Is ITA Airways or Turkish Airlines better to Europe?

Turkish Airlines scores 8.8/10 against ITA Airways at 8.5/10 on seat, screens, lounge and fare. On the four dimensions we can verify, ITA Airways wins 1 and Turkish Airlines wins 1. Service and food are not scored here because they cannot be read off a spec sheet.

Which is cheaper, ITA Airways or Turkish Airlines?

On the 22 routes where both were priced for the same week (November 8–14, 2026), ITA Airways was cheaper on 12 and Turkish Airlines on 10. Every pair of fares is the same departure and return date in the same cabin, so the difference is the airline rather than the dates or the cabin.

Does the aircraft change the answer?

Yes. ITA Airways scores 10/10 on the A350-900 and 8/10 on the A330-900neo. Turkish Airlines scores 8/10 on the 787-9 / A350-900 and 5/10 on the 777-300ER (legacy). Check the equipment on your date before deciding.

Has Jon flown either of these?

Neither, so this page is product facts and fares only. Any review we publish of either will be labeled Researched until that changes.

Head to head

ITA Airways vs Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines scores 8.8/10 against ITA Airways at 8.5/10 on seat, screens, lounge and fare.

By Jon Miksis · cabin data verified September 1, 2026 · fares for travel November 8–14, 2026

Best product each one flies

Scored on what can be verified. Service, food and ground recovery are absent deliberately: they need someone in the seat, and they live in the reviews rather than here.

One caveat on the Value line, stated rather than buried: Value is computed from business fares, and a carrier with too few of them does not get a Value score at all. Where you see a dash, we have fewer than three priced business routes for that airline and did not want to invent a figure from one or two — so its product score is the mean of three dimensions rather than four, and it is not directly comparable to a score built on hundreds of fares. The airlines with the most fares behind them are named on the business-class ranking.

ITA Airways

A350-900

Seat: 10/10
IFE: 8/10
Lounge & bags: 10/10
Value: 6/10
Product score: 8.5/10

Turkish Airlines

787-9 / A350-900

Seat: 8/10
IFE: 8/10
Lounge & bags: 10/10
Value: 9/10
Product score: 8.8/10

Dimension by dimension

Seat: ITA Airways
10/10 on the A350-900 against 8/10 on the 787-9 / A350-900.
IFE: level
Screens, connectivity and power: 8/10 against 8/10.
Lounge & bags: level
What the fare includes before you board: 10/10 against 10/10.
Value: Turkish Airlines
Median premium over the cheapest carrier on the same route: 6/10 against 9/10.

Where both were priced on the same dates

Every fare is November 8–14, 2026, so a difference between two rows is a difference between two airlines and nothing else. These are economy fares, while the cabin scores above describe the business product — read them as how each airline prices against its competitors, not as what its business seat costs.

Route	Cabin	ITA Airways	Turkish Airlines	Cheaper
IAD → VCE	economy	$693	$739	ITA Airways by $46
BOS → ATH	economy	$724	$1033	ITA Airways by $309
JFK → VCE	economy	$754	$781	ITA Airways by $27
BOS → VCE	economy	$796	$867	ITA Airways by $71
IAD → BCN	economy	$926	$810	Turkish Airlines by $116
IAD → NCE	economy	$813	$858	ITA Airways by $45
LAX → ATH	economy	$879	$891	ITA Airways by $12
IAD → ATH	economy	$936	$889	Turkish Airlines by $47
MIA → ATH	economy	$972	$922	Turkish Airlines by $50
JFK → VCE	business	$4957	$3996	Turkish Airlines by $961
LAX → VCE	business	$4192	$4696	ITA Airways by $504
BOS → VCE	business	$6180	$4246	Turkish Airlines by $1934
MIA → VCE	business	$4581	$4528	Turkish Airlines by $53
LAX → FCO	business	$10112	$4961	Turkish Airlines by $5151
IAD → ATH	business	$9995	$5101	Turkish Airlines by $4894
LAX → ATH	business	$5438	$5688	ITA Airways by $250
LAX → AMS	business	$5501	$5506	ITA Airways by $5
LAX → NCE	business	$5578	$5637	ITA Airways by $59
LAX → LHR	business	$5757	$6042	ITA Airways by $285
IAD → VCE	business	$6744	$6221	Turkish Airlines by $523
IAD → NCE	business	$10199	$6570	Turkish Airlines by $3629
BOS → ATH	business	$7799	$8428	ITA Airways by $629

What happens if the aircraft swaps

Both carriers are paying-the-same-fare-either-way propositions on some frames. The worst product each one flies:

ITA Airways

A330-900neo

Seat: 8/10
IFE: 8/10
Lounge & bags: 10/10
Value: 6/10
Product score: 8/10

Turkish Airlines

777-300ER (legacy)

Seat: 5/10
IFE: 8/10
Lounge & bags: 10/10
Value: 9/10
Product score: 8/10

ITA Airways: Thompson Vantage XL, the same seat family TAP flies, without a privacy door.

Turkish Airlines: The cabin the retrofit is replacing, on the aircraft Turkish flies most from the US.

Common questions

Is ITA Airways or Turkish Airlines better to Europe?: Turkish Airlines scores 8.8/10 against ITA Airways at 8.5/10 on seat, screens, lounge and fare. On the four dimensions we can verify, ITA Airways wins 1 and Turkish Airlines wins 1. Service and food are not scored here because they cannot be read off a spec sheet.
Which is cheaper, ITA Airways or Turkish Airlines?: On the 22 routes where both were priced for the same week (November 8–14, 2026), ITA Airways was cheaper on 12 and Turkish Airlines on 10. Every pair of fares is the same departure and return date in the same cabin, so the difference is the airline rather than the dates or the cabin.
Does the aircraft change the answer?: Yes. ITA Airways scores 10/10 on the A350-900 and 8/10 on the A330-900neo. Turkish Airlines scores 8/10 on the 787-9 / A350-900 and 5/10 on the 777-300ER (legacy). Check the equipment on your date before deciding.
Has Jon flown either of these?: Neither, so this page is product facts and fares only. Any review we publish of either will be labeled Researched until that changes.

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