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İETT bus H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only)orHavaist coach to Sabiha Gökçen Airport?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The İETT bus H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only) reaches Taksim Square and the Gayrettepe–Şişli stretch of the M2, where the airport metro ends; the Havaist coach to Sabiha Gökçen Airport does not. The other airport, not the city. For a connection between the two; for the centre take the M11 or a Havaist coach to town.

The İETT bus H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only) is quicker: 1 h 45 against 2 h.

İETT bus H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only): 01:10–05:45. Havaist coach to Sabiha Gökçen Airport: 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.
TravelersİETT bus H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only)Havaist coach to Sabiha Gökçen AirportDifference
1TRY 92.40TRY 515TRY 422.60
2TRY 184.80TRY 1,030TRY 845.20
3TRY 277.20TRY 1,545TRY 1,267.80
4TRY 369.60TRY 2,060TRY 1,690.40
5TRY 462TRY 2,575TRY 2,113
6TRY 554.40TRY 3,090TRY 2,535.60
7TRY 646.80TRY 3,605TRY 2,958.20
8TRY 739.20TRY 4,120TRY 3,380.80

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
H-2 · İETTİETT bus H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only)
From
Transportation floor -2, the İETT stop "İstanbul Havalimanı". The listed times are when it leaves its depot, two stops earlier.
To
Mecidiyeköy Metrobüs, beside Şişli-Mecidiyeköy on the M2, two stops from Taksim
Luggage
An İETT express bus; İETT publishes no luggage rule for it.
Runs
01:10–05:45
Journey
105 min

This line only exists at night. 01:10, 03:30 and 05:45 from the airport, every day. Miss the 03:30 and the next bus is over two hours away; after 05:45 take the metro, which starts at 06:03.

It is the cheapest thing that moves between 00:17 and 06:03 — TRY 92.40 against TRY 470 on the Havaist coach — and it takes 105 minutes to Mecidiyeköy.

The night fare is an open question. İbb's tariff doubles bus fares between 00:30 and 05:30 unless a decision says otherwise, and no document read here says whether one exists for the H-2. Budget for the rule as written on the 01:10 and 03:30 departures.

Pay with an İstanbulkart: a bank card is charged at the single-use price, TRY 120.

Mecidiyeköy is a Metrobüs and M2 interchange, not a square with hotels on it; the M2 will not be running when the 01:10 or 03:30 arrives except on Friday and Saturday nights.

İETT bus H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only): price for every party size

See İETT's H-2 timetable
Havaist · Havaist (İBB), fare set by İBB — line HVL-11Havaist coach to Sabiha Gökçen Airport
From
Transportation floor -2, Peron 13; the Havaist counters are on the same floor
To
Sabiha Gökçen Airport, the Havaist stop opposite the arrivals exit, 85 km away on the Asian side
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.
Runs
All night
Journey
120 min

Round the clock, with gaps. From Istanbul Airport: 00:40, 01:45, 02:45, then nothing until 04:20, 06:00, 07:30, and roughly hourly at 20 past the hour to 23:20.

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 Sabiha Gökçen Airport: price for every party size

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