 22 - Mon, Oct 6
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11:00 pm - 12:05 amYUL-IST
18h 05m1 stop
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6:45 am - 9:00 pmIST-YUL
21h 15m1 stop
Mon, Sep 22 - Tue, Oct 7
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10:10 pm - 12:30 amYUL-IST
19h 20m1 stop
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8:15 am - 8:15 pmIST-YUL
19h 00m1 stop
$645British Airways
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Mon, Nov 24 - Wed, Dec 3
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8:40 pm - 12:05 amYUL-IST
19h 25m1 stop
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6:45 pm - 6:45 pmIST-YUL
32h 00m1 stop
$646British Airways
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Wed, Sep 24 - Wed, Oct 8
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11:00 pm - 12:05 amYUL-IST
18h 05m1 stop
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6:45 am - 9:00 pmIST-YUL
21h 15m1 stop
Fri, Oct 24 - Fri, Nov 7
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10:00 pm - 12:20 amYUL-IST
19h 20m1 stop
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8:10 am - 6:45 pmIST-YUL
18h 35m1 stop
Sat, Oct 18 - Tue, Oct 28
American Airlines Logo
4:00 pm - 5:40 pmYUL-IST
18h 40m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
2:55 pm - 7:45 pmIST-YUL
35h 50m1 stop
$678American Airlines
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Fri, Oct 3 - Tue, Oct 21
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6:55 pm - 10:40 pmYUL-IST
20h 45m1 stop
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7:45 pm - 10:35 amIST-YUL
21h 50m1 stop
$703Air Canada
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Fri, Oct 3 - Tue, Oct 21
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5:50 pm - 9:20 pmYUL-IST
20h 30m2 stops
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2:00 pm - 4:15 pmIST-YUL
33h 15m1 stop
$705Lufthansa
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Wed, Oct 1 - Sat, Oct 11
Air Canada Logo
6:55 pm - 10:40 pmYUL-IST
20h 45m1 stop
Air Canada Logo
8:30 pm - 11:40 amIST-YUL
22h 10m1 stop
$715Air Canada
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Thu, Nov 20 - Thu, Nov 27
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9:25 pm - 10:45 pmYUL-IST
17h 20m2 stops
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6:30 am - 6:23 pmIST-YUL
19h 53m2 stops
$733Lufthansa
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Everything you should know

Our travelers' advice
AI-generated summary based on content written by travel experts
Use YULExpress for priority security at Montreal.
Take the M11 Metro from IST to reach the city center.
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Top airlines
British Airways
Cheapest • from $645 (round-trip)
Air Transat
Best reviews • 7.7 score
Airline reviews
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When to book
6 weeks
in advance
Our data shows that travelers who book at least 6 weeks in advance save around 10% compared to booking last minute.
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When to travel
September
Cheapest • 7% price drop
June
Most popular
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Nonstop flights
3 days a week
There are direct flights from Montreal to Istanbul 3 days a week: Wed, Fri, Sun.
Direct flights
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Cheapest round-trip
$631
Overall average: $974
Multiple Airlines
Mon 9/22Mon 10/6
YUL - IST • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$1,114
Typical prices: $1,119-1311
Turkish Airlines
Fri 10/24Fri 10/31
YUL - IST • Non-stop
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Expert advice for your flight from Montreal to Istanbul

 
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YUL

Use YULExpress to book a security checkpoint time up to 72 hours before departure for a priority line at YUL.

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IST

Take the M11 Metro from IST to reach Istanbul city center efficiently. Trains run every 5 minutes from 6 am to midnight.

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KAYAK's insights & trends for Montreal to Istanbul flights

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl Airport 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 Monday, 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 Montreal to Istanbul Airport. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Thursday and avoiding Wednesdays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl 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 Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl 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 Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl Airport to Istanbul Airport is September, where tickets cost $974 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and August, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,239 and $1,160 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl 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 Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl 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 Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl Airport to Istanbul Airport, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 10% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$329
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 0% lower on average.
Flight from Montreal to Istanbul Airport

When to book flights from Montreal to Istanbul

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

  • What is the cheapest flight from Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl Airport to Istanbul Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl Airport to Istanbul Airport was $329 for a one-way ticket and $631 for a round-trip.

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

    A passport is required to fly from Montreal to Istanbul Airport.

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

    Montreal airport is called Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl and the only airport in Istanbul Airport is Istanbul.

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

    Air Canada, and SWISS offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Montreal to Istanbul Airport flight route.

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

    The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Montreal to Istanbul Airport flight route.

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

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

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

    You can catch a nonstop flight from Montreal to Istanbul Airport on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Montreal to Istanbul, Air Transat or Turkish Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Montreal to Istanbul are Air Transat and Turkish Airlines. With an average price for the route of $612 and an overall rating of 7.7, Air Transat is the most popular choice. Turkish Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,211 and an overall rating of 7.3.

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Istanbul Airport from Montreal 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 Montreal 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 Montreal with another airline. Booking your flights between Montreal 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 Montreal 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 Montreal 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 Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl Airport to Istanbul Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $744 or less one-way and $976 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Montreal to Istanbul Airport?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl to Istanbul.
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Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl to Istanbul

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Friday

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Sunday

Turkish Airlines

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Istanbul to Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl

Wednesday

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Montreal to Istanbul

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Montreal 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.
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7.7
Air TransatOverall score based on 438 reviews
8.4Crew
7.9Boarding
6.7Food
7.0Entertainment
7.3Comfort
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This has been the worst experience I’ve ever had. Basically, I lost my round-trip tickets because one of my last names was missing, and you didn’t allow me to correct it. I had to purchase a full ticket again. Once I get home, I will start legal proceedings against you.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Sep 2025YYZ - ZAG
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This has been the worst experience I’ve ever had. Basically, I lost my round-trip tickets because one of my last names was missing, and you didn’t allow me to correct it. I had to purchase a full ticket again. Once I get home, I will start legal proceedings against you.

The crew were polite and courteous. The Pilot did an excellent landing. It was very smooth and gentle. My only regret is that I was charged twice for my luggage . The attendant gave me no receipt . I didn't realize until I was about to board. How can this be resolved? Thank you.

Very smooth flights Toronto to Rome and return. Crews were great, food was fine but very narrow seats and limited leg room. Aisle seats on our return helped with a bit more space.

YUL AIRPORT is the worst. 1 Hr to Get out of the plane, 1 Hr To Cross the Border. 1Hr waiting to be pick up curbside. Trafic is ubeliveble.

It’s ok just the boarding point is far too far

Check in slow even though completed online check in, there was no bag drop available so had to query for 90mins as only 2 staff on desks.

Flying to a far away destination is a miracle in itself, so please take these with a grain of salt. The seats are a bit tired, and need a freshen up. The entertainment could be a bit newer, especially with all services available now. The food really is where we need help. But again, flying is a privilege, so all is good.

Not so much porter it's your site! Not good

They are a sister company with Air Transat and the two companies do not work well together. If you have any issues the two companies will blame each other and you will miss your flights. The help line does not help

Never book through a third party. Book through Air transats website. Terrible process to get help and many issues happen with them and sister companies because half the flights you book with them aren’t even through air transat.

THE SEATS ARE A JOKE!!!! YOU CALL THIS BUSINESS CLASS SEATS ? ITS A DISGRACE.. NARROW, CLAUSTRIPHOBIC SEATS CAN NEVER BE COMPENSATED FOR BY FOCUSING ON BETTER WUALITY FOOD SERVED....... THE CONFORT OF THE SEATS AND THE WIDTH & PITCH OF THE SEATS ARE WAY MORE IMP. THAN FOOD THAT TK IS FOCUSING ON... WILL NEVER FLY AGAIN EVEN IF THE PRICE OF BUSINESS CLASS SEAT IS SAME AS ECONOMY CLASS..... JAL/ QATAR/ EMIRATES HAS WAYYYY MORE COMFY SEATS

Rude staff. I would avoid using the word racist but definitely partially or discriminatory. My 72 yrs old mother who is also disabled was traveling on this flight. She was the second passenger boarded to the plane. The First elderly couple ahead of my mother were allowed to use the airplane bathroom but my mother was denied entry stating it was for safety reasons. My mother objected the the couple in front of her were allowed but hostess still stated that due to the flight safety reasons she can’t use it. Even my mother explained that he is using blood pressure medication that’s why she have to use the restroom frequently but the crew continued arguing her. At one point the Mae attendent even suggested that if that’s the case my mother can urinate in her seat. The level of disrespect against an elderly lady is beyond my comprehension. This matter will be taken to the social media to shame the employees involved.

my experience was great with Turkish airlines . the problem i encountered was with kayak booking. When I booked . it showed that im allowed a bag . and when I got to the airport, i had to pay $165 for one bag.

Not up to Business Class standards. Two of the three toilets were out of order. The hostesses were aware and didn’t show any responsible act to do something. Food quality was not what we expect from Turkish hospitality. Overall we were not impressed and disappointed.

During mid flight, try to get a flight attendant to help I couldn’t find one Otherwise, everything was perfect

I was not given basinett seat.The connecting flight was missed due to airline fault i was not accomodated for hotel.Drinks were normt served frewuently.Never travelling again on tirkish airlines.I always travel wiyh family by turkish airline but no more.zero stars

It was ok. Not the experience I expected from Turkish airlines

I loved and appreciated the agent at the check in counter in Amman. He was very professional and helpful. I believe his name was Lawrence. All I saw from him were smiles after smiles after smile. Very kind and professional. Overall trip was comfortable and pleasant.

The crew were very hospitable and pleasant. The food was pretty good. Unfortunately, there was a flight delay of more than 2 hours. We're not sure why but it appeared to be outside the control of Turkish Airlines.

Terrible. Delayed. No one would help. Just limped about like a piece of meat

1 hour late No hot drinks No restroom in the back of the plane

I did the posting for 45 years. I just retired. I’m the only seat in the plane but didn’t have any phone. It has to be mine so imagine seeing 13 hours on the flat seat with a belt that didn’t close all the rest was OK.

I had wonderful wheelchair assistance through the Montreal airport onto the flight. Air Canada was excellent in this both at the Fredericton airport and the Montreal one where an attendant helped us through customs as well as transport and baggage security.

Flight was cancelled last minute due to Air Canada strike leaving us stranded and having to stressfully find a way home that cost hundreds of dollars in excess cost added to the trip. Having just experienced our mother's funeral service, this was not a good way to end our trip.

They went on strike before time and screwed us big time. Which is not fair. We respect their planned strike but why they went on strike ahead of time ??? Poor garbage management

Premium Economy is best if you can't get upgraded to Business.. Not as good to sleep for red-eye flights, but does the job. More space for your legs and arms.. The food is also better and the service is almost like business.

Awful. As we were boarding we were told the flight was cancelled. Then had to stand in a queue for 3 hours to talk to someone at the kiosk of Air Canada. They were not helpful at all. No empathy. My issue is not with them striking but the total disregard for the chaos and distress late notice caused. No thought on the impact this has caused.

Horrible, experience, 5 hours delay, they changed gates 3 times, the last one we had to wait for 1::30 hre for the door to open to get to that gate. 0 apologies from Air Canada, they don’t care at all about their passengers

I had a very disappointing experience with customer service. I was suffering from a severe viral infection that included a rash and persistent cough, leaving me unable to even sit upright. Given the circumstances, I requested travel credits from Canada Air, explaining the potential health risk to others onboard. However, the airline showed no concern for my condition and stated they were not in a position to make decisions based on health considerations. Despite my illness, I received no support or flexibility. Ultimately, I chose to forgo my flight due to their lack of responsiveness. It’s unfortunate that airlines like this operate without prioritizing passenger health and safety.

On-time boarding, departure, and flight. Electronic notifications about bags for the whole of their own journey too - from when they got accepted into the system through to being loaded onto the plane and then finally being disgorged onto the right carousel. That was an excellent feature.

All was good, except my USB charging did not work, so my phone got drained and I could not charge it. Same happened to my neighbour.

A bit more space? Not practical, I know. I felt squished in but part of that could have been the man sitting next to me.

It was chaotic. It was overbooked so we didn't have seats until the end but they turned out to be good seats. The gate was at the end of the airport. We had to get busses to the tarmac and board. It just seemed chaotic. Flight was OK. Food was not so good. Lufthansa used to be such a great airline and now as it's with everything else: If you have money you get comforts but if you don't then you end up below deck with the rest of the cattle.

The plane (Mitsubishi CRJ) felt old, creaking and not very new. The crew was okay. Hot water provision was broken so hot beverages could't be served.

The entertainment is pretty boring. There are no new movies or TV shows from February. The food is just ok on the Atlanta to Frankfurt leg, but better on the Fra to Bengaluru leg.

Not bad. We had preboarding tickets but the preboarding was badly managed. We lined up behind all the parents with little kids etc and when we got to the front of the line the attendant deliberately turned away from us and ignored us until I asked to be allowed to go to the gate. She started telling us that we had to wait until I told her we had preboarding then she let us through.

Everything well done and customer oriented There entertainment system is difficult to navigate

They delayed my flight from Toronto Pearson for one hour and Frankfurt to Abuja for 2HRS, So sad

The aircraft was old, there was no charging sockets, and the seats were narrow and uncomfortable even though I had exit row premium seats.

No entertainment since it was a 3 hr flight. Good leg room for economy.

what would have been better would have been that my booking not been canceled by the system and had I been informed that the booking had been cancelled by the system I could have immediately rebooked and not found out that there was an issue when I was told by the system that I needed to book in. It would have also been good if either the booking agent or BA or anyone been in anyway useful. In the end I had to rebook a flight at an additional cost of $350. So no I'm not impressed by BA any of the other parties involved.

Flight was delayed for 2h. Announcements were poor and I was given 1 biscuit and a bottle of water as consolation. Not happy.

The wheelchair service was good. Staff and crew were helpful/supportive. The business of 'being overbooked' ....."you may not be able to travel tonight/we may have to put you in Economy'" was rather unsettling. Even Economy Plus in a MIDDLE seat felt cramped. The seating and experience felt very basic even though I had struggled to pay for extra - Economy Plus.

They lost my luggage. Lady who was helping with it in Austin was rude. Not very helpful!

If my tv wasn’t broken and I wasn’t in a seat that didn’t allow for sleeping

Boarding was efficient. Flight left on time. Wasn’t full so we could spread out a bit. Food was ok.

The seat was very uncomfortable. It helped to use the foot rest. Could not sleep because of the seat.

The flight was several times changed. That was inconvenient, to sah the least.

The A350 is a great plane but BA's seating was incredibly tight (eg compared to the same plane as flown by BA's partner Finnair) and with a middle seat it was very claustrophobic

Late in leaving the US. Late in arriving in UK. 2 plua hous on ground in UK before leaving. Late in arriving in Spain. Didn't get our bags until the next night.

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