İETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent MetroorHavaist coach to Istanbul Airport?

The short answer

For one traveler the İETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent Metro is cheaper by TRY 376.40. That does not change up to 8 travelers.

Both are listed at 2 h.

İETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent Metro: 05:30–01:00. Havaist coach to Istanbul Airport: Runs all night.

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Whole-party totals · adult fares

What each costs for the whole party, in TRY. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
Travelers	İETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent Metro	Havaist coach to Istanbul Airport	Difference
1	TRY 138.60	TRY 515	TRY 376.40
2	TRY 277.20	TRY 1,030	TRY 752.80
3	TRY 415.80	TRY 1,545	TRY 1,129.20
4	TRY 554.40	TRY 2,060	TRY 1,505.60
5	TRY 693	TRY 2,575	TRY 1,882
6	TRY 831.60	TRY 3,090	TRY 2,258.40
7	TRY 970.20	TRY 3,605	TRY 2,634.80
8	TRY 1,108.80	TRY 4,120	TRY 3,011.20

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Where each one leaves you

E-3 · İETTİETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent Metro

From: The İETT stop on the road outside the terminal
To: 4. Levent Metro, on the M2 across the Bosphorus, five stops north of Taksim
Luggage: An İETT express bus; İETT publishes no luggage rule for it.
Runs: 05:30–01:00
Journey: 120 min

Two hours on İETT's own figure, over the second bridge. The Havabüs coach reaches Taksim itself in 90 to 113 minutes for TRY 485.

TRY 138.60 for one person against TRY 46.20 on the metro to Kadıköy; the difference buys the crossing to Europe.

The M2 from 4. Levent runs 06:00 to midnight, and through the night on Fridays and Saturdays, so the 00:20 and 01:00 buses land you without an onward train on other nights.

İETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent Metro: price for every party size

See İETT's E-3 timetable

Havaist · Havaist (İBB), fare set by İBB — line HVL-11Havaist coach to Istanbul Airport

From: Opposite the arrivals-level exit, next to Simit Sarayı
To: Istanbul Airport, transportation floor -2, Peron 13, 85 km away on the European side
Luggage: Two bags of no more than medium size free per passenger; TRY 120 for each bag beyond that.
Runs: All night
Journey: 120 min

Round the clock, with holes: from the airport 00:05, 01:30, 03:00, 04:40 and 06:00, then roughly hourly to 22:50. Overnight the wait can be an hour and forty minutes.

Two hours on the operator's own timetable, and 85 km; traffic on the bridge decides the rest. Do not plan a connection tighter than four hours between landing here and departing there.

Havaist charges TRY 515 where İBB's tariff says TRY 530 — expect the operator's figure at the door.

A third bag, or an oversized one, is TRY 120.

Havaist coach to Istanbul Airport: price for every party size

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