Route brief · IST → GVA
Istanbul → Geneva
$142
−32% vs typical
seasonal median $210 · difference $68
Oct 23 – Oct 25 · 2 nights
PegasusNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $176–$225
- Board rank
- Stronger than 81%
- Route sample
- 8 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefGVAGenevaA lake, a fountain and an airport with a French exit — the fastest way into the Alps in either country.Best windowJun–Sep · Dec–MarAirportsGenève (GVA)All routes into GenevaWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 8 months, Oct is the cheapest for IST → GVA. Best time to be there: Jun–Sep · Dec–Mar.
Fares bottom out in October around $142 and peak in May near $253 — a $111 spread across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Pegasus nonstop and takes about 3.5 hours outbound, on a 2-night trip. At $142 for 1,919 km each way, that works out to about $37 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $41 typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 5 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Geneva, this fare ranks 3rd — 58% above the $90 from Lisbon. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 14 routes of similar length we watch out of Istanbul, where the middle fare is $145.
Cheapest day in the next 3 months: Sep 14 · $149 (31% below median)
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 17% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $214 then versus $177 now, across 4 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $149, on Sep 14.
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Cheapest in Oct · around $142
32% below the $210 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Istanbul → Geneva · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Genève (GVA)
- Flight time
- ~3.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~1,919 km each way
- Typical price
- $210 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Pegasus
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Jun–Sep · Dec–Mar
IST → GVA, answered.
Is $142 a good price for Istanbul to Geneva?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $210 round-trip. At $142 you're 32% below that, saving about $68, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Istanbul to Geneva?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Geneva are Jun–Sep · Dec–Mar — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Geneva?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 8 months of cached fares, Oct comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Istanbul to Geneva?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Pegasus). The outbound leg runs around 3.5 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on September 1). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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