Cheap Flights to Turkey 2026: Beaches & Istanbul from £89

Dalaman from £104 return on TUI from Birmingham is the kind of price that makes you stop scrolling. Turkey has been one of the standout value destinations for UK travellers over the past two years, and the main reason is simple: the Turkish lira has weakened dramatically against the pound since 2022.

On the ground, that means your spending money goes roughly 40-50% further than it did three or four years ago. A decent sit-down meal in a resort town costs £4-6, a cold beer is under £2, and a taxi from the airport to your hotel won't ruin your mood before you've even checked in.

The charter market dominates for beach resorts. Jet2 and TUI run the bulk of summer flights to Antalya, Dalaman, and Bodrum from regional UK airports, whilst Turkish Airlines and easyJet handle Istanbul from London. These are two very different types of Turkey trip, and both are worth your attention.

Antalya from £119 return on Jet2 from Manchester is the headline number for 2026. Jet2 also flies to Antalya from Leeds Bradford, Edinburgh, and Birmingham, with return prices typically sitting in the £119-£189 range depending on how far in advance you book and how flexible you are on dates.

Here's a realistic week all-inclusive breakdown for Antalya: flights at £119pp on Jet2 from Manchester, a solid 4-star all-inclusive hotel in Side or Belek for roughly £430-£580pp for seven nights, and you're looking at £550-£700pp total. Stretch to £800pp and you're getting a genuinely good resort, pool bar included, with spending money to spare. That is hard to beat anywhere in the Mediterranean right now.

Dalaman from £104 return on TUI from Birmingham serves the Fethiye and Marmaris area, which is quieter and arguably more scenic than the Antalya strip. TUI also fly Dalaman from Manchester and Gatwick, with returns in the £104-£160 range through summer 2026. It's worth knowing that bag fees apply on top of the base fare with both Jet2 and TUI, so check what's included before you assume the £104 covers everything.

Bodrum from £114 return on easyJet from Gatwick is the pick for a slightly more upmarket crowd. Bodrum has a decent bar and restaurant scene, the castle is genuinely worth seeing, and the easyJet connection from Gatwick makes it accessible from London without needing to trek up north. The downside with easyJet is the bag fees, which can add £25-£40 each way if you're not travelling light.

Istanbul from £89 return on Turkish Airlines from Heathrow is a deal that comes up more often than you'd expect if you set a price alert. Turkish Airlines fly Heathrow to Istanbul Atatürk multiple times daily, and the product is solid: decent legroom, a meal included, and a flight time of around three and a half hours. For under £100 return, it's one of the best city break fares from any London airport.

Istanbul is genuinely one of the great Eurasian cities, and that description is doing a lot of work. The Grand Bazaar, Hagia Sophia, a ferry across the Bosphorus, a plate of slow-cooked lamb at a meyhane in Beyoğlu, a glass of tea watching the sun drop behind the minarets from a rooftop in Karaköy. Four nights here costs less than a weekend in Rome if you pick the right flights and a mid-range hotel in the Sultanahmet or Karaköy area, which run at roughly £60-£90 per night.

easyJet also fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport from Gatwick and Luton, with returns from around £79-£110. Sabiha Gökçen is on the Asian side of the city, so factor in a longer transfer to the main tourist areas, anywhere from 45 minutes to well over an hour in traffic. Turkish Airlines into Atatürk is the better option if you're staying in the European side of the city, which most visitors do.

Turkey is very safe for tourists in the main resort areas and in Istanbul. Millions of British visitors travel there every year without incident, and the tourist infrastructure in places like Antalya, Fethiye, and the main Istanbul districts is well set up for UK travellers.

The FCO does advise against travel to areas near the Syrian and Iraqi borders, and to parts of south-eastern Turkey. These are nowhere near the beach resorts or Istanbul, so for the vast majority of package and city break tourists, this doesn't affect your plans at all. Check gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/turkey before you travel, as you should for any destination, and pay attention to the specific regions flagged rather than writing off the whole country.

One practical point: a UK e-visa for Turkey costs around £20 and needs to be sorted before you fly. You cannot rock up at a Turkish airport without one and expect to sort it on arrival. Takes about five minutes online at evisa.gov.tr, so do it as soon as you've booked flights and don't leave it to the morning of departure. Most people forget, some people get very stressed about it at check-in.