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The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The Havaist coach to Taksim reaches Taksim Square and the Gayrettepe–Şişli stretch of the M2, where the airport metro ends; the Havaist coach to Kadıköy does not. The Asian side. The only direct public service across the Bosphorus from this airport; every other option on this page leaves you in Europe.

The Havaist coach to Taksim is quicker: 1 h 30 against 2 h.

Havaist coach to Taksim: Runs all night. Havaist coach to Kadıköy: Runs all night.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in TRY. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersHavaist coach to TaksimHavaist coach to KadıköyDifference
1TRY 470TRY 515TRY 45
2TRY 940TRY 1,030TRY 90
3TRY 1,410TRY 1,545TRY 135
4TRY 1,880TRY 2,060TRY 180
5TRY 2,350TRY 2,575TRY 225
6TRY 2,820TRY 3,090TRY 270
7TRY 3,290TRY 3,605TRY 315
8TRY 3,760TRY 4,120TRY 360

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
shuttle · Havaist (İBB), fare set by İBB — line HVL-9Havaist coach to Taksim
From
Transportation floor -2, Peron 16; the Havaist counters are on the same floor
To
Taksim Square. Some departures run via 4. Levent, Zincirlikuyu Metrobüs and Beşiktaş; the rest go express via Nurtepe
Luggage
Two bags of no more than medium size free per passenger; TRY 120 for each bag beyond that. Tell the crew your stop when you hand a bag over — it is unloaded only there.
Runs
All night
Journey
90 min

It runs through the night with one hole. From the airport: 00:30, 01:15, 02:15, then nothing until 04:30, then 05:30 and roughly every 40 minutes through the day to 23:45. Land at 02:30 and the wait is two hours.

Eleven times the metro fare, for a seat, a hold, a stop in the square itself and a night service. By day the M11 plus three M2 stops is TRY 76.74 and about 45 minutes.

The 90 minutes is Havaist's own figure; the operator warns that routes and times change with traffic and asks you to be at the stop before departure.

Which of the two Taksim routings a departure takes is marked on Havaist's timetable in orange (via Beşiktaş) or blue (express); both end at Taksim.

A third bag, or an oversized one, is TRY 120 — a quarter of the fare again.

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shuttle · Havaist (İBB), fare set by İBB — line HVL-6Havaist coach to Kadıköy
From
Transportation floor -2, Peron 14
To
Kadıköy, on the Asian side, via Tepeüstü, Yenisahra and Acıbadem Metro
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

Every 75 minutes around the clock from the airport — 00:00, 01:15, 02:30, 03:45, 05:15, 06:30 and so on to 22:45 — which makes it the most regular night service the airport has.

Two hours on the operator's own timetable, and 75 km; traffic on the bridge decides the rest.

A taxi to the Asian side pays the bridge or tunnel toll on top of the meter, and through the Eurasia Tunnel the passenger pays the taxi's return toll too.

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