Getting to Turkey
There are a wide choice of flights in the summer. The winter flight options are also improving
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It takes 3 and a half hours to fly to Turkey from the UK. British Airways and Turkish Airlines offer daily flights to Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport. Cheapest air fares listed below. These are likely to be higher during peak summer months. |
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Scheduled flights Please not the prices below listed by carriers are subject to change* British Airways (0844 493 0787; www.ba.com) Heathrow to Istanbul (return fares from £141.30); Gatwick to Izmir (£203.60); and Gatwick to Antalya (£190.20)* easyJet (0905 821 0905; www.easyjet.com) No new routes this year. Luton to Istanbul from £51.98 return; Gatwick to Dalaman £63.98; Gatwick to Istanbul £51.98; Manchester to Dalaman £55.98.* Jet2.com (0871 226 1737; www.jet2.com) New service to Dalaman from East Midlands Airport from May to October, starting at £69.99* |
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Turkish Airlines (020 7471 6666; www.turkishairlines.com) Stansted, Heathrow, Birmingham and Manchester to Istanbul. Also to Bodrum, Antalya and Izmir, plus connections throughout Turkey. Pegasus Airlines (0845 084 8980; www.pegasusairlines.com/en) New direct flights for 2010: departures from Gatwick and Manchester to Antalya and Dalaman; Birmingham to Antalya and Stansted to Istanbul. Fares start at £49.99 one way * |
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Charter flights Thomson Airways (0871 231 4787; www.thomson.co.uk/flights) Offers seat-only fares from regional UK airports. Thomas Cook (0871 230 2406; www.flythomascook.com) Likewise, plus new weekly flights from Exeter to Dalaman starting in May. Monarch (0871 423 8642; www.monarch.co.uk) Newcastle and East Midlands to Dalaman, plus Antalya from Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham; Dalaman from Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow; Bodrum from Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham. Tickets with various airlines sold through Charter Flight Centre (0845 045 0153; www.charterflights.co.uk) Check destinations from regional airports on www.jumblefly.com |