🇹🇷 Flight delays in Turkey

106 graded routes · 0 airports · March 2025 – August 2026

Where these figures come from

Turkey’s own regulator does not publish punctuality data

These figures come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, which reports every flight at its own end of the route — whichever airline operates it. So this is not a picture of all air travel in Turkey — domestic flights within Turkey, and its routes to countries that publish nothing, are absent.

What the record shows

On Turkey routes the airlines separate clearly: British Airways arrived on time 24.9 points more often than Jet2. Both fly the same corridors into the same airports, so the difference is in how each is run rather than where each flies.

Because these flights are counted at the other end of the route, the picture is partial by construction. Domestic flying inside Turkey does not appear, and neither do its routes to countries that publish nothing. What is here is accurate; it is simply not everything.

Airlines flying to and from Turkey

Ranked by flights on Turkey routes. The on-time rate here is each airline's record on those routes only — not its record everywhere, which is on its own page.

Airline Flights On time on these routes
Jet2 17,676 55.6%
Turkish Airlines 17,097 75.8%
easyJet 13,790 62.7%
SunExpress 12,807 69%
TUI Airways 5,006 58.7%
British Airways 3,533 80.5%
Wizz Air UK 3,355 75.7%
Corendon Airlines 1,562 69.9%
BA Euroflyer 907 63.3%
Ryanair UK 552 61.8%

Busiest Turkey routes

LHR → IST London to Istanbul (GB–TR) 4,354 flights · 79.68% on time B IST → LHR Istanbul to London (TR–GB) 4,353 flights · 78.91% on time B LGW → AYT London to Antalya (GB–TR) 2,487 flights · 59.92% on time F AYT → LGW Antalya to London (TR–GB) 2,462 flights · 58.98% on time F MAN → AYT Manchester to Antalya (GB–TR) 2,438 flights · 53.66% on time F AYT → MAN Antalya to Manchester (TR–GB) 2,437 flights · 54.66% on time F IST → LGW Istanbul to London (TR–GB) 2,248 flights · 79.65% on time B LGW → IST London to Istanbul (GB–TR) 2,247 flights · 73.04% on time C IST → MAN Istanbul to Manchester (TR–GB) 1,950 flights · 75.05% on time C MAN → IST Manchester to Istanbul (GB–TR) 1,949 flights · 65.03% on time D LGW → DLM London to Dalaman (GB–TR) 1,799 flights · 61.02% on time D DLM → LGW Dalaman to London (TR–GB) 1,796 flights · 63.71% on time D MAN → DLM Manchester to Dalaman (GB–TR) 1,735 flights · 56.42% on time F DLM → MAN Dalaman to Manchester (TR–GB) 1,730 flights · 67.36% on time D BHX → AYT Birmingham to Antalya (GB–TR) 1,346 flights · 45.92% on time F AYT → BHX Antalya to Birmingham (TR–GB) 1,342 flights · 61.05% on time D STN → AYT London to Antalya (GB–TR) 1,181 flights · 62.22% on time D AYT → STN Antalya to London (TR–GB) 1,176 flights · 63.57% on time D BHX → IST Birmingham to Istanbul (GB–TR) 1,029 flights · 68.81% on time D IST → BHX Istanbul to Birmingham (TR–GB) 1,028 flights · 79.16% on time B BHX → DLM Birmingham to Dalaman (GB–TR) 934 flights · 60.52% on time D DLM → BHX Dalaman to Birmingham (TR–GB) 933 flights · 74.87% on time C LTN → AYT Luton to Antalya (GB–TR) 859 flights · 61.66% on time D AYT → LTN Antalya to Luton (TR–GB) 856 flights · 66.55% on time D BRS → AYT Bristol to Antalya (GB–TR) 793 flights · 54.61% on time F AYT → BRS Antalya to Bristol (TR–GB) 790 flights · 52.92% on time F EDI → IST Ingliston to Istanbul (GB–TR) 788 flights · 74.65% on time C IST → EDI Istanbul to Ingliston (TR–GB) 787 flights · 81.74% on time B NCL → AYT Newcastle upon Tyne to Antalya (GB–TR) 739 flights · 66.58% on time D AYT → NCL Antalya to Newcastle upon Tyne (TR–GB) 736 flights · 75.95% on time C DLM → STN Dalaman to London (TR–GB) 709 flights · 65.91% on time D STN → DLM London to Dalaman (GB–TR) 708 flights · 69.45% on time D AYT → GLA Antalya to Glasgow (TR–GB) 703 flights · 71.27% on time C GLA → AYT Glasgow to Antalya (GB–TR) 699 flights · 67.38% on time D AYT → EDI Antalya to Ingliston (TR–GB) 691 flights · 69.42% on time D EDI → AYT Ingliston to Antalya (GB–TR) 690 flights · 55.59% on time F

Common questions

Which airline is most punctual on Turkey routes?

British Airways, at 80.5% on time across 3,533 flights on those routes. The least punctual was Jet2 at 55.6%.

Does Turkey publish flight delay data?

No. Turkey publishes no punctuality data of its own. The figures here come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, which reports every flight at its own end of the route — so domestic flying inside Turkey is not covered.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed flight from Turkey?

There is no statutory compensation scheme for flights departing Turkey. A cancellation normally entitles you to a refund under the airline's own conditions of carriage, and European rules may still reach your flight if the journey ends in the EU or UK on a European carrier.