How to get to Turkey

Flight options to Turkey are excellent with scheduled, charter and a growing number of low-cost flights to Istanbul and the coastal airports of Bodrum, Dalaman and Antalya.

New Low-Cost Flights

For 2010 Easyjet are introducing 5 new routes to Turkey to add to their existing Gatwick-Dalaman and Luton-Istanbul services. The new Easyjet flights are:

• Bristol-Dalaman

• Bristol-Bodrum

• Stansted-Dalaman

• Stansted-Bodrum

Low-cost Turkish airline Pegasus has new direct flights from London to Bodrum and Dalaman; Manchester to Antalya and Dalaman, and Birmingham to Antalya and Bodrum.

Jet2.com has announced low cost seat-only flights to Dalaman from the airline’s new base at East Midlands Airport and Thomas Cook has added weekly flights from Exeter to Dalaman to its exiting services.

Charters & Package Flights

In summer, MyTravel, First Choice, Thomas Cook and Thomson have direct charter flights to Bodrum, Dalaman and Antalya from regional airports in the UK. Thomas Cook and Aegean Airlines have several weekly flights to Dalaman year-round.

Scheduled flights

Turkish Airlines and British Airways have daily flights to Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, with onward connections with Turkish Airlines or other domestic carriers to the coastal airports of Izmir, Bodrum, Dalaman and Antalya. British Airways also have several flights a week from Gatwick to Izmir. Cyprus Turkish Airlines operate direct flights to Antalya, Dalaman and Izmir from Gatwick, Heathrow, Glasgow, Stansted and Belfast.

Turkish Domestic Flights

Half a dozen companies, including Atlas, Pegasus, Onurair and Sun Express, offer cheap fares on domestic routes between the main Turkish resorts and cities. Book online through the company websites.

Which Turkish Airport?

• Izmir airport serves Cesme, Kusadasi and the north Aegean coast.

• Bodrum airport serves Altinkum and the Bodrum peninsular.

• Dalaman is the best for Marmaris, Dalyan, Gocek, Fethiye and Kalkan.

• Antalya airport is the closest to Kas, Kemer, Belek, Side and Alanya.