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Cheapest round-trip
$186
Typical prices: $148-$258
Lufthansa
Mon 9/14Sat 9/19
MUC - IST • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$111
Typical prices: $135-$312
Air Serbia
Fri 12/11
MUC - IST • 1 stop
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Cheap Flights from Munich to Istanbul (MUC-IST)

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

Mon, Sep 14 - Sat, Sep 19
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10:30 pm - 2:05 am
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2h 35mnonstop
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3:45 am - 5:30 am
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MUC
2h 45mnonstop
$186Lufthansa
Sat, Sep 12 - Thu, Sep 17
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10:30 pm - 2:05 am
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2h 35mnonstop
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3:45 am - 5:30 am
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2h 45mnonstop
$187Lufthansa
Mon, Sep 21 - Wed, Sep 30
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10:30 pm - 2:05 am
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2h 35mnonstop
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3:45 am - 5:30 am
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2h 45mnonstop
$188Lufthansa
Sat, Sep 12 - Thu, Sep 17
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10:30 pm - 2:05 am
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2h 35mnonstop
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3:45 am - 5:30 am
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2h 45mnonstop
$188Lufthansa
Fri, Nov 6 - Thu, Nov 19
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8:15 pm - 5:00 pm
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18h 45m
1 stop
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5:30 am - 8:45 am
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5h 15m
1 stop
$196Air Serbia
Sat, Nov 7 - Thu, Nov 19
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9:30 am - 5:00 pm
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5h 30m
1 stop
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5:30 am - 8:45 am
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5h 15m
1 stop
$196Air Serbia
Sun, Nov 8 - Thu, Nov 19
Air Serbia Logo
8:15 pm - 4:35 am
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6h 20m
1 stop
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5:30 am - 8:45 am
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5h 15m
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$196Air Serbia
Wed, Oct 7 - Thu, Oct 15
Turkish Airlines Logo
10:40 am - 2:30 pm
MUC
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2h 50mnonstop
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7:25 am - 9:05 am
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MUC
2h 40mnonstop
$204Turkish Airlines
Fri, Sep 18 - Mon, Sep 21
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10:40 am - 2:30 pm
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2h 50mnonstop
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10:00 am - 11:45 am
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2h 45mnonstop
$209Turkish Airlines
Fri, Sep 18 - Wed, Sep 23
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10:40 am - 2:30 pm
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2h 50mnonstop
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7:25 am - 9:05 am
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$209Turkish Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Munich to Istanbul flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Munich 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 Munich 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 Munich to Istanbul Airport departing in September.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Istanbul Airport from Munich usually cost between $259 and $404 in September.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $186 on Lufthansa (Sep 14-Sep 19).

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

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Istanbul Airport on a Friday and more expensive on a Saturday. On your return trip to Munich, you should consider flying back on a Friday, and avoid Tuesdays for better deals.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Munich 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 Munich to Istanbul Airport is February, where tickets cost $169 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and August, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $345 and $322 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Munich 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 Munich 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 Munich to Istanbul Airport, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 7% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

Expert advice

Expert advice for your flight from Munich to Istanbul

 
AI-powered summary based on content written by travel experts. AI can make mistakes.
KAYAK teamed up with top travel experts to share the best tips for your journey.
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Blane Bachelor

Blane Bachelor

Expert on MUC

Blane Bachelor is a journalist and editor specializing in travel and aviation who writes regularly for top global outlets. Born and raised in Florida, Blane has worked and lived in four countries, including the Netherlands, where she’s currently based with her family. Her favorite way to get to know a new destination is by running or riding a bike around town – or hearing a spooky ghost story about local history. She will always choose the window seat.

Jenna Scatena

Jenna Scatena

Expert on IST

Journalist and Travel Writer, Jenna Scatena is an award-winning travel writer with a love for sharing stories and exploring new places, especially by Vespa. Though she's from San Francisco, she has spent a significant chunk of her vacation days over the last decade eating her way through Texas and sleeping in hotels around the world—especially in California, the Middle East, and Europe.

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Low season

January

Cheapest flight

$111
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 24% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 14% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Munich to Istanbul

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

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

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Munich to Istanbul Airport was $112 for a one-way ticket and $186 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

    Munich and Istanbul Airport are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Munich from Munich Franz Josef Strauss and will be arriving at Istanbul.

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

    Lufthansa, ANA, Air China, and Singapore Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Munich to Istanbul Airport flight route.

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

    The Boeing 737-800 Passenger/BBJ2 (winglets) is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Munich to Istanbul Airport flight route.

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

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

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

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Munich to Istanbul, Turkish Airlines or Lufthansa?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Munich to Istanbul are Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa. With an average price for the route of $282 and an overall rating of 7.4, Turkish Airlines is the most popular choice. Lufthansa is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $338 and an overall rating of 6.8.

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

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

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

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $173 or less one-way and $322 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Munich to Istanbul Airport?

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

Direct departures

Munich Franz Josef Strauss to Istanbul

Monday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Tuesday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Wednesday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Thursday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Friday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Saturday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Sunday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

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Direct returns

Istanbul to Munich Franz Josef Strauss

Monday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Tuesday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Wednesday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Thursday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Friday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Saturday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Sunday

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

Lufthansa,Turkish Airlines

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Munich to Istanbul

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Munich 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 Munich 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.
7.4
Turkish AirlinesOverall score based on 4461 reviews
7.8Crew
7.5Food
7.3Comfort
7.3Boarding
7.5Entertainment
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Was disappointed because we had paid extra to choose our seats 3 weeks before the trip and only 2 days before departure I get an email that our seats from beyrout to Istanbul were bumped from row 15 to 25 without any good explanation. Someone else took our seats . What’s the point of paying extra to reserve our seats if they are going to do that. That was not right or ethical.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jul 2026
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Was disappointed because we had paid extra to choose our seats 3 weeks before the trip and only 2 days before departure I get an email that our seats from beyrout to Istanbul were bumped from row 15 to 25 without any good explanation. Someone else took our seats . What’s the point of paying extra to reserve our seats if they are going to do that. That was not right or ethical.

Liked the presentation and the seats. Did not care for the crew, they were efficient but not friendly and did not check if we needed anything

They kept some of my electronics and would not return them. I’m out an extra $200. I called, emailed but no one helped. My layover coming back to LA was too short. The flight attendants were kind and very helpful but overall the staff in the airport treated me and my friends like commodities. I’m sorry to say but never flying Turkish again. I was promised a free room during my first layover of 19 hours. I had to sleep on the floor of the rest areas. Good was expensive and not nutritious at all. There need to be better customer service and better communication.

Average at every level . Poor entertainment selection. Boarding was very poor and disorganized. Flight was late by one hour .

Spent over $20k on for business class tickets from DFW. They used a very old Boeing 777 with old Business class cabin which was unclean and stained seats. On a route they normally operate the modern Boeing 787. The cabin heat was set to hot for 11 hours. On the IST LHE route the business class experience got even worse. They operate an even older Airbus A330 where trip was falling apart, seat recline did not operate and the whole experience left us hugely disappointed. Next time we likely will shift to better quality product which stands up to their hype. Turkish need to relook at their fleet plans and not use their worst assets of perceived week markets such as Pakistan.

The flight from Houston to Chicago was delayed, causing us to miss our connecting flight to Madrid, losing our Rental Car booking in Bologna taking alternative travel routes to get to our initial destination in Pizza by the 15th. We got the notification of the delay as we were traveling the 3 1/2 hours from Corpus Christi, Texas to Houston Texas for the initial flight. The delays hauling luggage all over Milan‘s Central train station to catch trains to get to Pizza the same day resulting us arriving in Pizza at 2 AM leaving us no time to rest as there was a 9 o’clock checkout time the next morning. The first 72 hours of the trip with nothing but headache, a knee injury from the excessive walking and a delayed car rental replacement, which ended up costing significantly more.

I never went you have me confused with someone else! I don’t know how this happene

the seat sizes and the distance row to row was not comfortable. when a passenger in front seat put it down (he kept it all the time during the flight since he didn't fit in the space) their seat was squishing my knees and it was very difficult under their weight. It lasted 12 hours and was extremely uncomfortable. The rest of the experience was very good.

PLEASE GIVRE US PERMISSION TO BOOK SEAT NUMBER EVEN WITH FEES

The seat did not recline and we called the stewardess, he forced it to recline, but when we landed, it did not come forward because the seat was broken. The stewardess came, He tried to do it but couldn't do it, the flight commander came and spoke to us in a bad tone, telling us to get out of here, she waited at the head and acted as if there was a child and we couldn't get up, it was very shameful, I don't even know if it's true, but she said if you don't get up, the plane will not land and will keep turning around. Then a passenger pushed the seat from behind and it worked. Then we wanted to talk to the supervisor again, but she did not come next to us. We fly so much and this is the first time we encountered such a style.

Check in, was fine, boarding was good, we left on time, punctual flight, aircraft condition was also good, Boeing 737-600 , all went well, I did not expect more or any better

Flight changed and cancelled several times over the months in advance that I booked it. However, actual flight went well, no delays, spacious seats. Had some landing issues but otherwise, fine. Also loved that they don’t check weight of luggage!

Seats are disaster, not comfortable at all. With my height 183 cm there were no space for my legs... The airplane was Turkish airlines and no entertainment on board.

Bad. Cancelled and delayed flight. Payed 25£ for seat but got just normal one. No one refunded the money.

Very comfortable plane. The food was very good (for airplane food). The crew was great

Not great!!! Seats in Business class were horrible; no cushion!!!

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

Gate was difficult to know. Flight number from Lufthansa directed to a different flight number by SunXpress, which was different from my actual flight per the airport. Multiple people (at least 3 others) were lost with me at the airport in Munich (I didn't know them) trying to get to a different terminal. Too many confusing signs, and no one could help. When I found some Staff members (surprisingly difficult) told me "you have to figure it out." Yeah, that's why I'm asking and walking around in circles. Thought I would miss my flight, turns out I had plenty of time, but I couldn't figure it out for the first hour. 90% airport's fault, not SunExpress.

Getting boarding pass for international connected flight was a hassle. Huge libe to get boarding pass after two connected international flight is excessive to put someone on stress. They should provide online checking for all flights

The most horrific experience we had with the airline that we had in our life Everything was substandard at best. For just one hot tea they charged 4 euros We paid for Lufthansa months in advance ,to get there they didn’t have us in record and after 4 and a half hours layover we almost we got one seat at the first row and one in the back of the plane On top of that our suitcase was seriously damaged and it’s unusable. Here we are halfway around the world in foreign language having to fix this on our vacation time Would you kindly and quickly resolve this matter

Unable to get Lufthanza code to obtain a boarding pass for my flight. Had to exit and re-register to get on the flight. Extremely frustrating.

My flight was delayed for more than an hour due to planning amd scheduling issues all of which were Lufthansa's responsibility. They failed dismally at doing what was agreed upon and their reparations were inadequate and completely useless to us. The flight crew were lovely however the ground crew working out of their customer service were the modt rude and obnoxious people i have ever had the misfortune of meeting.

My luggage is missing. No one can give me information on its whereabouts. I am frustrated. All my personal belongings and daily medications and other electronics are in that luggage which I need urgently.

The crew that checked at the gate was completely unprofessional, i had a child, stroller and a carry on luggage and the crew did not bother providing any help getting down 3 flight if stairs. I asked for hel and they ignored me

I resent being called a ‘guest’ of Pegasus airlines and then they refuse to give me water, because they want to sell it to me. Also, the baggage allowances are ridiculously stingy. I also resent the way staff are on the look out to catch passengers out. I would never dream of treating my ‘guests’ like Pegasus treats us.

Great flight and great crew. Many thanks to them for their hard work making our trip so relaxing.

The plane was too hot inside. There was no entertainment and we had to sit on the plane for one hour before takeoff. There was no free wifi.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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