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Old Feb 25, 2022 | 5:29 pm
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Originally Posted by zap7
Hi everyone,
I loved the immigration fast lane at good old IST, didn't see any priority lanes on my first two ISL trips and did have a two year COVID-flight break since then…
From searching the forum, I found very few answers from 2019 that seem to indicated there is
Sometimes it's better not to give freedom to our inner geek I think you got the IATA codes for the airports confused.

IST is the city's principal airport for commercial aviation

ISL is the code now used for Ataturk, the old airport.

It's probably best to refer to them as IST and Ataturk



Originally Posted by zap7
Did anyone ever use this / does it work and are the taxi rate the usual ones or overpriced? (would be a 90-minute drive to the other side of the Bosporus)
If your ultimate destination is across the Bosporous, you could consider flights to SAW (Sabiha Gokcen airport) which might offer faster, cheaper options for onward travel.

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