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The cheapest month for flights from Istanbul Airport to Athens is January, where tickets cost €104 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is €170 and €169 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Istanbul Airport to Athens, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 30% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

In the past 5 days, the cheapest return tickets from Istanbul to Athens were found on Aegean Airlines (€130) and TAROM (€148).

Istanbul and Athens are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Turkish Airlines (31 flights per week), Aegean Airlines (23 flights per week), and Sky Express (7 flights per week).

Weekly flights between Istanbul and Athens historically see delays in approximately 17% of cases, with the average delay over the past year being 96 minutes.

Typically, flights leaving at night tend to face fewer delays, whereas flights in the early afternoon have historically encountered delays more often.

Statistically, Tuesday is the day of the week with the fewest delays on this flight route, while Friday has typically experienced more delays than other days.

Based on our data, Sky Express have experienced the fewest delays on this route in the past 12 months, with only about 8% of their flights encountering any delays.

There is only one cabin class option available for the route, which is Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

Each day, there are between 8 and 9 direct flights that take off from Istanbul Airport and land in Athens, with an average flight time of 1h 30m. The most common departure time is 09:00 and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 61 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Monday, when 15% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Friday.