Cheap flights to Istanbul (IST) from London Heathrow (LHR)

London Heathrow to Istanbul Cheapest Fares

The lowest fare found from London Heathrow (LHR) to Istanbul (IST) was £167 with Air France, the cheapest direct flight was £178 with British Airways, while Business Class was £633 with Alitalia. The fares shown here are the lowest flight prices to Istanbul obtained in actual searches by Just The Flight customers. To search and book flights to Istanbul, please enter your travel requirements in the search form above, and click the search button.

London Heathrow to Istanbul Route Info

The flying time from London Heathrow to Istanbul is on average 3 hours 48 minutes

Flights to Istanbul from London Heathrow are available direct with Turkish Airlines, British Airways and American Airlines

Flights to Istanbul from London Heathrow are available as part of a regular schedule throughout the day

The journey from London Heathrow to Istanbul is roughly 1560 miles

Heathrow is well served by public transport, including the Heathrow Express rail link which takes only 15 minutes to reach London Paddington

Heathrow Airport comprises four terminals, numbered 1, 3, 4 and 5. Terminal 2 closed for renovation in 2009

Heathrow is 15 miles west of London

The Best of Arts in the Best of Cities

A short flight from Heathrow will transport you to the capital of Turkey where you can soak up Turkish culture and also indulge in the sophisticated delights that the Istanbul International Music Festival has to offer.

The festival was established in the early 1970s and is held in Turkey's capital every June and July. The Istanbul International Music Festival offers its visitors a stunning selection of classical music, opera, ballet and traditional folk music performed by the world's leading exponents of their particular art form.

Much like the Edinburgh Festival, the Istanbul Festival has spawned a number of smaller festivals which focus on other art forms such as jazz, film and contemporary art which run alongside the main festival. Nowadays visitors can enjoy the main event of the Music Festival and dip in and out of the other smaller festivals while they are in the city.

The festival has enjoyed a long history of performing premieres such as Vivaldi's opera Bajazet. It has also hosted world renowned artists from La Scala Philharmonic to the Berlin Philharmonic, from the Kirov Opera to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, from Cecilia Bartoli to Julian Lloyd Webber.

The Istanbul Music Festival celebrates and showcases local orchestras and performers and provides them with a worldwide audience that they may otherwise struggle to attract.