Cheap flights from Rzeszow to Istanbul

October is the cheapest month to fly from Rzeszow to Istanbul, and the price calendar on this page shows how the other months compare. Late spring and summer are the busiest stretch, when school holidays in both countries push fares up. Winter is quieter, though Istanbul is wet and grey then. Midweek departures tend to cost less than Friday and Sunday, when weekend travellers fill the cabins. Book a few weeks ahead for summer, and watch the run-up to Christmas and Easter, when connecting flights sell out early.

Nobody flies this route non-stop, so every option is a connection. The names you will see are LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cityline — all full-service network carriers rather than low-cost airlines. That usually means one ticket for the whole journey, a checked bag included in most fare families, and a rebooking if the first leg runs late. Lufthansa Cityline flies some of the shorter segments with smaller aircraft, so the cabin can change between legs. Read the fare rules before you pay: the allowance and the change conditions differ between the fare families these carriers sell, and a cheap-looking ticket may exclude the bag you need.

Which airport you land at shapes your first hour in Turkey. Istanbul Airport sits on the European side, a long way out from the centre, and Sabiha Gokcen is on the Asian side, also well beyond the built-up city. Neither is a walk-to-your-hotel arrival. Both have metro links and airport buses into town, plus taxi ranks at the terminal doors, and the ride in can take a while in traffic. Check which airport your ticket names before you book the transfer, and if you are connecting through Istanbul, make sure both legs use the same airport — the two are on opposite sides of the Bosphorus.

Currency

TRY (₺)

Power sockets

Type C, F · 230 V

Language

Turkish

Emergency number

112, 177

Driving side

right

Calling code

+36

Internet domain

.tr

Population of Istanbul

15.7 M (2023)

Time zone

UTC+03 (Europe/Istanbul)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Rzeszow has one airport, Jasionka, so there is no departure-airport gamble on this end.
• Make sure both legs of the connection sit on one ticket, so a delay on the first flight is the airline's problem and not yours.
• Read the baggage allowance for your fare family — the cheapest fare may not include a checked bag.
• Bring a passport or national ID valid for Turkey and check the current entry rules before you fly.
• Compare October with the months around it on the price calendar before you commit to a date.
• If you book separate tickets, leave a long gap — you will collect your bag and check in again.