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$441 Find Cheap Flights from Vancouver to Istanbul

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Vancouver to Istanbul, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheapest round-trip
$895
Overall average: $1,098
Scandinavian Airlines
Fri 4/3Wed 4/22
YVR - IST • 2 stops
Cheapest non-stop
$1,012
Typical prices: $904-$1,206
Turkish Airlines
Tue 3/24Tue 3/31
YVR - IST • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Vancouver to Istanbul (YVR-IST)

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

Fri, Apr 3 - Wed, Apr 22
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6:00 am - 3:40 am
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35h 40m
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4:30 am - 9:08 pm
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26h 38m
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$895Scandinavian Airlines
Sun, Apr 5 - Wed, Apr 15
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7:10 am - 12:25 am
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31h 15m
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7:25 pm - 9:20 pm
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35h 55m
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$906British Airways
Fri, Apr 3 - Tue, May 12
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6:00 am - 3:40 am
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35h 40m
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4:30 am - 8:50 pm
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26h 20m
2 stops
$917Scandinavian Airlines
Sun, Mar 29 - Mon, Apr 20
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9:00 pm - 12:25 am
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17h 25m
1 stop
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8:15 pm - 9:20 pm
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35h 05m
2 stops
$919British Airways
Tue, Mar 31 - Tue, Apr 21
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7:10 am - 1:05 am
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31h 55m
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9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
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34h 05m
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$925Multiple Airlines
Thu, Apr 9 - Thu, May 7
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6:00 am - 3:40 am
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35h 40m
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4:30 am - 10:30 am
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40h 00m
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$931Multiple Airlines
Thu, Apr 9 - Wed, Apr 29
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6:00 am - 3:40 am
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35h 40m
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4:30 am - 8:50 pm
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26h 20m
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$937Scandinavian Airlines
Sun, Apr 19 - Mon, May 4
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9:00 pm - 1:35 pm
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30h 35m
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23h 05m
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$942British Airways
Sat, Mar 28 - Mon, Apr 20
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1:37 pm - 12:25 am
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48h 48m
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$943British Airways
Tue, Mar 24 - Tue, Mar 31
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16h 35m
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7:55 pm - 9:26 pm
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$949British Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Vancouver to Istanbul flights

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

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

For Vancouver to Istanbul, Sunday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Tuesday is the most expensive. Flying from Istanbul back to Vancouver, the best deals are generally found on Thursday, with Tuesday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Vancouver 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 Vancouver 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 Vancouver Intl Airport to Istanbul Airport is February, where tickets cost $912 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,286 and $1,254 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Vancouver Intl Airport 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.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $1,076 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Vancouver 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 Vancouver 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 Vancouver Intl Airport to Istanbul Airport, you should book around 10 weeks before departure, which saves you about 18% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

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Lucas Aykroyd is an award-winning travel writer based in Vancouver (YVR). His favorite adventures include tracking polar bears in Nunavut and rafting over a waterfall in New Zealand. Lucas has written for the in-flight magazines of Delta, SAS, and Porter Airlines. He is also a National Geographic and Toronto Star contributor.

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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 seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$441
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Vancouver to Istanbul

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

  • What is the cheapest flight from Vancouver Intl Airport to Istanbul Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Vancouver Intl Airport to Istanbul Airport was $441 for a one-way ticket and $895 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Vancouver to Istanbul?

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

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

    You can catch a nonstop flight from Vancouver to Istanbul on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Vancouver to Istanbul are Turkish Airlines and Air Canada. With an average price for the route of $1,310 and an overall rating of 7.3, Turkish Airlines is the most popular choice. Air Canada is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,183 and an overall rating of 7.1.

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

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

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

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $659 or less one-way and $1,260 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Vancouver to Istanbul?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Vancouver Intl to Istanbul.
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Direct departures

Vancouver Intl to Istanbul

Tuesday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Thursday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Saturday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

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Direct returns

Istanbul to Vancouver Intl

Tuesday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Thursday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Saturday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Vancouver to Istanbul

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Vancouver 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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7.3
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Our flight was canceled with no rebooking offered. We are still waiting for a refund and had to book a very expensive flight to return to Toronto without any compensation or help from Turkish or flight hub. Extremely poor service during a time of crisis, speaks volumes about the type of airline and flight hub as a disaster of a company with zero accountability

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Mar 2026
DXB - IST
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Our flight was canceled with no rebooking offered. We are still waiting for a refund and had to book a very expensive flight to return to Toronto without any compensation or help from Turkish or flight hub. Extremely poor service during a time of crisis, speaks volumes about the type of airline and flight hub as a disaster of a company with zero accountability

the cabin was kept too hot. couldn't sleep as a result

The local Turkish Airlines staff in Helsinki isn’t not aware of immigration laws of Singapore and wanted to refuse even our first boarding and threatened us with deportation on our own from Singapore. We had the next connection to Istanbul and then Singapore. The airline’s online check in system is requesting the visa to download and doesn’t have any option for 96 hrs VFTF passengers. So in general we made the complaint to the airline, as the boarding experience was awful due to unprofessional staff that doesn’t check or want to check the exceptions in the global system.

It was an amazing experience. Flight crew's service, hospitality, and the food were phenomenal. I don't think I'd want to try any other airline company after this. I would definitely recommend to friends and family. Thank you Turkish Airlines !

Majority of the staff were simply awesome and very very supportive and helpful

Surprised for charged $341.00 FOR my luggage. THY opportunist, taken advantage of the people not knowing luggage must be paid.. I flew 7 months ago with Lufthansa same place to Los Angeles my family lives and work in L.A. no luggage PAYS BIG zero .. I WILL NEVER TAKE ANY FLIGHTS ✈️ FROM TURKISH AIRLINES EVER AGAIN 😒 Please Don't recommend TURKISH Airlines to nobody.. I am a retired person. With very limited S.S. check for a month..$341.00 is my kitchen expenses for at list 5 weeks i am a vegetarian salads and sandwiches.. thank you very much for your investigation asking my experience about the flight with ROTTEN Airlines 😀

Business Class pods are horrible. If you're petite, you might be able to sleep on the uncomfortable seat and bed. Crew and food are fantastic.

I have travelled many times on Turkish, but they always board at least 30-40 minutes past the stated time. If informed properly, passengers can choose to spend more time in the .lounge instead of standing around by the gate waiting to board. The new lounge at DFW was a big disappointment. The aircraft itself was a shock. In the past I have flown this sector with regular business class seating configuration of 1-2-1, The 2-3-2 seating is very disappointing after paying such high prices for tickets. The DFW to Istanbul segment was slightly better, but the Istanbul to Delhi segment was no better than premium economy. I will try to travel more on airlines which give business class passengers more value for their money.

Very Bad experience bqz I was missed my next flight.

Good overall. Seat spacing a bit tight between IST and ISB.

Got denied my flight was told on Google that Air Canada was supposed to book me a flight back home because I never was able to go to my destination. They did not help me whatsoever. I had to book a whole new flight for that reason I would write this is zero

The plane was delayed an hour. Heard from other passengers that the Vancouver connection to SFO was never on-time.

Our original flight was cancelled due to mechanical reasons. This cancellation caused us to miss our connection and we were not able to get another flight for 3 days and then needed to make an extra connection to get there. Air Canada did not rebook our flight for us, it took several hours of talking with staff in the airport and making phone calls to get the flights rebooked. We never received a voucher for our hotel and meals while we were waiting for our next flight and it was only after talking to several staff that we were provided some general information about how we could be reimbursed. We tried entering our ticket information in the website provided, but it did not recognize our flight information. When we asked someone on the phone about this they said we'd need to contact the customer relations department, but that it's not possible to reach them on the phone. I don't understand what company would have a customer relations department that you can't talk to. We spent about $1,000 for hotels and meals for our family while waiting for a flight home and I'm not confident we will ever get reimbursed for this. I understand that mechanical issues can happen to any airline, but this is the 4th time that this has happened to my wife and I on Air Canada and we have only flown Air Canada about 8 times, so this is not a good track record. Also, when we did finally get a flight home (which was also delayed due to mechanical problems), we were told we couldn't bring a standard carry on even though the information on our ticket clearly indicated that we could bring a carry on bag. The staff at the gate were not understanding about this situation.

Hoping for small compasation for having to rebook my trip back cause i had to miss 6 hrs work

Extremely disappointing. My original Denver–Vancouver–Bangkok itinerary was cancelled due to a mechanical issue. I was not proactively supported and had to drive back home after already reaching the airport. Communication was poor throughout, and attempts to contact customer service resulted in being on hold for nearly three hours without reaching anyone. Instead of being rebooked on the same direct routing the following day, I was rerouted onto a much longer itinerary via multiple cities and airlines, which resulted in arriving approximately 30 hours later than scheduled. At Denver airport, there was no visible Air Canada representative available to properly assist. Ground staff offered no real support beyond directing passengers to a phone number. There was no clear communication, no ownership, and no meaningful customer care during a major disruption. The final journey involved three flights instead of the original two, significantly increasing travel time and stress. Overall, the handling of the cancellation and lack of customer support was unacceptable. What could have been better? Clear communication during the cancellation Accessible customer service (phone support that actually answers) Proper in-person assistance at the airport Rebooking onto a comparable routing rather than a significantly longer one

Mechanical issue caused me to be stuck in Vancouver for 2 days

I explained this tragedy already with Jazz It was terrible starting with Jazz delayed 3 times so that I missed my direct flight to Mexico City and the only option was a 19 hour trip to Toronto and then down to Mexico City I was delayed by a day I had to sleep in tbe Airport on a hard bench I was given vouchers which were not honored I had no place to eat until 0545 and then catch my flight which was boarding I went to the AC counter to c/o and that was to no avail I then had the experience of my suitcase being lost and no clothes gor 2 days

Short flight, you can't do much. On nice days, announce the islands they're flying over.

they were super helpful. Agents at the desk got me on an earlier flight and I was able to get home several hours earlier.

This is a great non-stop YVR-MIA. Very comfortable plane, and no transfer through a city that gets major winter weather!

The flight got delayed 3 hours from Montreal and we missed our connecting flight so it was a long journey

The flight delay made the connection a bit tight but that's outside the flight crew's control.

The service and food was excellent. The remote control for entertainment did not function properly.

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.

They don’t give information on why a flight is delayed in a timely manner. Very frustrating.

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.

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

Easy, straightforward boarding process. Flight attendant was lovely and attentive, food was delicious - especially dinner, I had the roasted chicken in a mushroom sauce with potatoes - and entertainment selection was top notch. I would fly with BA again.

Our Jackson, Mississippi to Dallas Fort Worth flight was delayed on 1/19/26.. This was changed to Jackson to Charlotte in the last minute because of this delay. This started some kind of disconnect between American Airlines and British Airways bookings. We could not go past the passport control in London Heathrow. I had to go to the counter and waited for more than 30 minutes to get a new boarding pass. Problems did not end there. Somehow our entire return flight was canceled by someone. I had to make several phone calls over several days to fix the problem – this was not easy from India. Looks like there was some kind of disconnect between two airlines or some agent did not do it right. I’m anxious to know what went wrong.

Ohooo it's fantastic 👏 I love it 😀 😍 ❤️ it's on time ⏲️

Need thicker and wider blankets. Food was below standard especially in the fist leg.

Decrepit planes, poor business class layout designed to maximize revenue, no decent movie selection.

I was attacked in the Miami airport and the staff did nothing. On my flight from London to Miami one of the flight attendants screamed at me and demanded I keep my seat in the upright position at all times during the fight so the man behind me was comfortable for the flight. I will never in my life use British airways again

There might be more food options for people who can't eat so much starch/sugar/bread/rice. Meat, cheese, walnuts/pecans for snack, maybe jerky or other kinds of meat-based snacks would be better than bread and rice and sweets. I had an extra chardonnay, which was fine. The entertainment was great.

Moved me away from my family and refused to fix it.

Some how my flight was canceled, neither BA or Justfly.com accepted responsibility. I only found out about this the day before when I tried to check in. I had to book another flight which due to the time ( day before) cost me $300 more. I was still receiving notifications about the flight even when I was on another flight from you. So no my flight to London was not good.

The overall seat and cushion needs to be updated. It was hard and no support. My butt was numb for most of the flight. The food was subpar at best being in premium economy cost. The flight attendants were excellent and attentive during the whole flight. Disappointed I had to select our seats 24 hours prior.

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